How to Find the Right Co-Packer with Ashley Sutterfield

Ashley Sutterfield, 31 minute video

Video from Hudson Kitchen. Watch on YouTube.

What you'll get

A co-packing consultant explains how a small food brand prepares to hand off production: write the recipe as a weighed formula in pounds and percentages, line up bulk ingredient sources, search nationwide for a co-packer in your product's niche, ask each for a call about its business, and plan for a paid test run, shipping and storage. The host runs a Northeast food incubator and the guest teaches a paid course on the same topic, so take the checklist and skip the sales pitch.

Do this week

Weigh every ingredient in one normal batch of your product, convert each weight to a percentage of the batch, and save the sheet as your formula.