SOPAKCO Packaging
Mullins, SC
Shelf-stable food processor and co-packer headquartered in Mullins, South Carolina, specializing in retort pouches, hot-fill fitment pouches, heat-and-serve bowls, trays and cups, and frozen single-serve and institutional foods. Supplies military MREs and makes private label entrees, rice, soups, sauces and sides for retail and foodservice brands, on a tolling or turnkey basis.
Request an introductionWhat this plant can run
Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 3 processes stated in all.
Packaging
5formats 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
- Mullins, SC
- Bennettsville, SC
- Process
- RetortHot fillPouch filling
- Packaging
- Retort pouchesSpouted pouchesStand-up pouchesTrays and clamshellsSingle-serve cups
- Products
- Shelf-stable mealsFrozen mealsSoups and brothsSauces and marinadesGrains, rice and legumes
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Food safety certification
- SQFSQF level not verified; SQF Fundamentals is not GFSI benchmarked.
- Other certifications
- Not stated in their published information
- 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
- Retort pouch lines (foil and non-foil microwaveable)
- Shaped retort pouches with pour spout
- Thermoformed microwaveable bowls and trays, including dual compartment
- Test kitchen with QC lab and pilot plant
- Electronic digital inspection, magnetizers and metal detectors
- Batch size or capacity
- Retort pouches from 2 ounces to 6 pounds; thermoformed bowls and trays from 5 to 16 ounces
- Services
- Formulation and R&DRecipe scale-upPilot and small runsIn-house labLabeling and regulatoryTurnkey (they buy materials)Tolling (you supply materials)
- Works with
- Large CPG companies
- Also states
- Military MRE and emergency ration production
- Heat-and-serve shelf-stable meal kits with separate protein and carbohydrate packs
- Frozen single-serve and institutional foods
- Foil and microwaveable non-foil retort pouches with rotogravure printing, tear notch and reclose options
- Heat-and-serve cups (newest facility)
- Type of company
- Co-manufacturerCo-packer
- Founded
- 1943
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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