Sonoma Farm Co-Packing
Shelby, IN
Small-batch, FDA-registered co-packer in Shelby, Indiana serving chefs, caterers, restaurants, shop owners and entrepreneurs, mainly in Northwest Indiana and the Chicago suburbs. Cooks pasta and pizza sauces, salsas, BBQ and hot sauces, mustards, dressings, jams and infused oils and vinegars in 40 gallon steam kettles and fills glass bottles and jars, squeeze bottles, jugs and pails, and also sells private label oils, balsamics and pasta sauces from one case.
Request an introductionWhat this plant can run
Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 2 processes stated in all.
Packaging
5formats stated
Minimum order
PublishedMost plants require 100 gallons or more per product; the most it requires is 40 gallons
Certifications
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Plant locations
- Shelby, IN
- Process
- BottlingKettle cooking
- Packaging
- Glass bottlesGlass jarsSqueeze bottlesBulk and foodserviceBags and flexible film
- Products
- Sauces and marinadesSalsasOils and vinegarsCondimentsDressingsJams and preserves
- Minimum order
- Most plants require 100 gallons or more per product; the most it requires is 40 gallonsClose 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
- Not stated in their published information
- Regulatory scope
- FDA food facility registration. The plant says it is registered with FDA as a food facility. Registration is required of most plants and is not an FDA approval.
- Equipment
- Two Groen AH/1E 40 gallon steam-jacketed tilting floor kettles
- Groen TDH-20 4 gallon table-top steam kettle
- Piston filler
- Uline foot-operated impulse bag sealer
- In-house label printer
- Shrink wrap and labeling equipment
- Liquid pouch filling machine (listed as coming soon)
- Batch size or capacity
- Batches of 40 gallons or less; 4 gallon table-top kettle for tests and small runs. Containers: 12 and 16 oz clear glass bottles, 250 and 500 mL dark glass bottles, 2 to 8 oz Cosmo bottles, 8 oz squeeze bottles, half gallon and gallon jugs, 5 gallon pails, 24 and 32 oz pasta sauce jars, 16 oz salsa jars.
- Services
- Pilot and small runsPackaging and label designLabeling and regulatoryPrivate label catalogFormulation and R&DIngredient sourcing
- Works with
- Startups and first runs
- Also states
- Clients can attend their own production runs
- Boxing and bagging
- Can make organic products labeled organic without the USDA seal
- Private label infused olive oils, balsamics, balsamic glaze, truffle products and pasta sauces, 1 case minimum
- Type of company
- Co-packerCo-manufacturerPrivate label
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (8 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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