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Choosing
and Using a Co-Packer
Co-packers manufacture and package foods for other companies to sell.
Co-Packers can provide entrepreneurs with a variety of services in
addition to manufacturing and packaging products.
North Carolina State Department of Food Science
Food
Processing: Using a Co-Packer
Why Use a Co-Packer?, What Should I Look For in a Co-Packer?, How
Do I Determine the “Best” Co-Packer For Me?
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
SpecialtyFoodResource.com Co-Packers
List of co-packers by state
Small
Co-Packers and Commercial Kitchens in the North East U.S.
Directory of copackers by state from the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship.
Cornell University
Pennsylvania co-packers
Allen Wertz Candies
718 Cumberland Street
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-273-0511
Email:questions@wertzcandy.com
Website: wertzcandy.com
Products: Hand-made chocolates, creams and truffles, caramel corn and opera fudge.
August Foods, Inc.
Harmeet Sandhu, President
444 Acorn Lane
Downingtown, PA 19335
(610) 873-3663
Email: augustfoods@gmail.com
Products: USDA-inspected copacker for bottled sauces, entrees, etc.
Beanies of Lancaster
2316 Norman Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
800-335-6663, 717-397-9578; Fax: 717-397-0941
Email:info@beaniesoflancaster.com
Website: beaniesoflancaster.com
Products: Quality jams, spreads and sauces.
Castle Co-Packers LLC
204B Schreiber Industrial Park
New Kensington, PA , 15068-4531
Brian Dworkin
724-339-4040
www.castlecopackers.com
Email:
bdworkin@castlecopackers.com
Bottled & canned soft drinks, water, Shelf stable juice, fresh juice, soft drinks, chocolate or malt or other hot beverages, alcohol free cocktails or drink mixes, sport or energy drink, spring or mineral water, powdered drink mix, ice, frozen juices, fresh drupe or stone fruit juice or concentrates.
Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
9 Keystone Park
Dunmore, PA 18512
800-706-6275; Fax: 570-342-0266
Email:jkenny@markave.com
Website: markaveneuchocolates.com
Products: Sugar-Free Cocoa/Baking Chocolate, Chocolate Bars, Chocolate Truffles and Other Candy.
ICC Foods, Inc.
3612 East Newport Road
Intercourse, PA 17534
888-527-0061, 717-768-0206; Fax: 717-768-0412
Michel's Bakery, Inc.
Contact: Jon Liss
5698 Rising Sun Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19120
215-742-3900, ext.250; Fax: 215-745-1058
Email: JLiss@MichelsBakery.com;
Website: MichelsBakery.com
Products: baked goods. Large volume bakery co-packer. 4 hour minimum kithcen use, producing 200-250 muffins per minute, 48,000 items per session.
Palace Foods, Inc.
100 Cleveland Avenue
Reading, PA 19605
800-228-9947
Pellegrino Foods
100 Lookout Drive
Warren, PA 16365
814-723-3402 ext 22
www.pellegrinofoods.com
Products: Frozen foods and specialty sauces
Stello Foods, Inc.
248 Pine Street, P. O. Box 413
Punxsutawney, PA 15767
800-849-4599
Website: http://www.stellofoods.com/private_label/index.htm
Products: Sauces, salsas, peppers, mustards, relishes, vinegarettes, ketchups, marinades.
Sunny Dell Foods
135 N 5th Street
Oxford, PA 19363
610-932-5164
www.sunnydell.com
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