Cost without a plant
No capital for ovens, freezers, or a second crew. You pay for runs, not idle capacity.
Contract manufacturing · Private label
Your brand. Our plant.
Co-packing from our wholesale bakery — tart shells, filled programs, fillo, cakes, and pastry. SQF certified. Your recipes stay yours.
Why co-pack
A pastry plant, without building one.
Contract manufacturing lets bakery and pastry brands put product in market without building a second bakery. Bakersland is the wholesale bakery in Irwindale — the same line that produces our own tart shells and fillo — under SQF food safety systems.
Bring a brief. We assess fit, quote, sample, and run. You keep the brand, the recipe, and the customer.
Contract manufacturing brochure
Capabilities
What we run in-house.
- 01
Mixing
Dough and batter mixed to your spec.
- 02
Depositing
Accurate fill weights, run after run.
- 03
Forming
Shells, shapes, and laminated formats.
- 04
Baking
Even color and bake across the lot.
- 05
Freezing
Held frozen for a stable finish and ship.
- 06
Packing
Retail and foodservice packs, labeled to your brand.
Benefits
What a partner plant is for.
Pastry already in the building
Shortcrust, fillo, lamination, and frozen finishing are what we do every day — not a side line.
Scale that can move
Pilot cases for a launch, then ongoing frozen production as the program lands in stores or hotels.
You keep the brand
Marketing, recipes, and customer relationships stay with you. We bake, freeze, pack, and ship.
Services
What we run under your name.
Built for pastry and bakery brands that need scale inside a frozen SQF plant — not a generic job shop.
Private-label catalog
Selected Bakersland SKUs under your brand — tart shells, filled tarts, fillo, baklava, and supporting lines.
Custom tart shells
Sizes, shapes, edge styles, and coatings developed to your brief within our real-butter shortcrust.
Filled programs
Custard, fruit, chocolate, lemon, and key lime formats — frozen for the same plate, every time.
Fillo, kataifi & baklava
Heritage fillo from our Athens line, plus baklava programs built on our own dough.
Cakes
Wholesale cake programs for retail cases and foodservice — quoted within bakery scope.
Pack, label, ship
Retail packs, foodservice cases, labeling to your specs, and freight coordination nationwide.
Process
Six simple steps
- 01
Consultation
Volume, format, allergens, pack, and timeline. We say quickly whether it sits in SQF scope.
- 02
Proposal
Scope, lead time, MOQ, and cost. Then a contract and confidentiality terms.
- 03
Samples
Development and tasting samples until the spec is locked — crust, fill, bake, and pack.
- 04
Production
Scheduled frozen runs on the Irwindale line, with your labeling and case configuration.
- 05
Quality
In-process checks, finished-goods review, and the certificates your buyers ask for.
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Delivery
Frozen shipping to your DC or accounts, plus ongoing support for reorders and seasonal lifts.
Quality
What SQF means for our customers
SQF — Safe Quality Food — is a GFSI-recognized food safety certification. An independent auditor verifies HACCP-based controls at our Irwindale wholesale bakery. For brands we co-pack, that is how your product gets approved, shipped, and defended — not a plaque on the wall.
Easier vendor approval
Most grocery, club, and foodservice buyers require a GFSI-recognized scheme. SQF is that scheme — so your brand does not have to wait on a second factory audit to get listed.
Fewer duplicate audits
One independently audited food-safety system covers HACCP, GMPs, and traceability. Your QA team spends less time sending the same packet to every new account.
Paperwork with the load
Spec sheets, allergen statements, and certificates travel with the program. When a buyer asks, the file is already built.
Recall-ready traceability
Lot coding and documented process controls mean we can trace a run. That is what your risk team is actually buying — not a logo on a letterhead.
Honest scope
We only co-pack what sits inside our SQF scope. If a format does not, we say so before you spend on samples or artwork.
How we work
Clear comms. Your IP stays yours.
Transparency
A single sales contact, production updates, and no surprise change orders. You know where the run sits.
Built to the brief
Crust, fill, pack, and label are specified with you — not a one-size catalog slapped with a sticker.
Confidentiality
Recipes, formulas, and brand files remain yours under written confidentiality. We do not shop your spec.
Example programs
How brands use the plant.
Typical fits — not a client list. If your format lives in tart shells, filled pastry, or fillo, it is worth a conversation.
Retail tart program
A grocer or bakery brand running ready-to-fill shells in their own retail pack — our crust, their name.
Hotel pastry
Filled tarts for banquet and outlet pastry, frozen so every property plates the same dessert.
Fillo under your label
Sheets, kataifi, or baklava for a Mediterranean or specialty brand that needs industrial fillo without a factory.
Start a conversation
Tell us the brief
Volume, format, timeline, and brand requirements. Sales at 213.893.8000 — we respond with feasibility and next steps.