Co-Manufacturing

  • Frozen Co-Manufacturing

Flexible. Scalable.
Built Around You.

At Harvest Food Group, we specialize in frozen and refrigerated co-manufacturing built for speed, consistency, and partnership. Whether you’re launching something new or scaling a best-seller, we offer the structure, agility, and expertise to bring your product to life safely and efficiently.

  • Our Products

What We Make

We support a wide range of products tailored to your formulation, format and channel requirements. 

Popular Formats We Support:

  • Bags: Skillet meals, side dishes, and smoothie blends
  • Bowls: Single-serve entrees and breakfast bowls (with sauce & toppings)
  • Cups: IQF components and portioned builds
  • Trays & Family-Size Kits: Sheet pan kits, oven-ready meals

Designed for retail, foodservice or club – our solutions scale with your brand.  

  • Seamless Execution
Our Production Capabilities

Our Chicagoland-based, SQF certified facility is fully equipped with to handle a wide range of frozen and refrigerated product builds. With automation, food safety, and scalability at the core, we ensure seamless execution from concept to shelf.

Capabilities Include:

  • Vertical & horizontal form-fill-seal (VFFS, HFFS)
  • Bowl, cup & tray lines (IQF, sauce & toppings)
  • Enrobing, seasoning, and blending
  • Bag-in-box, pouching, nitrogen flush
  • Automatic case erecting, packaging, case packaging & palletizing

Built for speed-to-shelf and high care with a new 200,000+ sq. ft. facility opening Spring 2026 to support expanded capacity and advanced allergen controls.

  • Coming Soon
Built to Scale.
Driven by Innovation.

Our 184,000-square-foot, SQF certified facility features flexible manufacturing lines, global sourcing capabilities, and robust food safety programs.

In Spring 2026, we’ll open a second, state-of-the-art facility designed specifically for high-care frozen and refrigerated production, enabling greater innovation and operational excellence.

  • How It Works
Commercialization Process

Step 1: Discovery & Consultation

We start by understanding your goals, product vision, and target specs.

Step 2: R&D & Sample Development

Our culinary and R&D teams collaborate with you to develop samples, refine formulations, and ensure alignment on taste, texture, nutrition, and cost.

Step 3: Pilot Run & Scale-Up

Once your sample is approved, we move to a pilot run and finalize your commercial-ready specs.

Step 4: Production & Packaging

Your product is manufactured using our high-care production lines and packaged in the format of your choice – retail, foodservice, bulk.

Step 5: QA & Ongoing Support

Every batch goes through strict quality & food safety checks, and our team stays hands-on to support future production, improvements, and product extensions.

Ready to Build Something Together? Let’s Start a Project.
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  • Work With Us
Innovation Through Collaboration

Our in-house culinary scientist and product development team are ready to co-create with you. Services include:

  • Concept-to-launch development
  • Flavor, ingredient, and trend research
  • Product reformulation & optimization
  • Nutrition & cost targeting
  • Pilot production & scale-up testing

We combine entrepreneurial energy with operational excellence to help brands of all sizes succeed.

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