production-facilities Production/Co-packers in midwest (Indiana)

The Hot Pepper

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• Jan 22, 2023

• #2

There's a very good one called Patter Fam in Ohio that may not be too far:

Patter Fam Foods Co Packing | Patter Fam Sauces and Pastor's Pantry Cooking School

Patter Fam Foods is your new full-service co-packing partner! We are strategically located in the Ohio-Kentucky-West Virginia tri-state region, in the ...

www.patterfamsauces.com

 

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The Hot Pepper

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• Jan 22, 2023

• #3

They started out with their own hot sauces that are also very good, so they really know hot sauce unlike some other co-packers.

 

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salsalady

• Jan 22, 2023

• #4

Patter Fam is who I was going to suggest.

 

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salsalady

• Jan 22, 2023

• #5

CaJohn's used to, but the company sold seveal years ago and I am not seeing any listing in Ohio. There is a listing in NC.

Edit- found this

https://themetropreneur.com/cajohns-fiery-foods-selling-business-but-maintaining-the-heat-in-central-ohio/

 

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The Hot Pepper

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• Jan 22, 2023

• #6

4 hours isn't bad when you want a good co-packer:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Avon,+IN+46123/Patter+Fam+Sauces,+8019+Hayport+Rd,+Wheelersburg,+OH+45694/@39.211886,-85.1897518,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x886ca5513c52b255:0x3959f0b8707194d2!2m2!1d-86.4086061!2d39.7716518!1m5!1m1!1s0x884660fc15c1e79d:0x4c79a15241915e3b!2m2!1d-82.8573407!2d38.7319075!3e0

 

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salsalady

• Jan 22, 2023

• #7

What is unique to your sauce that makes it difficult? If it is not proprietary....

 

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The Hot Pepper

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• Jan 22, 2023

• #8

Kitchens/Co-Packers

Below is a list of commercial kitchens and co-packers by state, as well as a starting point for the entrepreneur to find supplies.

cals.cornell.edu

I looked on Cornell's list and this is the only one in Indiana:

https://www.pacmoore.com/contract-manufacturing/

 

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salsalady

• Jan 22, 2023

• #9

Interesting...only 21 states have copackers listed. Washington state has 1 listed which i have never heard of and I know of 2 others not listed.

Florida's Endorphine Farms is not listed. Endorphine Farms does a LOT of copacking.

 

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The Hot Pepper

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• Jan 22, 2023

• #10

It's not all-encompassing. Cornell tends to lean toward what they approve of.

 

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salsalady

• Jan 22, 2023

• #11

So, the person needs to do their own research as to what is actually available.

Perhaps a talk with the state dept of ag, which usually licenses these types of facilities, would be able to point them in the right direction.

 

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The Hot Pepper

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• Jan 22, 2023

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salsalady

• Jan 22, 2023

• #13

The Hot Pepper said:

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Really`!?!???

 

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Psyk0siss

• Jan 23, 2023

• #14

I've reached out to the two that were suggested, hopefully I hear something soon. Thanks for the input!

 

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