Behind the Ranking

How to Climb the Rankings

Oh hey! If you're on this page you're probably either thinking "what the... how am I ranked below that guy?" or "this is kinda cool, I wonder what I can do to rank even higher!".

Hopefully the latter but either way we also want you to rank higher so we're here to help you out. Below the leaderboard, you'll find an outline of what goes into our ranking and how you can climb. Hint: it's not about size, it's about clarity.

Oh, and if you want to check the rankings for major categories, scroll all the way down...

The Comanufacturers.com Top 10s

Big Manufacturers

1. Monogram Foods

2. Pacific Coast Producers

3. Protenergy Natural Foods Corp.

4. Great Lakes Cheese Co

5. Cooper Farms

6. J&J Snack Foods

7. Hearthside Foods

8. Leprino Foods

9. Nellson

10. Carolina Beverage Group

Medium-sized

1. CraftMark Bakery

2. Dynamic Blending Specialists

3. Harris Tea Co

4. DrinkPAK

5. Rack and Riddle Custom Wine Services

6. Portland Bottling Company

7. Ellison Bakery

8. Lone Star Bakery

9. Q Trade Teas

10. Buencafé

Local

1. Next Century Spirits

2. FedUp Foods

3. Element Bars

4. Proper Beverage Co.

5. Chewter's Chocolates

6. Orinco Coffee & Tea Ltd

7. Patriot Pickle

8. Central Smith

9. Aegle Nutrition

10. Classic Cake

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Behind the Ranking

How Our Manufacturer Rankings Work

Our mission is to connect brands with the right manufacturing partner for them, so our rankings are not about finding the biggest or most advanced manufacturers. They're designed to reflect how confident we are that the manufacturer deliver products in the category they're ranked in.

That means it's all about the clarity and depth of the information a manufacturer provides about their operations — the more info we can find on a manufacturer’s services, capabilities, the more certain we are when we recommend it to someone on the site, and the higher the score behind the ranking.

What We Evaluate

Here are some general guidelines on what we look at:

Product Information: We assess how clearly and comprehensively manufacturers describe the products they can produce, including details about categories, specialties, and unique product types. If specifically mention they can make the product, they score high. If they're vague and we have to infer whether they can make it, they score low.
Service Offerings: Similar to products, manufacturers that clearly outline the services they offer (as contract manufacturing, private labeling, or custom recipe development) will score and rank higher.
Capabilities, Capacity, and Minimum Quantities: Providing info on those little extras that brands look for when they run a search - specific types of equipment, packaging they need, minimum order quantities, and the likes - gives a manufacturer a better ranking.
Website and Online Presence: A well-organized, modern, and informative website allows brands to easily understand your offerings positively impacts the ranking.
Fit for Different Brands: A manufacturer’s ability to communicate their niche and strengths, whether they cater to large-scale production or smaller, artisanal operations gives higher scores.

How to Improve Your Ranking

So if you're looking to be more visible on comanufacturers.com by improving your ranking, there are some pretty clear ways to game our system. Here are the steps you can take to enhance your ranking:

Submit Your Information: Make sure we have accurate, up-to-date details about your products, services, capabilities, minimum quantities, and more. By submitting this information directly to us, you can ensure your profile reflects your strengths. And having direct, verified info from you gives you a boost in the rankings.
Be Clear and Comprehensive: The more detailed and transparent your information is on your website, the easier it is for brands to see how you can meet their needs. Include specifics about product categories, production capabilities, certifications, and any unique advantages you offer.
Highlight Your Certifications: Certifications such as GMP, USDA Organic, or Kosher can set you apart and demonstrate your commitment to quality and compliance.
Be Clear About Minimums Up-front: Small or niche manufacturers can score just as well as larger operations. The importance is that they clearly communicate their fit for smaller brands or specialized projects, so sharing a minimum will give you a boost.

What to do Next

If you want to submit information about specific parts of your business or you've made updates to your website you want us to cover, let us know and we'll bake it into the next review to get your rankings boosted.

Top Categories

Top Co-manufacturers for Health & Nutrition

Big Manufacturers

1. Hearthside Foods

2. Leprino Foods

3. Nellson

4. Carolina Beverage Group

5. Lyons Magnus

6. Flagstone Foods

7. Aaron Thomas Company

8. 8th Avenue Food & Provisions

9. Foremost Farms

10. Bioriginal

Medium-sized

1. Harris Tea Co

2. Q Trade Teas

3. Columbia Nutritional

4. Fresca Foods Inc.

5. Proven Partners Group

6. Celmark International

7. Mayer Brothers

8. Berner Food and Beverage

9. Iniative Foods

10. Action Pak Inc

Local

1. FedUp Foods

2. Element Bars

3. Aegle Nutrition

4. AHF Vitamins

5. Big Boss Baking Co

6. Freezeat Inc.

7. Aoi Tea Company

8. Organic Food Incubator

9. Assemblies Unlimited

10. Local Oven

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Top Co-manufacturers for Food Service Products

Big Manufacturers

1. Monogram Foods

2. Pacific Coast Producers

3. Great Lakes Cheese Co

4. Bay Valley Foods

5. Burke Corporation

6. Lyons Magnus

7. Pan-O-Gold Baking

8. C.H. Guenther & Son

9. Pano Gold

10. Agropur

Medium-sized

1. CraftMark Bakery

2. Harris Tea Co

3. Ellison Bakery

4. Lone Star Bakery

5. Butternut Mountain Farm

6. Cuisine Solutions

7. Deli Brands of America

8. Corim Industries

9. Country Pure Food

10. Berner Food and Beverage

Local

1. Chewter's Chocolates

2. Classic Cake

3. Lasco Foods Inc.

4. ATX Specialty Foods

5. H&H Products Company

6. Aoi Tea Company

7. BakeryCorp

8. M.A.D. Foods Inc.

9. Barkman Honey

10. H & H Products Co

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Top Co-manufacturers for Sauces & Dressings

Big Manufacturers

1. Protenergy Natural Foods Corp.

2. J&J Snack Foods

3. Carolina Beverage Group

4. Lyons Magnus

5. Archer-Daniels-Midland

6. Alumi-Tek Bottles

7. Farmer Bros

8. Premium Waters Inc.

9. Big Train

Medium-sized

1. Harris Tea Co

2. DrinkPAK

3. Portland Bottling Company

4. Q Trade Teas

5. Buencafé

6. Corim Industries

7. FIFCO USA

8. Country Pure Food

9. Giovanni Foods

10. Proven Partners Group

Local

1. FedUp Foods

2. Proper Beverage Co.

3. Orinco Coffee & Tea Ltd

4. Aegle Nutrition

5. Lasco Foods Inc.

6. H&H Products Company

7. Brew & Bottle

8. Aoi Tea Company

9. Organic Food Incubator

10. Blue Ocean Tea

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Top Co-manufacturers for Condiments

Big Manufacturers

1. Protenergy Natural Foods Corp.

2. J&J Snack Foods

3. Carolina Beverage Group

4. Lyons Magnus

5. Archer-Daniels-Midland

6. Alumi-Tek Bottles

7. Farmer Bros

8. Premium Waters Inc.

9. Big Train

Medium-sized

1. Harris Tea Co

2. DrinkPAK

3. Portland Bottling Company

4. Q Trade Teas

5. Buencafé

6. Corim Industries

7. FIFCO USA

8. Country Pure Food

9. Giovanni Foods

10. Proven Partners Group

Local

1. FedUp Foods

2. Proper Beverage Co.

3. Orinco Coffee & Tea Ltd

4. Aegle Nutrition

5. Lasco Foods Inc.

6. H&H Products Company

7. Brew & Bottle

8. Aoi Tea Company

9. Organic Food Incubator

10. Blue Ocean Tea

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Top Co-manufacturers for Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Big Manufacturers

1. Protenergy Natural Foods Corp.

2. J&J Snack Foods

3. Carolina Beverage Group

4. Lyons Magnus

5. Archer-Daniels-Midland

6. Alumi-Tek Bottles

7. Farmer Bros

8. Premium Waters Inc.

9. Big Train

Medium-sized

1. Harris Tea Co

2. DrinkPAK

3. Portland Bottling Company

4. Q Trade Teas

5. Buencafé

6. Corim Industries

7. FIFCO USA

8. Country Pure Food

9. Giovanni Foods

10. Proven Partners Group

Local

1. FedUp Foods

2. Proper Beverage Co.

3. Orinco Coffee & Tea Ltd

4. Aegle Nutrition

5. Lasco Foods Inc.

6. H&H Products Company

7. Brew & Bottle

8. Aoi Tea Company

9. Organic Food Incubator

10. Blue Ocean Tea

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Top Co-manufacturers for Baked Goods

Big Manufacturers

1. J&J Snack Foods

2. Hearthside Foods

3. Nellson

4. Pan-O-Gold Baking

5. Aaron Thomas Company

6. C.H. Guenther & Son

7. Pano Gold

8. FGF Brands

9. H&S Bakery Inc.

10. Cargill

Medium-sized

1. CraftMark Bakery

2. Ellison Bakery

3. Lone Star Bakery

4. Fresca Foods Inc.

5. Grand Prairie Foods

6. Main Street Gourmet

7. Gold Medal Bakery

8. Direct Food Service Inc.

9. Klosterman Baking Company

10. Dessert Holdings

Local

1. Element Bars

2. Chewter's Chocolates

3. Classic Cake

4. Big Boss Baking Co

5. BakeryCorp

6. Local Oven

7. Big Boss Baking

8. Legacy Bakehouse

9. Boxford Bakehouse

10. GF Blends

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Top Co-manufacturers for Snacks

Big Manufacturers

1. Monogram Foods

2. Great Lakes Cheese Co

3. J&J Snack Foods

4. Hearthside Foods

5. Bellisio Foods

6. Flagstone Foods

7. Aaron Thomas Company

8. 8th Avenue Food & Provisions

9. Mount Franklin Foods

10. FGF Brands

Medium-sized

1. Fresca Foods Inc.

2. Biery Cheese

3. Axium Foods

4. Georgia Nut Co.

5. King Nut Co

6. Action Pak Inc

7. Dieffenbach's Snacks

8. Hickory Harvest Foods

9. Eillien's

10. GRBNGO

Local

1. Freezeat Inc.

2. Old Fashioned Foods

3. Big Boss Baking

4. Kimnori USA

5. Legacy Bakehouse

6. Day-Lee Foods Inc.

7. Apogee Foods

8. Grain Place Foods

9. Creations Foods

10. Jones Potato Chip Co.

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Top Co-manufacturers for Frozen Foods

Big Manufacturers

1. Monogram Foods

2. Cooper Farms

3. J&J Snack Foods

4. Hearthside Foods

5. Blount Fine Foods

6. Bellisio Foods

7. Burke Corporation

8. C.H. Guenther & Son

9. Agropur

10. Byrne Dairy

Medium-sized

1. CraftMark Bakery

2. Lone Star Bakery

3. Cuisine Solutions

4. Country Pure Food

5. Chairmans Foods

6. Grand Prairie Foods

7. Main Street Gourmet

8. Gold Medal Bakery

9. Country Pure Foods

10. Klosterman Baking Company

Local

1. Classic Cake

2. Freezeat Inc.

3. Local Oven

4. 21 Holdings LLC

5. Andros Foods North America

6. Day-Lee Foods Inc.

7. Clear Ocean

8. Gagne Foods

9. Prairie West Ice Cream

10. Culinary Arts Specialties

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Top Co-manufacturers for Desserts

Big Manufacturers

1. J&J Snack Foods

2. Agropur

3. Byrne Dairy

4. FGF Brands

5. Cargill

6. Newly Weds Foods

7. Aspire Bakeries

8. Big Train

Medium-sized

1. CraftMark Bakery

2. Ellison Bakery

3. Lone Star Bakery

4. Ganong

5. Country Pure Food

6. Astor Chocolate

7. Main Street Gourmet

8. Eillien's

9. Dessert Holdings

10. G.S. Gelato

Local

1. Chewter's Chocolates

2. Classic Cake

3. Lasco Foods Inc.

4. Freezeat Inc.

5. BakeryCorp

6. Andros Foods North America

7. Pete's Gourmet

8. Gagne Foods

9. Greyston Bakery

10. Prairie West Ice Cream

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Top Co-manufacturers for Dairy Products

Big Manufacturers

1. Great Lakes Cheese Co

2. Leprino Foods

3. Bay Valley Foods

4. Agropur

5. Foremost Farms

6. Byrne Dairy

7. Darigold

8. Dairy Farmers of America

9. DairiConcepts

10. Associated Milk Producers Inc

Medium-sized

1. Biery Cheese

2. Berner Food and Beverage

3. American Soy Products

4. Aurora Organic Dairy

5. Gossner Foods

6. Gossner Foods Inc.

7. Brewster Dairy Inc

8. Jasper Products

9. Mtres Foods

10. Perry's Ice Cream Co

Local

1. Old Fashioned Foods

2. M.A.D. Foods Inc.

3. Prairie West Ice Cream

4. Holmen Cheese LLC

5. Cache Creek

6. Anderson Custom Processing

7. Dairyfood USA

8. Martinez Distributors Inc.

9. Old World Creamery

10. Custom Beverage Concepts

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Top Co-manufacturers for Desserts

Big Manufacturers

1. J&J Snack Foods

2. Agropur

3. Byrne Dairy

4. FGF Brands

5. Cargill

6. Newly Weds Foods

7. Aspire Bakeries

8. Big Train

Medium-sized

1. CraftMark Bakery

2. Ellison Bakery

3. Lone Star Bakery

4. Ganong

5. Country Pure Food

6. Astor Chocolate

7. Main Street Gourmet

8. Eillien's

9. Dessert Holdings

10. G.S. Gelato

Local

1. Chewter's Chocolates

2. Classic Cake

3. Lasco Foods Inc.

4. Freezeat Inc.

5. BakeryCorp

6. Andros Foods North America

7. Pete's Gourmet

8. Gagne Foods

9. Greyston Bakery

10. Prairie West Ice Cream

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Top Co-manufacturers for Ethnic Foods

Big Manufacturers

1. Mizkan America

2. BelGioioso Cheese Inc

Medium-sized

1. Giovanni Foods

2. Berner Food and Beverage

3. Chairmans Foods

4. Giraffe Foods Inc.

5. Catallia Mexican Foods

6. International Food Solutions

7. Kent Quality Foods

8. Kettle Cuisine

9. FOODMatch

10. Avatar Natural Foods

Local

1. ATX Specialty Foods

2. Local Oven

3. Arizona Spice Co

4. Kimnori USA

5. Day-Lee Foods Inc.

6. Brooks Bottling Co

7. Jyoti Foods

8. Paradox Foods

9. Pure Ground Ingredients

10. JCB Flavors

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Top Co-manufacturers for Canned & Jarred Foods

Big Manufacturers

1. Pacific Coast Producers

2. Blount Fine Foods

3. Bay Valley Foods

4. Hanover Foods Corporation

5. Ocean Beauty Seafoods

6. Inter-American Products

7. Newly Weds Foods

Medium-sized

1. Giovanni Foods

2. Berner Food and Beverage

3. Iniative Foods

4. Blue Marble Productions

5. Direct Food Service Inc.

6. Initiative Foods

7. Mtres Foods

8. Baxter's North America

9. Bridgewell Agribusiness LLC

10. Morgan Foods

Local

1. Patriot Pickle

2. Arizona Spice Co

3. Andros Foods North America

4. Brooks Bottling Co

5. Growers Cooperative Grape Juice Co

6. Jyoti Foods

7. Cornaby's

8. Karlsburger Foods

9. Gourmet Gardens

10. Ashman Manufacturing Co

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