Co-Packers
USING A CO-PACKER
Co-packers are food processors that have extra manufacturing capacity and offer their services for a fee. This is often an attractive option for people starting in the food business. The product and its package must be matched to the co-packer and its available equipment. Co-packers often offer additional services such as product development (often critical to scaling up the volume of product produced), label review, and regulatory compliance.
- Choosing and Using a Co-packer (North Carolina State)
- Co-Packers Database (UC Pub)
This database provides a partial list of co-packers with an emphasis on those located in California. - Copacking and Copackers (Penn State)
- Food Processing: Using a Co-Packer (Oklahoma Cooperative Extension PDF 43k)
- Small Co-Packers and Commercial Kitchens in the North East U.S. (Cornell University and University of Vermont)