Creative Foodworks
San Antonio, TX
Family-founded contract manufacturer in San Antonio, Texas, co-packing since 1987, that hot fills shelf-stable acidified sauces, salsas, queso, marinades, dressings, condiments and cocktail mixers in retail glass and plastic and in foodservice sizes. Sells no brands of its own and is set up for established brands that can meet a 1,000 gallon minimum with at least quarterly orders.
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Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 3 processes stated in all.
Packaging
6formats stated
Minimum order
PublishedMinimum run of 1,000 gallons, with orders placed at least quarterly
Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Plant locations
- San Antonio, TX
- Process
- Hot fillAcidified foods (21 CFR 114)Kettle cooking
- Packaging
- Glass jarsGlass bottlesPlastic bottlesPlastic jarsSqueeze bottlesBulk and foodservice
- Products
- Sauces and marinadesSalsasDressingsCondimentsDips and spreadsJams and preservesShots and concentrates
- Minimum order
- Minimum run of 1,000 gallons, with orders placed at least quarterlyClose paraphrase of what the plant states. Confirm it on the call; minimums change.
- Food safety certification
- SQFSQF level not verified; SQF Fundamentals is not GFSI benchmarked.
- Other certifications
- KosherCertified gluten-free
- Regulatory scope
- FDA acidified foods. The plant says it makes acidified foods under 21 CFR 114, the rule for most shelf-stable sauces, salsas and pickles.
- Equipment
- Not stated in their published information
- Batch size or capacity
- Hot fills in batches of 1,000 gallons and up. Retail sizes 8 oz to 32 oz in glass and plastic jars, bottles and squeeze bottles, packed in 6 or 12 pack trays; foodservice 1 gallon to 50 gallon.
- Services
- Formulation and R&DRecipe scale-upCommercialization supportPrivate label catalog
- Works with
- Regional and national brands
- Also states
- Reverse recipe engineering
- Value engineering for cost reduction
- House recipe library customers can start from
- Cocktail mixers such as margarita, bloody mary and michelada bases
- Shelf-stable queso and cheese sauces
- Pepper jellies and glazes
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerCo-packerPrivate label
- Founded
- 1987
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (5 pages checked).
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