Gedney Foods Company
Burnsville, MN
Minnesota pickle maker dating to 1881 that offers product and process development and contract packing of pickled vegetables, relishes, mayonnaise, pourable dressings, mustards, horseradish, salsas, ketchup and BBQ, hot and cooking sauces. Hot fills and cool fills without batch cooking, using closed plate and scraped surface heat exchangers, into glass and plastic containers including squeeze bottles, from 8 to 128 fl oz up to 300 gallon foodservice containers.
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Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 4 processes stated in all.
Packaging
2formats stated
Minimum order
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Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Plant locations
- Burnsville, MN
- Process
- Hot fillCold fillContinuous cookingBottling
- Packaging
- Squeeze bottlesBulk and foodservice
- Products
- Pickled and fermented vegetablesCondimentsDressingsSalsasSauces and marinades
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Food safety certification
- Not stated in their published informationNo GFSI scheme found on their site; not proof they lack one.
- Other certifications
- Not stated in their published information
- Regulatory scope
- Not stated in their published information
- Equipment
- Plate heat exchangers
- Scraped surface heat exchangers
- Batch size or capacity
- Glass and plastic containers, round or flat, from 8 to 128 fl oz (250 ml to 4 liters), including squeeze bottles; foodservice and industrial containers from 2 to 300 gallons. Heat exchangers take product from ambient to up to 200 F and back to ambient in 30 seconds.
- Services
- Formulation and R&D
- Works with
- Not stated in their published information
- Allergens
- Makes mayonnaise.
- Also states
- Product pasteurization (method not stated)
- Mayonnaise
- Horseradish
- Products from thin to very heavy viscosity, smooth or with large particulates
- Cool fill (site's term) alongside hot fill
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerCo-packer
- Founded
- 1881
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (3 pages checked).
Their own published information is thin, so some facts come from trade press, an industry association or a state directory.
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