Ready Foods
Denver, CO
Family-owned Denver, Colorado food manufacturer, in business since 1972, that kettle-cooks and immersion-cooks soups, sauces, cheese sauces, salsas, fillings, beans, grains, spreads and jams for restaurant chains, high-volume foodservice and retail brands. Produces quick-chilled fresh and frozen items in bulk pouches in glass-free SQF Level 2 and BRC audited plants, does not make shelf-stable foods, and provides R&D and ingredient sourcing at no charge.
Request an introductionWhat this plant can run
Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 2 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
- Denver, CO
- Process
- Kettle cookingPouch filling
- Packaging
- Bulk and foodserviceBags and flexible film
- Products
- Soups and brothsSauces and marinadesDips and spreadsGrains, rice and legumesRefrigerated prepared foodsSalsasJams and preserves
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Food safety certification
- SQFBRCGS
- Other certifications
- Not stated in their published information
- Regulatory scope
- Not stated in their published information
- Equipment
- Kettles
- Immersion cooking
- Cryovac and Tipper Tie bag packing
- Batch size or capacity
- Quick-chilled fresh and frozen items in bulk pouches (5 lb or less bags, Cryovac and Tipper Tie) packed in cases; some retail bag-in-cup packaging. Frozen shelf life 6 months, fresh items 60 days.
- Services
- Formulation and R&DRecipe scale-upIngredient sourcingPhotography and marketingIn-house labLabeling and regulatoryPilot and small runsTurnkey (they buy materials)
- Works with
- Regional and national brandsIdea-stage brands
- Allergens
- Swabs equipment daily for allergens after allergen runs.
- Also states
- Immersion cooking
- Cook-chill fresh and frozen production
- Glass-free facility
- Stable cheese sauces
- R&D at no added cost
- Meat and vegetable fillings
- Retail bag-in-cup packaging
- Daily micro testing (SPC, coliform, E. coli, yeast and mold) on first and last batch of each line
- Quick-chilled fresh items (60-day shelf life) and frozen items (180-day shelf life)
- No-charge R&D
- SQF Level 2
- Cooked to the kill step, then quick-chilled
- Meat and vegetable fillings and marinades
- Site lists FDA and USDA among audits completed; inspection is not stated
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerPrivate labelCo-packer
- Founded
- 1972
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (6 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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