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

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

Connecticut Co-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's fine for relatively small quantities, and if there is a licensed kitchen to rent nearby at a good cost. See this page for shared use kitchens in Connecticut. But it may be 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 Connecticut 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.

Connecticut Co-Packers

• Ariston Specialties, LLC - ,
  200 Myrtle Street, New Britain, CT 06053. Phone: 860-224-7184. Fax: 860-726-1263. Email: . Email: aristonspecialties@hotmail.com.
  Description of services or product specialties: Organic/Natural Salad Dressing, Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar. See the Ariston Specialties Facebook page here.
• C and K Community Kitchen - Copacker,
  Westport, CT,  Phone: (203) 226-0531. Email: candkcommunitykitchen@gmail.com.
  Established to support the use of Organic, Non GMO, gluten free, local products and services in the market place. It is our intention to offer affordable, certified commercial kitchen space, rented in 8 hour shifts, 7 days a week, together with mentoring, business coaching and marking support as needed. We also want to be a network for next steps of growth, in order to successfully launch Organic, Non GMO, gluten free products and services into the market place. Price is contingent on number of shifts secured per week and individual needs. The space is 400 square feet with a separate storage facility for equipment.
• CAPG Co-packing - Copacker, Incubator, Product development services, Recipe development, Business development consulting services, Packaging, Drop-shipper, Dry shelf storage, Bakery, Certified Organic, Plastic, Paper, Scale-up recipes, Scale-up recipes, We can file forms and paperwork, We can source (find) ingredients, We can source (find) packaging, Private labeling, Business services, We specialize in small and start-ups
  385 MAIN STREET SOUTH, Southbury, CT 06488. Phone: (203) 984-5087. Email: bryan@capgcopacking.com. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . CAPG will help you get your product launched! We love small businesses and startups. We pack Flexible Pouches and offer low minimums. Please reach out to discuss your ideas. (ADDED: May 13, 2024)
• CLiCK Willimantic - ,
  Windham, CT. Phone: 860-786-7907. Email: . Email: clickwillimantic@gmail.com.
  Our Mission: To grow the vitality of our local economy and community by offering shared use commercial kitchens to farmers and culinary entrepreneurs seeking to create food-based businesses; and to improve the health of our local community by teaching gardening, culinary arts, nutrition and other food-related classes.
• D&M Packing, LLC - Copacker,
  407 Brookside Road, Waterbury, CT 06708. Phone: 203-591-8986. Email: yassine@DandMPacking.com. Ask for Yassine Debbagh.
  Private label co-packing; cold-fill, dry pack, R&D, recipe development, packaging consulting, full service warehouse and fulfillment programs. D and M Packing is also a third-part audited, FDA inspected, kosher and organic certified facility.
• Gourmet Products, Inc. - Copacker,
  283 Reynolds Bridge Road, Thomason, CT 06787. Phone: 860-283-5147. Fax: 860-283-6912.
  Description of services or product specialties: Glass packaging for acidified, hot & cold pack, vacuum pac, mustard, sauces and relishes. Kosher.
• Gracie's Kitchens Inc. - Copacker,
  211 Food Terminal Plaza, New Haven, CT 06511. 203-773-0795, ggorski@gracieskitchens.com. Ask for Greg Gorski.
  We will help to source and arrange trucking options. We will source ingredients. We have a separate facility dedicated to fresh cut products. Minimum quantity: 100 gal, no max. Pricing is based on case.
  Types of copacking: Wet, Refrigerated: Pre Cut Vegetables and Meats), Acidified, Hot pack, Cold pack.
  Products: Stuffed Mushrooms, Shelf stable sauces, Meats and sausages. Fresh cut produce in retail and bulk pack.
  Certifications: USDA inspected, Organic.
  Packaging: Glass, Plastic.
  Equipment: Full service bottling line.
• Lynard Company - Copacker,
  15 Maple Tree Ave, Stamford, CT 06906. Phone: 203-323-0231. Fax: 203-323-0231
  Description of services or product specialties: packaged foods, popcorn, pretzels, candy.
• Onofrio's Ultimate Foods - Copacker, Shelf stable sauces, Relishes, Meat sauces/soups, Salsas, Condiments, Marinades, FDA inspected, Local Health Department inspected, HACCP certified, Kosher, Organic.
  35 Wheeler Street, New Haven, CT 06512. Phone: 203-469-4014. Fax: 203-469-4019. Email: ronofrio@ultimatefoods.net. Ask for Richard Onofrio.
•  Palmieri Food Products, Inc. - ,
  145 Hamilton Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Phone: 800-845-5447, 203- 624-0042. Fax: 203-782-6435. Email: sales@palmierifoods.com
  Description of services or product specialties: Glass & Refrigerated: Sauces with meat, salsa and horseradish.
• Pearl Sci-Tec Bottling - ,
  26 East St., Ansonia, CT 06401. Phone: 203-996-6426. Email: ggourmet@optonline.net.
  Pearl Sci-Tec is an FDA local short run bottler/packer licensed by CT Dept. of Consumer protection. We produce foods under the label Nini's Foods and are also developing a line of vegan variations on traditional meat dishes. We started PSB to act as an incubator for small food startups and restaurants to have affordable resources to help build a brand and to bring more local food products to market. We can provide everything from bottles, labels, ingredients, barcoding, nutritional labeling and more. We have no minimums so we can produce as few as a couple cases keeping initial cost to a minimum.
• Premiere Packaging Partners, LLC - Copacker, Product development services, QA/QC Product testing services, Recipe development, Business development consulting services, Packaging, Drop-shipper, Distributor, Refrigerated storage, Freezer storage, Dry shelf storage, Low acid canning, Hot packing, Cold packing, Pickles, relishes, Kosher, Certified Organic, Glass, Plastic, Metal, Paper, Scale-up recipes, We can file forms and paperwork, We can source (find) ingredients, We can source (find) packaging, Private labeling, Business services, We specialize in small and start-ups, Paid Consulting services
  197 Huntingdon Ave, Waterbury, CT 06708. Phone: (203) 437-8148. Email: orders@ppp-foods.com. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Premiere Packaging Partners is creating exceptional products for new generation lifestyles. Explore custom manufacturing from a food company that understands your brand identity. Hot pack, ambient fill, fermented foods, baking and dry pack services offered. Full service warehouse & logistics, including kitting, pick & pull order fulfillment, food safe storage, and more. We also offer full service logistics, drop ship services, pallet storage, and custom warehouse options including live inventory updates and customer portal access. (ADDED: August 24, 2020, Suggested by a visitor)
• Redco Foods Inc. - ,
  100 Northfield Drive, Windsor, CT 06095. Phone: n860-688-2121. Fax: 860-688-7844. Contact: Rob Cassie. Description of services or product specialties: Gluten-free, Kosher Organic/Natural, Other Baking Mixes and Ingredients, Tea.
• Universal Pure - Copacker, QA/QC Product testing services, Refrigerated storage, Cold packing, CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Plastic, We can source (find) ingredients, We can source (find) packaging, Private labeling, Larger volumes only
  65 Chamberlain Hwy, Meriden, CT 06451. Phone: (678) 840-1500. Email: sales@universalpure.com. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Universal Pure offers beverage (juice, tea, cold brew, and more) co-packing (blending, filling, bottling) as well as High Pressure Processing (HPP), labeling, date coding, cold storage, and more. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: August 18, 2020) (ADDED: September 17, 2019)

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