Prepared food co-packer in Maryland
Makes baby and kids food, refrigerated prepared foods, juices and dips and spreads. Runs HPP, hot fill, cold fill and cold pressing, packing into plastic bottles, glass bottles and spouted pouches. Holds SQF, FDA registration, HACCP and Non-GMO Project verification. Offers cold storage, warehousing, private label products and formulation. Takes first-time brands. A mid-size operation.
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Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 10 processes stated in all.
Packaging
12formats stated
Minimum order
PublishedMinimum is one production shift; a smaller order is possible but is billed as a full shift
Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Where
- 2 plants in MarylandBy state only. We introduce you to the plant by email.
- Process
- HPP (in house)Hot fillCold fillCold pressingSous videRetortBottlingPouch fillingDry blendingNitrogen flush and MAP
- Packaging
- Plastic bottlesGlass bottlesSpouted pouchesStand-up pouchesRetort pouchesStick packs and sachetsPortion cupsPlastic jarsCanistersBags and flexible filmTrays and clamshellsBulk and foodservice
- Products
- Baby and kids foodRefrigerated prepared foodsJuiceDips and spreadsSalsasSauces and marinadesCondimentsSoups and brothsJams and preservesNut and seed buttersSyrups and honeyCoffeeSweetenersRTD tea and coffee
- Minimum order
- Minimum is one production shift; a smaller order is possible but is billed as a full shiftClose paraphrase of what the plant states. Confirm it on the call; minimums change.
- Size
- Mid-size operation
- facility can process 250,000,000 lb of food; Hiperbaric HPP capacity 100,000,000 lb a year and Avure HPP 10,000,000 lb a year; spouted pouch filling at 160 pouches per minute
- Food safety certification
- SQFSQF level not verified; SQF Fundamentals is not GFSI benchmarked.
- Other certifications
- HACCPNon-GMO Project
- Regulatory scope
- FDA food facility registration. The plant says it is registered with FDA as a food facility. Registration is required of most plants and is not an FDA approval.
- Equipment
- Two Hiperbaric 525 HPP machines (100,000,000 lb/yr)
- Avure 10 HPP (10,000,000 lb/yr)
- Zalkin Fowler high-speed capping
- Resina capping system
- Gravity, piston and overflow fillers
- Cooling tunnel
- VFFS pillow pouch
- Auger, volumetric and 10-head scale fillers
- Vertical ribbon blenders
- Cold press juicing
- Skin packaging and MAP packaging
- Pressure-sensitive and shrink sleeve labeling
- Steam and heat shrink tunnels
- Tray bundling
- Batch size or capacity
- About 350,000,000 lbs of food per year across two plants; MP1 bottling geared to runs of 1,000 to 7,000 units per shift; spouted pouch line at 160 pouches per minute
- Services
- Cold storageWarehousingPrivate label catalogFormulation and R&DIn-house labTolling (you supply materials)E-commerce fulfillmentDistribution and logisticsKitting and assembly
- Works with
- Startups and first runsEmerging brandsRegional and national brands
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerCo-packerPrivate label
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the plant's published information (13 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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