Independent Co-Packing Since 1987
Your recipe. Our plant. Real shelf‑stable results.
The production partner established brands trust.
Creative Foodworks is a nationally recognized contract manufacturer of hot-filled and acidified foods. We make sauces, salsas, marinades and dressings for the brands you find on shelves nationwide, and we never sell our own, so we never compete with you.
Certified to the standards national retailers require
SQF Certified
Kosher · Orthodox Union
Gluten Free Food Program
Our San Antonio plant
A Co-Packer You Can Trust
We build other people’s brands, on purpose.
For more than three decades, established food brands have brought us their recipes and their growth plans. We bring the plant, the food-science know-how, and the quality systems to turn them into thousands of cases on retail shelves.
Because we don’t sell our own branded products, your recipe stays yours and your shelf space stays yours. Once a brand gets a taste of our capabilities and service, they tend to stick around. Many have grown with us for over 20 years.
What We Do
Full-service, start to shelf
From an established recipe to a nationwide rollout, we handle the production so your team can focus on growing the brand.
Co-Packing
Full-service contract manufacturing of hot-filled, acidified and shelf-stable foods. We run your recipe at scale without ever competing with your brand.
Formulation
Recipe development from scratch, reverse engineering, scale-up, and value engineering, with access to our library of proven house recipes.
Quality & Food Safety
SQF certified, Kosher (OU), and gluten-free certified. Validated and continuously monitored by our team and outside auditors.
Commercialization
From first production run to nationwide distribution, we help you test, refine and scale your product into major retail.
Built for Established Brands
Made for brands ready to scale
Serious Capacity
We run minimum batches of 1,000 gallons and scale to nationwide volume. We’re built for brands with real demand, not first runs.
Certified Quality
SQF certified, Kosher (OU), and gluten-free certified. The standards national retailers expect, held on every batch we run.
Built for the Long Haul
Our partnerships are measured in decades, not seasons. Many of the brands we make have grown with us for more than 20 years.
Hot-filled & ready for retail
What We Make
If it’s hot-filled or acidified, we can run it
We specialize in shelf-stable products across a range of categories, in retail and food-service formats alike.
On Shelves Nationwide
Our customers’ products reach America’s biggest retailers
The brands we co-pack are sold coast to coast. Here are just a few of the retailers they reach.
Let’s get your product on the line
Tell us what you want to make and how much you need. We’ll get back to you within two business days.
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