Food For Thought
Traverse City, MI
Certified organic production kitchen in Traverse City, Michigan that has co-packed for over 25 years alongside its own preserves and sauces. Hot packs high acid and acidified jams, salsas, pasta and BBQ sauces, ketchups, mustards, dressings, hot sauces, Bloody Mary mixes, syrups and caramel sauces, with a few cold-packed items, in glass from 4 to 32 oz and 1 to 5 gallon pails, and offers private label and ready-to-label versions of its own line.
Request an introductionWhat this plant can run
Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 3 processes stated in all.
Packaging
3formats stated
Minimum order
PublishedMinimum order quantity is 1,200 units per product
Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Plant locations
- Traverse City, MI
- Process
- Hot fillCold fillAcidified foods (21 CFR 114)
- Packaging
- Glass bottlesGlass jarsBulk and foodservice
- Products
- Jams and preservesSalsasSauces and marinadesCondimentsDressingsSyrups and honeyShots and concentrates
- Minimum order
- Minimum order quantity is 1,200 units per productClose paraphrase of what the plant states. Confirm it on the call; minimums change.
- Food safety certification
- Not stated in their published informationNo GFSI scheme found on their site; not proof they lack one.
- Other certifications
- USDA Organic
- 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
- Selected glass bottles and jars with continuous thread lids, 4 oz to 32 oz (standard 8 oz straight-side jar, 12 oz mayo jar, 12 oz ring neck bottle); food grade plastic pails 1 to 5 gallons. New products take at least 4 to 6 months to be production ready, plus any waitlist.
- Services
- Labeling and regulatoryPrivate label catalog
- Works with
- Emerging brands
- Also states
- Caramel sauces and dessert toppings
- Handcrafted small batches
- Ready-to-label program: unlabeled jars of its own products by the case
- Acid and acidified products up to pH 4.2 (hot sauces and mustards at pH 3.8 or lower)
- Non-GMO and gluten-free products (no program named)
- Syrups and concentrates, Bloody Mary drink mixes
- Type of company
- Co-packerCo-manufacturerPrivate label
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (5 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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- Hot fill vs cold fillThe pH, temperatures and holds behind the two most common sauce and drink fills.Lesson
- Low-acid canned foods and acidified foods: the pH 4.6 lineWhat makes a food low-acid or acidified, and what each one requires of your co-packer.Lesson
- Co-packer minimum order quantities by categoryPublished minimums by category, and how to compare gallons, cases and pounds.Lesson