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

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

South Dakota 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 South Dakota. 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 South Dakota 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.

South Dakota Co-Packers

• Grand Prairie Foods - Sandwiches and ready to serve meals
  1400 N CLEVELAND AVE, SIOUX FALLS, SD 57103. Phone: 800-456-0532. . Email: valerie@grandprairiefoods.com.
• Mountain High Organic - mostly ingredients rather than copacking
  All great products start with great ingredients! From frozen foods, to cookies, salads, and soups. Mountain High Organics has the organic ingredients to make your products taste great. We offer an extensive line of USDA Certified organic ingredients to fulfill all your needs. Our size and scope ensure consistency of our organic ingredients while providing you with a reliable ingredient source.
  We offer co-packers an extensive line of USDA certified organic ingredients including lentils, peas, rices, grains, seeds, dried fruits, nuts, beans, gluten free pasta and coconut products to help streamline your ingredient operation. Mountain High Organics has three centrally located warehouses and an experienced logistics team that can expertly and efficiently deliver our top-quality organic products to your facility on time, every time.
• Little Shire Farm - Co-Packing
  47750 214th St, Aurora, SD 57002
  605-651-0423.
• Prairiesun Organic Farm - Semi-mobile Processing Facility
  46516 316th St, Vermillion, SD 57069
  605-638-0748.
  Email: angela@prairiesunorganics.com.

Where can I find more information about copacking and canning?

1. Requirements for Food Entrepreneurs Selling Food in South Dakota, SDSU Extension
2. South Dakota Food Service Licensing & Codes, S.D. Dept of Health
3. South Dakota Licensed Kitchen Process, SDSU Extension
4. For more than 250 specific, simple recipes with step-by-step directions and photos; and general information on canning and food preservation, see this page.