How to Pick a Co-Packing Partner
This lesson is an article published by IFT Food Technology.
Read the articleWhat you'll get
A packaging consultant writing in a food-science magazine explains why brands use co-packers (food safety systems, saving capital, flexibility) and how to choose one by the range of run sizes it handles, its per-unit price and minimums, trust, including how it handles recalls and whether staff turn over, and shared values. Read it before your first co-packer call so you know to ask about minimum runs, changeover costs and the records you can inspect.
Do this week
Write down the smallest run you could sell before the product's shelf life runs out, so you can test any co-packer's minimum order against it.