Production Facilities

Production

• Scalable: The Kitchen Coop production facilities represent the state of the art in flexible, scalable food manufacturing.  Our 4 production areas range in size from 500 to 1000 square feet to accommodate different needs.
• Accessible: Each of our production rooms is directly accessible to our warehouse to provide easy movement of materials, finished goods and equipment. An oversized door for each production room allows us to work from palletized raw materials and back to pallets for finished goods.
• Flexible: Our production rooms have ample electricity of both 120 & 208 V (3ϕ), natural gas, compressed air and water. All utilities are outfitted with quick connections to facilitate changeovers and sanitation.  FRP walls, washable drop ceilings, floor drains and a portable high pressure washing system make post-operative sanitation fast and reliable.
• Equipped: Much of the equipment at The Kitchen Coop is transportable so we can configure each line to optimize production efficiency.  Our equipment list is being updated continuously, so please contact us to see if the right equipment is already onsite and available.  Clients may bring proprietary equipment to supplement our capabilities.

Allergen Control

• Gluten Free: The Kitchen Coop is certified Gluten Free for production of gluten free products.
• Allergen Control: The Kitchen Coop has production room where use of the 8 top allergens (wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, eggs, dairy, fish, & seafood) are strictly controlled, and the room and equipment tested daily to ensure safe production of products.
• Allergen Testing: We perform in-house testing for Gluten and use a third party lab for other tests of Finished Goods to ensure Allergen statement compliance.
• Allergens: The Kitchen Coop currently produces or stores products with wheat, tree nuts, peanuts, dairy, eggs, and soy.  Allergens are labeled and segregated to protect against cross contamination.

On-site equipment deep cleaning and testing is performed regularly to ensure nut, gluten and other allergen levels below industry standards. The Kitchen Coop includes Allergen testing as part of Client HACCP training and plan development.  The Allergen Control section of our facility has specially designed, separate air handling systems to prevent cross contamination

Packaging

• Packaging Equipment: The Kitchen Coop can package in single serve “flow-wrapped” film packages, stand-up pouches, glass or plastic jars. Tray sealing with MAP is also available.
• Packaging Rooms: The Kitchen Coop has a two packaging rooms.  These areas are designed for packaging product, applying labels, making cartons, and preparing shipments. The packaging rooms are not designed for food processing.

Third Party Certifications

• The Kitchen Coop can manufacture products that are certified Gluten-Free through Gluten Intolerance Group,  and certified non-gmo by the Non GMO Project. Our staff helps our Brand Partners earn these certifications as part of our Roosting process.
• The Kitchen Coop is SQF (GFSI) certified.
• The Kitchen Coop  develops and implements the SOP’s, GMP’s, Food Safety Plans,  and other protocols required for 3rd party certification through our Roosting process. The Kitchen Coop can help modify recipes to comply with the requirements of 3rd party certifiers.
• Other certifications such as Costco, USDA Organic, Walmart, etc. may be possible working with The Kitchen Coop. The Kitchen Coop is open to any 3rd party audits and certifications. The Kitchen Coop is always pursuing additional certifications as we advance. Call us to find out which certifications are currently available or on the horizon

Please contact us for more information: info@kitchencoop.com