COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Compiled by Diane M. Barrett, Ph.D.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Fruit and Vegetable Products Specialist

and Linda J. Harris, Ph.D.
Food Safety/Microbiology Specialist
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
Resource guide: Co-packers University of California Davis, CA 95616-8598
http://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/Food_Industry_Contacts/
updated 6/16/05

Bell-Carter Packaging Capay Canyon Ranch

Bryan Newton Leslie or Stan Barth
2200 Lapham Drive P. O. Box 508
Modesto, CA 95354 Esparto, CA 95627
Phone(s): 209-549-5939 Phone(s): 530-662-2372
Fax: 209-549-5944 Fax: 530-662-2306
Email: bnewton@bcpackaging.com Email: capaycanyon@msn.com
URL: www.bcpackaging.com URL: www.localharvest.org/farms/m3787
A contract packager focusing on automatic & hand assembly of your Tomatoes (dried), table grapes, almonds & walnuts. Also packaging
marketing promotions, seasonal items, annual fulfillment & much of almonds & walnuts.
more. Please call for more details.
Cascade Continental Foods
Bella Viva Orchards Peter Olson
3019 Quincy Road 1089 Essex Ave.
Denair, CA 95316 Richmond, CA 94801
Phone(s): 800-552-8218 209-883-4146 Phone(s): 510-232-3103
Fax: 209-883-0215 Fax: 510-232-5009
Email: sales@bellaviva.com Email:
URL: www.bellaviva.com URL:
Our company dries, processes, packages, and chocolate dips dried Packaging lines for liquid and dry food products.
fruit.
Ceylon Teas Inc.
Blossom Valley Foods Jay Abey
Bob Wagner/Steve Bragg 310 N. Palm Avenue
20 Casey Street Suite B
Gilroy, CA 95020 Brea, CA 92821

Phone(s): 408-848-5520 Phone(s): 562-690-2576 888-433-5398

Fax: 408-848-1249 Fax: 562-690-9576
Email: bvfoods@garlic.com Email: ceylonteas@aol.com
URL: www.blossomvalleyfoods.com URL: www.ceylonteas.com
Certified organic. Pastas, condiments, vinegars, mayonnaise, sauces, Ceylon Teas, Inc. is an importer of the finest gourmet teas from the
liquid line and food products. island of Sri Lanka. Most of our packing is done in the U.S.

Caffe Del Mar Charlottes Confections

Paul Taparauskas Sean Calloway
1221 Via Mil Cumbres 1395 El Camino Real
Solana Beach, CA 92075 Millbrea, CA 94030

Phone(s): 858-481-1112 800-222-5005 Phone(s): 650-589-1126 800-798-2427

Fax: 858-794-4033 Fax: 650-589-1923
Email: Paul@caffedelmar.com Email:
URL: www.caffedelmar.com URL: charlottesconfections.com

Liquid coffee & tea concentrates; green tea liquid concentrates; We produce old fashioned candies, such as caramels, fudge and
private label Italian syrups; aseptic or glass bottle ready-to-drink toffee. We have four enrobing machines as well as panning
cappuccino. capabilities.

Please note: This list is provided for your information. It does not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation by Dr. Barrett, Dr. Harris, the Cooperative
Extension or the University of California. The sources from which this referral guide was compiled are not always specific as to which services, products o
equipment are provided. We suggest you contact these sources by telephone, fax or electronic mail (when available) or by mail. If the company has provided
information, it is included below the phone number. We hope this information will be of help to you.
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Cornerstone Kitchens Esco Foods, Inc.

Adrienne Gilmore Marc Bosschart
2912 Ford St. 1035 Howard Street
Oakland, CA 94601 San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone(s): 510-534-6419 Phone(s): 415-864-2147
Fax: 510-534-6419 Fax: 415-822-2969
Email: Email:
URL: URL:
Licensed commercial kitchen rental. Food packer: syrups, toppings, salad dressings, marinades, BBQ
sauce, flavors, extracts in glass, plastic, paper, #ID’s.
Custom Foods Inc.
Sheldon Andrizzi Fancy Pak, Inc.
5075 S. Santa Fe Avenue Ike
Vernon, CA 90058 2551 S. Rodeo Gulch Rd. #6

Phone(s): 323-585-6056
Soquel, CA 95073
Fax: 323-583-0108 Phone(s): 800-493-2629 831-464-3898
Email: information@custom-foods.com Fax: 831-464-3896
URL: www.custom-foods.com Email:
Develop - Formulate - Blend - Pack - Private label - Dry ingredients. URL:
Examples: bakery mixes, season blends, drink mixes. Dry co-packer: spice blending, dry ingredient blending, packaging.

DiDomenico’s Gourmet Prods & Custom Pckrs Flavorland Foods, Inc.

John Mark C. Frandsen

P.O. Box 158 P. O. Box 157

2329 Yew Street
Morgan Hill, CA 95038
Forest Grove, OR 97116
Phone(s): 408-778-9414
Fax: 408-778-5609 Phone(s): 503-357-7124
Email: D681952@aol.com Fax: 503-357-0419
URL: Email:
Retorts glass/cans, pasta sauces, salsas, condiments, slicing/dicing, URL:
puree capabilities, carbonated beverages, teas, juices. Cooling Drum-dried fruit powders and vegetable powders and flakes.
tunnel 18,000 sq. ft. Nutritional labeling. Roasting. Frank’s Famous Foods/CMS
E. Waldo Ward & Son Frank Gimbel
Richard and Jeff Ward 3557 O’Connor
273 E. Highland Avenue Lafayette, CA 94549
Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Phone(s): 510-427-2033
Fax:
Phone(s): 800-355-9273 626-355-1218
Email:
Fax: 626-355-5292
URL:
Email: jelly@waldoward.com
Wet products. Assistance with product formulation, nutritional
URL: www.WaldoWard.com
labeling. Main products are mustards, B.B.Q. sauces, hot sauces,
Wet products. Jams, jellies, marmalades, sauces. and salad dressings.
Eclectic Cookery George Chiala Farms Inc.
Scott Madison George Chiala Sr.
Hunter’s Point Shipyard 15500 Hill Road
P.O. Box 883594
Morgan Hill CA 95037
San Francisco, CA 94188
Phone(s): 408-778-0562
Phone(s): 415-822-8788 Fax: 403-779-4034
Fax: 415-822-8760 Email:
Email: URL: www.gcfarmsinc.com
URL:
Commercial kitchen rental.

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Gil’s Gourmet Gallery Heaven Scent Natural Foods

Gil Tortolani Tom Mosk
577 Ortiz Ave. 2516 California Ave.
Sand City, CA 93955 Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone(s): 800-438-7480 831-394-3305 Phone(s): 310-829-9050
Fax: 831-394-9144 Fax: 310-829-6745
Email: gil@gilsgourmet.com Email: heavenscent@earthlink.net
URL: www.gilsgourmet.com URL:
We pack wet products, olives, pickled garlic, pearl onions, carrots, Cookies, fruit juice, sweetened cookies, organic flour cookies,
peppers, etc. Flavored nuts, olive oil & vinegar as long as it does not gingerbread houses, croutons, bread sticks, bread crumbs, butter
require cooking. cookies.

Gimbal Fine Candies Knudsen’s Candy

Richard Butler Gina Quiriconi/Tod Knudsen
250 Hillside Blvd 25067 Viking Street

South San Francisco, CA 94080 Hayward, CA 94545

Phone(s): 800-344-6225 Phone(s): 800-736-6887 510-293-6887

Fax: 650-588-0150 Fax: 510-293-6890
Email: general@gimbals.net Email: gina@knudsens.com
URL: www.gimbalscandy.com URL:
Chocolates and confections. Sauces. Chocolate manufacturer,
Certified kosher candy manufacture. Jelly beans, licorice, sugar free
private label & co-packer.
soft chew candies. Contract manufacture.
Kozlowski Farms - “Sonoma County Classics”
Golden Whisk
Carol, Perry, or Cindy Kozlowski
Elinor Hill-Courtney
5566 Gravenstein Hwy. 116
P.O. Box 2131
330 Shaw Rd. Forestville, CA 95436

South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone(s): 707-887-1587 800-473-2767

Fax: 707-887-9650
Phone(s): 650-952-7677 800-660-5222
Email: koz@am-net or CKozlowski03@aol.com
Fax: 650-952-9004
URL: www.kozlowskifarms.com
Email: laregina@goldenwhisk.com
URL: www.goldenwhisk.com Salad dressings, condiments, jams, jellies, marmalades, fudge
sauces, mustards, salsas, steak & BBQ sauces. Equipment: large
Upscale specialty food manufacturer - internationally styled sauces,
cooking kettles, heat & cooling tunnel, pressure sensitive labeling
oils, vinegars, condiments. We use only the highest quality
machinery.
ingredients. Excellent production facility.
Lester Farms
H.K. Canning Inc. Rachel Reyes/Stephen Caselli
Henry Knaust
4317 Margaret Lane
130 North Garden
Winters, CA 95694
Ventura, CA 93001
Phone(s): 530-795-2693
Phone(s): 805-652-1392 530-795-3970
Fax:
Fax: 805-652-0242 Email: comments@lesterfarms.com
Email: hkcanning@earthlink.com URL: www.lesterfarms.com
URL:
Dried fruit packer. Dehydrate or sun dry (w/SO 2) most fruits &
Still system, retort. Low acid foods. Low volume processor, soups,
tomatoes. Can sort, grade by size, wash & pack into 25# fiber cases.
beans, mushrooms. Certified Organic and Kosher Certified.
Can vary moisture per request, dice dried fruit from 1/2” squares to
1/16” squares.

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Mad Will’s Food Company Moon Shine Trading Co.

Tim Sullivan Ishai Zeldner
2043 Air Park Court, Suite 30 1250A Harter Ave.
Auburn, CA 95602 Woodland, CA 95776
Phone(s): 530-823-8527 888-275-9455 Phone(s): 800-678-1226 530-668-0660
Fax: 530-823-1756 Fax: 530-668-6061
Email: tim@madwills.com Email: mstco@moonshinetrading.com
URL: www.madwills.com URL: www.moonshinetrading.com
Co-packer wet foods. Free consultation. Minimum run approximately Varietal honeys, honey fruit spreads, Select nut butters, Honey in the
300 cases or 100 cases each of three flavors. Label design and Straw. Co-packing (cold pack only), private label.
printing available, nutritional labeling available. Certified organic.
State licensed. FDA certified. Mooney Farms
Mary Ellen Mooney
Metrovox Snacks 1220 Fortress Street
Paul Popcorn
Chico, CA 95973
6116 Walker Ave.
Phone(s): 530-899-2661
Maywood, CA 90270
Fax: 530-899-7746
Phone(s): 888-224-7110 217-253-1750 Email: mooneyfarm@aol.com
Fax: 217-325-1807 URL: www.mooneyfarms.com
Email: info@giftbasketsupplies.com Sun dried tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes in olive oil & herbs, sun dried
URL: www.metrovoxsnacks.com tomato pesto, sun dried kiwi fruit, sun dried kiwi fruit candies.
Popcorn, pretzels, tortilla chips, chocolate.
Mrs. Leeper’s Pasta Inc.
Michael’s Cookies Inc. Michelle Muscat
Lyndall Radeczki 14949 Eastvale Road
10635 Scripps Ranch Blvd., #D Pomway, CA 92064
San Diego, CA 92131
Phone(s): 858-486-1101
Phone(s): 619-578-0888 800-U-BAKE-THEM Fax: 816-502-6722
Fax: 619-578-3086 Email: mrsleeperspasta@aipc
Email: mcookies@san.rr.com URL: www.mrsleeperspasta.com
URL: We are the largest manufacturer of organic pasta in the USA. We
Manufacturer of gourmet precut frozen cookie dough. Five sizes. All specialize in conventional and unique shapes, natural and seasoned
natural ingredients. pasta for the retail & foodservice trades.
Miss Scarlett, Div. Rhett Inc. Old Ranchers Canning Co.
Peggy Luper Don Graber
P. O. Box 1488
P.O. B ox 458
1339 Rollins Road
Sultant, CA 91785
Burlingame, CA 94011
Phone(s): 909-982-8895
Phone(s): 800-345-6734 Fax:
Fax: 650-340-9680 Email:
Email: URL:
URL: Produces specialty canned products, i.e. soups, chowders, stews,
Olives, whole or stuffed, marinated & dilled veggies, stuffed grape chilies, broths, beans; continuous rotary retort system; certified
leaves, eggplant & tomato spreads, spirited fruits. organic; USDA; in operation since 1946. Production time available.

Mitsubishi International Corp. Pacific Choice Brands

Fine Chemical Department Al Andrews, President
520 Madison Ave. 4667 E. Date Avenue
New York, NY 10022 Fresno, CA 93725
Phone(s): 212-605-2408/2406 212-605-2000 Phone(s): 559-237-5583
Fax: 212-605-1810 Fax: 559-237-2078
Email: Email: pcb@pacificchoice.com
URL: www.micusa.com URL: www.pacificchoice.com
Antimicrobial agents. Wet foods, salsas, dressings, certified organic garlic, peppers,
cherries, olives. Product development and technical food consulting.

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Paris Pastry, Inc. San Francisco Popcorn Works

1448 Westwood Blvd. Joan Adler
Los Angeles, CA 90024 1028 Revere Ave.

Phone(s): 310-474-8888 800-PARIS-91 San Francisco, CA 94124

Fax: 310-470-2097 Phone(s): 415-822-4744
Email: lobjois @parispastry.com Fax: 415-822-3376
URL: www.parispastry.com Email: popcorn@creative.net
Pastry, cakes, cookies, bread. Private labels, Florentines Special URL: www.sfpopcornworks.com
Packaging. Vacuum packaging. Gas flushing. Gingerbread Distinctive upscale popcorn products, including Somewhat Sinful
Specialty, houses & cookies. dried fruit popcorn & Nature Pop. Microwaveable corn on the cob.
Private labeling & custom flavors available.
Radich Bor-do-lay, Inc.
Geraldine Price-Radich Santa Barbara Olive Co., Inc.
303 Sutter Street Craig Makela
Folsom, CA 95630 12477 Calle Real

Phone(s): 916-985-6435 Santa Barbara, CA 93117

Fax: 800-995-6434 Phone(s): 800-624-4896 805-562-1456
Email: veggypatch@aol.com Fax: 805-562-1464
URL: www.radichbordolay.com Email: info@SBolive.com
Co-packer wet foods, product development. Low acid foods. Cold URL: www.sbolive.com
pack. 100 case minimum. Cosmetics, diet supplements. Certified organic olives, salsas, pasta sauce, condiments, oils,
vinegars, food service.
Riz-Oli Olive Oil
David Bailey Santini Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 4852 Roger Tan, Ph.D.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 16505 Worthley Drive

Phone(s): 800-488-6548 805-473-3559 San Lorenzo, CA 94580

Fax: 805-473-8671 Phone(s): 800-835-6888 510-317-8888
Email: Fax: 510-317-8343
URL: Email: roger@santinifoodsinc.com
Cooking & bottling of oils, sauces, and vinegars. Bottling & labeling URL:
of prepared sauces, oils, or vinegars. Supplier of bulk olive oil & Only West coast sweetened condensed milk producer. Man-
balsamic vinegar. ufactures syrups & dressings; packs varieties of vegetable oils for US
& Mexico; importer & distributor of Italian olive oil & Italian gourmet
RW Garcia Co. Inc.
food products for more than 15 yrs.
Margaret Garcia
P.O. box 8290 (mailing address) Schenone Specialty Foods Inc.
345 Phelan Ave. (street address) 95112 Ernie Schenone, Jr.
San Jose, CA 95155 3765 N. Wilcox Rd., Suite H

Phone(s): 408-287-4616
Stockton, CA 95215
Fax: 408-287-7724 Phone(s): 209-931-5188
Email: Fax: 209-931-5186
URL: www.rwgarcia.com Email:
Certified organic. Corn-based snack foods, croutons, salsas. URL:
Mfg/pkg. liquid prods including hot-pack & pH control processes.
San Anselmo’s Cookies & Biscotti Equipment includes piston filler, steam kettle, capper, mixers,
Jan Cloth-Richman choppers, dry mixers, refrigeration, freezing, pressure sensitive
P.O. Box 2822 labeling.
San Anselmo, CA 94979
Phone(s): 415-492-1220 800-229-1249
Fax: 415-492-1282
Email:
URL:
Biscotti, cookies. All natural, kosher-certified, organic, low fat, fat-free
available. Consultant for how to get started in the specialty food
business.

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Sona & Hollen Timber Crest Farms

John E. Kidde Ruth Waltenspiel
3712 Cerritos Ave. 4791 Dry Creek Road
Los Alamitos, CA 90720 Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone(s): 310-431-1379 Phone(s): 888-374-9325 707-433-8251
Fax: 310-598-6207 Fax: 707-433-8255
Email: Email: tcf@timbercrest.com
URL: URL: www.timbercrest.com
Wet food products. Licensed FDA high acid & low acid cannery canning in glass. Also
Sonoma Gourmet form & fill machines & lines to pack 3 oz. up to 5 lbs. in flex
packaging. Food techs. on staff for product development.
Roger Declercq
466-A Primero Court Triple H Food Processors
Cotati, CA 94931 Tom Harris
Phone(s): 707-792-7613 5821 Wilderness
Fax: 707-792-7614 Riverside, CA 92504
Email: sauceboy@sonomagourmet.com Phone(s): 909-352-5700
URL: www.sonomagourmet.com Fax: 909-352-5710
Wet food products. Minimum run 300 to 400 cases. FDA certified Email:
for pH and non-pH-controlled products. Nutritional labeling, product URL:
development. Wet co-packer. Sauces.

Sorrenti Family Farms Tulocay Foods

Rita Sorrenti, Marian Miller Catherine Bergen
14033 Steinegul Road 101 S. Coombs Street
Escalon, CA 95320 Suite 1

Phone(s): 209-838-1127 888-435-9490 Napa, CA 94559

Fax: 209-838-7809 Phone(s): 707-253-7655
Email: Fax: 707-253-0720
URL: Email: tulocay@interx.net
Specialize in dry food products. URL: www.madinnapavalley.com

Sweet Adelaide Enterprises Artisan specialty food manufacturers; package oil & vinegar. Pkging
Paula Savett/Phillip Ingerson (Qual. Assur.) includes waxing, etching, painting, hand applied & machine applied
labels, raffia. All kinds of handwork. Hand bottling, recipe
12918 Cerise Ave.
development. Also create & pkg fine gifts.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
Upstart Product Development, Inc.
Phone(s): 888-249-7140 310-970-7840
Larry Newby
Fax: 310-970-9809
Email: info@sweetadelaide.com 931 Reno Ave., Ste. L
URL: www.sweetadelaide.com Modesto, CA 95351
Salad dressings, salsas, condiments, herb vinegars, oils, herb Phone(s): 209-529-7365
seasonings, cold pack. Fax: 209-529-7486
Email: upstart@upstart.com
Thatcher’s Special Popcorn URL: www.upstartprod.com
Gus Ghassan
Food product development; custom pack for pasta sauces, mustards,
2200 Jerrold Avenue, #H
dressings, marinades, salsas, etc., in glass containers.
San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone(s): 415-643-9945 800-926-2676
Fax: 415-643-9948
Email: sales@tgsp.com
URL: www.tgsp.com
Gourmet snacks that include organic popcorn, pretzels and nuts.
Automated packaging line.

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Valley Lahvosh Baking Co.

Brad Fitzhenry, Marketing Mgr.
502 M Street
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone(s): 800-480-2704 559-485-2700
Fax: 559-485-0173
Email: brad@valleylahvosh.com
URL: www.valleylahvosh.com
Manufacturing crackerbread & flatbread.
Other email: customerservice@valleylahvosh.com

Wine Country Kitchens

Brian Witbracht; John McIntosh
511 Alexis Court
Napa, CA 94558
Phone(s): 707-252-9463
Fax: 707-252-9424
Email: wck@winecountrykitchens
URL: www.winecountrykitchens.com
Hot & cold fill co-packer, specializing in private label, product
development from recipe to market, storage and distribution; fully
licensed & insured, small minimum runs.

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