Harvest Food Group
Naperville, IL. Plants in Illinois, Indiana
Frozen and refrigerated co-manufacturer, private label supplier and IQF ingredient company headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, producing at a 200,000+ sq ft plant in East Chicago, Indiana. Makes skillet meals, single-serve entrees, breakfast bowls, sheet pan kits, vegetable and grain blends and smoothie blends in bags, bowls, cups, trays, bag-in-box and bulk totes, with R&D, pilot runs and scale-up for brands of all sizes.
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Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 6 processes stated in all.
Packaging
7formats stated
Minimum order
Not publishedAsk on the first call.
Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Plant locations
- East Chicago, IN
- Process
- IQF freezingEnrobing and coatingNitrogen flush and MAPPouch fillingCup and tub fillingSlicing and portioning
- Packaging
- Bags and flexible filmStand-up pouchesSingle-serve cupsTrays and clamshellsBag-in-boxBulk and foodserviceStick packs and sachets
- Products
- Frozen mealsRefrigerated prepared foodsGrains, rice and legumes
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Food safety certification
- SQFSQF level not verified; SQF Fundamentals is not GFSI benchmarked.
- Other certifications
- Certified gluten-freeUSDA OrganicKosher
- Regulatory scope
- USDA FSIS inspected. The plant says it operates under USDA FSIS inspection, which products with meat or poultry above the FSIS thresholds need.
- Equipment
- Vertical and horizontal form-fill-seal (VFFS, HFFS)
- Bowl, cup and tray lines with IQF, sauce and topping deposit
- Enrobing, seasoning and blending systems
- Bag-in-box and pouching with nitrogen flush
- Automatic case erecting, case packing and palletizing
- In-line check weighing, metal detection and x-ray inspection
- Batch size or capacity
- Pack sizes from single serve (0.5 oz) to 1,200 lb bulk formats; lines handle small test runs through high-volume production; 200,000+ sq ft plant
- Services
- Formulation and R&DRecipe scale-upCommercialization supportPilot and small runsIngredient sourcingLabeling and regulatoryTurnkey (they buy materials)Private label catalogDistribution and logistics
- Works with
- Startups and first runsEmerging brandsRegional and national brandsLarge CPG companies
- Also states
- IQF ingredient inventory (fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, seeds, herbs), conventional and organic
- Blanching, precision cuts and custom blend ratios
- Sheet pan and oven-ready family kits
- Smoothie blends
- Pillow, quad seal, gusseted, Doy-style resealable and steamable bags; packets
- Innovation Center with over 1,000 formulations
- non-GMO (program not named)
- Costco Supplier Addendum ready
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerPrivate label
- Founded
- 1999
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (7 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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