Alabama Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!

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Alabama Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!

AlabamaCo-Packers: Want to Sell Your Salsa, Preserves, Jams, Etc.? Learn About Using A CoPacker to Prepare It!

If you want to make and sell your home-made preserves, salsa, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter, jams, jellies, or whatever, you will need a licensed kitchen to prepare and can the food. That can be very costly.  It is usually much less expensive (and less risky) for your new business to use a CoPacker to prepare their food, according to you recipe and process.

What is a co-packer?

Co-packers manufacture and package foods for other companies to sell.  These products range from nationally-known brands to private labels.  Entrepreneurs choose to use the services of copackers for many reasons.  Copackers can provide entrepreneurs with a variety of services in addition to manufacturing and packaging products.  They can often help in the formulation of the product.  The copacker may function only as a packer of other people's products or may be in business with his own product line.  They may be, in fact, manufacturing several competing products.  The range of services available from a copacker will vary depending on the size and experience of the copacker and the type of facilities and the capacity of their plant.

Choosing a Co-Packer

You will want to choose a co-packer who has experience making the type of product and packaging that you need.  You may also want to choose a co-packer that is located close to you or your source materials and/or market or distribution centers to reduce costs.

See this page for much, much more about co-packers, like advantages, disadvantages and how to choose a copacker.

The following list consists of companies in Alabama that have co-packing capabilities. This list is neither all-inclusive, nor is it meant to serve as an endorsement.

If you are a co-packer wishing to be added to this list, add your information here.

For Co-packers based in Mexico, see this page

Alabama Co-Packers

• Cloverland Sweets - ,
  208 Old Fort Road East
  Fort Deposit, AL, 36032
  334-227-8355. Email: info@giftbasketsupplier.com.
  Product: gift basket supplies and Kosher capabilities.
• Foxco Packing - Copacker, Commercial kitchen, Product development services, Packaging, Drop-shipper, Refrigerated storage, Freezer storage, Dry shelf storage, Low acid canning, Hot packing, Pickles, relishes, Glass, Plastic, Scale-up recipes, Scale-up recipes, We can source (find) ingredients, We can source (find) packaging, Private labeling, We specialize in small and start-ups
  10 Springdale Blvd, Mobile, AL 36606. Phone: (251) 473-4560. Email: danny@foxcopacking.com. Open: for hours and availability. Directions: directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . I wanted to make you aware that Josh Ray at Tanners Pecans and Candies has closed and no longer in business. We have started a new company at that location and are actively copacking products. Located in Mobile County. (ADDED: July 29, 2023)
• Host & Ghost Commissary Kitchen - Copacker, Commercial kitchen, Refrigerated storage, Freezer storage, Dry shelf storage, Hot packing, Cold packing, Seafoods, Pickles, relishes, Scale-up recipes, Other We specialize in small and start-ups
  115 Wholesale Ave NE, Huntsville, AL 35811. Phone: (256) 270-4779. Email: info@hostandghost.com. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: November 14, 2023)
• Jerrell Packaging LLC - ,
  802 Labarge Drive
  Birmingham, AL 35022
  205-426-8930. Email: john@jerrellpackaging.com.
  Product: packaging dry food products.
• Kyleigh Farms - ,
  P. O. Box 457
  Chancellor, AL 36316
  or
  261 Wilson Jones Road
  Geneva, AL 36340-6135
  334-684-1404. Email: jill@kyleighfarms.com;
  Product: food processor of sauces, dressings and specialty recipes.

 

NASFT

136 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Phone: 800-627-3869; 212-482-6440; Fax; 212-482-6459. Contact: Heather Paul. This listing consists only of NASFT members who have indicated to the NASFT that they are co-packers. It includes the co-packer contact information, products that they co-pack, plant locations, types of pack­aging they use, and specialized packing equipment (such as enrobers, form-fill and seal, smokers, vacuum packaging, etc.).

Few co-packers can all of the types of products and services that may be needed:

•  Liquid products
• Dry products
• Ingredient pre-blends
• Labeling
• Packaging service only
• Product development/recipe conversion

Using a qualified contract packer will enable you to devote your time to management and marketing, while eliminating the enormous expense and responsibility of operating a production facility. Some will provide only the packaging, while others will help you with the entire formulation, production, packaging, and labeling process. Most offer no-cost initial consultation. Some even have marketing capability.

Other Resources

Where can I find more information about canning?
	For 150 specific, simple recipes with step-by-step directions and photos; and general information on canning and food preservation, see this page.