British Columbia, Canada Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!

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British Columbia, Canada Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!

British Columbia, Canada Co-Packers: Want to Sell Your Salsa, Preserves, Jams, Etc.? Learn About Using A CoPacker to Prepare It!

If you want to make and sell your home-made preserves, salsa, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter, jams, jellies, or whatever, you will need a licensed kitchen to prepare and can the food. That's fine for relatively small quantities, and if there is a licensed kitchen to rent nearby at a good cost. See this page for shared use kitchens in British Columbia, Canada. But it may be less expensive (and less risky) for your new business to use a CoPacker to prepare their food, according to you recipe and process. 

What is a Co-Packer?

Co-packers manufacture and package foods for other companies to sell.  These products range from nationally-known brands to private labels.  Entrepreneurs choose to use the services of copackers for many reasons.  Copackers can provide entrepreneurs with a variety of services in addition to manufacturing and packaging products.  They can often help in the formulation of the product.  The copacker may function only as a packer of other people's products or may be in business with his own product line.  They may be, in fact, manufacturing several competing products.  The range of services available from a copacker will vary depending on the size and experience of the copacker and the type of facilities and the capacity of their plant.

Choosing a Co-Packer

You will want to choose a co-packer who has experience making the type of product and packaging that you need.  You may also want to choose a co-packer that is located close to you or your source materials and/or market or distribution centers to reduce costs.

See this page for much, much more about co-packers, like advantages, disadvantages and how to choose a copacker.

The following list consists of companies in British Columbia, Canada that have co-packing capabilities. This list is neither all-inclusive, nor is it meant to serve as an endorsement.

If you are a co-packer wishing to be added to this list, add your information here.

 

British Columbia, Canada Co-Packers in British Columbia

• Bullseye Packaging - Copacker, Variety Packing Assembly, Printed Shrink Film Application, and Point of Purchase Display Assembly.
  #519 - 6388 Unsworth Road, Chilliwack BC V2R 5M3. Phone: 403-970-7155. Email: SALES@BULLSEYEPACKAGING.CA.
  Simply send us your bulk product, packaging, and finished format specifications and we implement your marketing or production plans for you.
• Canadian Co-Packing - Copacker, Co-packer, private label, Gluten Free baked goods and dry food
  7622 Winston Street, Burnaby, BC V5A 2H4. Phone: (604) 563-0866. Email: info@canadiancopacking.com. If you own a Gluten Free product or a Product contain Gluten Canadian Co-Packing could be a great choice for you. You just need to have a reciepe and we handle everything for you! Canadian Co-Packing provides services for those businesses which makes a variety of baked goods and dry food products and also it's a Gluten-Free certified company.  We offer baking, filling and sealing services, case packing, labeling, and palletizing, food safety, shipping and tracking. Our commitment is to provide safe delivery of your food to your customers or retail store with our predictable and reliable service. We can seal and pack stand up pouch bags, flat bottom bags, Containers or similar to these types of bags. You just need to have a recipe and we handle everything for you.
• High Altitude Foods - Copacker, Product development services, Recipe development, Business development consulting services, Packaging, Hot packing, Cold packing, Plastic, Scale-up recipes, We can file forms and paperwork, We can source (find) ingredients, We can source (find) packaging, Private labeling, We specialize in small and start-ups, Free Consulting services, Paid Consulting services
  20-12871 Bathgate Way, Richmond, NA V6V 1Y5. Phone: (604) 273-2433. Email: sgander@highaltitudefoods.ca. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . High Altitude Foods is a Food Manufacturer dealing in superior culinary cuisine combining quality, price, and service to meet your market's needs. Our Culinary Team can make for you, artisan crafted fare to international flavors; Creating Culinary Excellence! Services Offered Private Label Co- Packing Airline Catering Grab to Go Products Contract Manufacturing Artisan Sandwiches and Snacks Located in Canada County. (ADDED: May 26, 2021, Suggested by a visitor)
• Praemium Chocolates Corp. (dba Ross Chocolates) - Copacker, Nut-free facility, Metal, Private labeling, We specialize in small and start-ups, Free Consulting services
  #119 1525 Broadway st, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6P6. Phone: (778) 688-7677. Email: sales@rosschocolates.ca. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . We are an established Chocolate company that specializes in No Sugar Added (Sugar Free) and Organic Chocolate. We have been in business for 27 years and service both Canada and the United States from our BRC certified plant located in the Vancouver, Canada area. Equipment includes; Chocolate Bar & Wafer molding, Panning machines, flow wrap machines, and Pouch packaging. Our Q&A team is able to help ensure you have the highest quality Chocolate representing your brand with accurate labels and appropriate certifications for the destination country (US/Canada). Our R&D people can assist in formulating the best flavor profile to ensure consistent sales. In addition, we have some of the lowest MOQ in the industry. We would like to be a resource for you to either have your current Chocolate product efficiently packaged for retail opportunities or provide you with our sugar free sku’s that will compliment your current Chocolate line. Located in Canada County. (ADDED: October 19, 2023)
• Punjab Milk Foods Inc. - , Sugar-free, Other Oils, Cheese, Appetizers, Ethnic Sauces (soy, curry, etc.)
  630846th Street, Surrey, British Columbia, V3S 3A4, Canada. Phone: 604-594-9190. Fax: 604-594-9108. Email: arneja@nanakfoods.com. Contact: Gurpreet Arneja.
• Howard's Foods Co-Packing - Copacker,
  Burnaby, BC, Canada. Phone: 604-626-5200.
• Sanjay's Foods Ltd. - Copacker, Refrigerated storage, Freezer storage, Dry shelf storage, Hot packing, Cold packing, Glass, Plastic, We can source (find) ingredients, We specialize in small and start-ups
  12417 No 2 Rd, Richmond, BC V7E 6H7. Phone: (604) 241-9344. Email: info@sanjayfoods.ca. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. . (ADDED: January 30, 2024)

Other Resources

If you still can't find a suitable co-packer for your product, see co-packers in other areas of Canada here.

 

Where can I find more information about canning?

For more than 250 specific, simple recipes with step-by-step directions and photos; and general information on canning and food preservation, see this page.