Proper Beverage Co.
Hudsonville, MI
Canning co-packer in Hudsonville, Michigan for small, mid-size and startup brands that blends, force carbonates, cold fills and tunnel pasteurizes sodas, tonics, energy and functional drinks, flavored seltzers and spirit or wine based RTDs in 8 to 16 oz cans, and also fills 30 liter one-way kegs. Runs a 60,000 sq ft SQF Level 2 plant with on-site cold and freezer storage and low minimums.
Request an introductionWhat this plant can run
Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 4 processes stated in all.
Packaging
2formats 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
- Hudsonville, MI
- Process
- Cold fillCarbonationTunnel pasteurizationCanning
- Packaging
- Aluminum cansKegs
- Products
- Carbonated drinksFunctional drinksAlcoholic beveragesWater
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Food safety certification
- SQFSQF level not verified; SQF Fundamentals is not GFSI benchmarked.
- Other certifications
- KosherUSDA Organic
- Regulatory scope
- TTB permitted (alcohol). The plant states a TTB permit for alcohol production.
- Equipment
- Cans with 202 ends: 8 oz sleek, 8.4 oz sleek, 12 oz sleek, 12 oz standard, 16 oz standard; most 200 end slim cans on contract
- Forced carbonation
- Tunnel pasteurizer
- Nitro dosing for still beverages
- Particulate and plate filtration; filtered water
- UniKeg 30 L recyclable one-way PET kegs (Sankey D)
- 12 and 24 count shrink-bundled trays, glue-tab cartoning in 4 to 24 counts, in-house variety packing, date coding
- QC: Anton Paar C-Box and Alcolyzer, Hach analytics, Heuft in-line inspection, CMC Kuhnke seam scan
- Services
- Cold storageDistribution and logistics
- Works with
- Startups and first runsEmerging brandsRegional and national brands
- Also states
- Nitro dosing for still beverages
- Shelf-stable cold fill relying on acidifiers and preservatives (including Nagardo), as an alternative to tunnel pasteurization
- NSF/ANSI 229 certified
- Site describes itself as FDA approved (not stated as registered)
- Michigan Liquor Control Commission license; distilled spirits license, vintners permit and brewers permit
- One-way 30 L kegs for draft programs
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerCo-packerContract bottler
- Founded
- 2019
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (4 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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