Sauce and condiment pilot plant in North Carolina
Makes sauces and marinades, chips and snacks, plant-based meat and granola and cereal. Runs spray drying, freeze drying, dehydration and extrusion, packing into bag in box and flexible bags. Holds GMP. Offers formulation, recipe scale-up, pilot and small runs and process authority help. Takes first-time brands. A small operation.
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Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 19 processes stated in all.
Packaging
2formats stated
Minimum order
Not publishedAsk on the first call.
Certifications
Size
Sized from the staff, floor space or number of plants the company publishes. Exact figures are not shown.
- Throughput
- Pilot scale. Stated equipment rates include HTST/UHT processor 180 L/hr, steam blancher 600 lb/hr, slicer/dicer 1,000 lb/hr, twin-screw extruder 50 to 200 lb/hr, bag-in-box filler 6 to 10 bags/min
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Where
- North CarolinaBy state only. We introduce you to the plant by email.
- Process
- Spray dryingFreeze dryingDehydrationExtrusionMilling and grindingDry blendingRetortCanningHTST pasteurizationUHTAsepticEmulsifying and homogenizingKettle cookingContinuous cookingCold pressingFermentationSlicing and portioningVacuum packingBottling
- Packaging
- Bag-in-boxBags and flexible film
- Products
- Sauces and marinadesChips and extruded snacksPlant-based meatGranola and cerealPasta and noodlesBarsRefrigerated prepared foodsFrozen mealsAlcoholic beverages
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Size
- Small operation
- Pilot scale. Stated equipment rates include HTST/UHT processor 180 L/hr, steam blancher 600 lb/hr, slicer/dicer 1,000 lb/hr, twin-screw extruder 50 to 200 lb/hr, bag-in-box filler 6 to 10 bags/min
- Food safety certification
- Not stated in their published informationNo GFSI scheme found on their site; not proof they lack one.
- Other certifications
- GMP
- Regulatory scope
- Not stated in their published information
- Equipment
- Dixie steam blancher and lye peeler, Urschel slicer/dicer, Langsenkamp pulper-finisher, Goodnature cold press juicer, Speidel bladder press
- Lee triple-action kettles (25, 60, 125 gal) and jacketed tanks
- Allpax 2402 retort and Dixie vacuum can seamer
- Microthermics HTST/UHT processor with homogenizer and aseptic ultraclean fill hood
- SinnovaTek continuous flow microwave, SPX Votator scraped surface heat exchanger, CiderSure UV pasteurizer, 50 gal vacuum pan
- Buhler PiloTwin twin-screw extruder
- GEA Mobile Minor spray dryer, Millrock freeze dryer, fluid bed, convection and tray dryers
- Frewitt mill, grain mills, Netzsch air classifier mill, Sweco sifter, ribbon, paddle, V and tumble blenders
- solvent, subcritical and cold press oil extractors; membrane filtration; Alfa Laval separator
- fermenters (17 to 31 gal)
- piston fillers, auger filler, rotary cup filler, bag-in-box filler, band and impulse bag sealers, VacMaster vacuum sealer, metal detectors
- Batch size or capacity
- Pilot scale; limited runs to test in market or for a small launch. Examples: Buhler twin-screw extruder 50 to 200 lb/hr, HTST/UHT 180 L/hr, bag-in-box filler 6 to 10 bags/min
- Services
- Formulation and R&DRecipe scale-upPilot and small runsCommercialization supportSensory testingIn-house labProcess authority helpFood safety consultingPhotography and marketing
- Works with
- Idea-stage brandsStartups and first runsLarge CPG companies
- Type of company
- R&D and pilot lab
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the plant's published information (5 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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