Expert Scale-Up Solutions for Food and Nutraceutical businesses
Helping you transform ideas into market-ready products.
Expert Scale-Up Solutions for Food and Nutraceutical businesses
Helping you transform ideas into market-ready products.
About Scale-Up Foods
Our Mission
At Scale-Up Foods, we are dedicated to empowering small and start-up businesses in the food industry. Our mission is to transform innovative ideas into market-ready products through expert consultation and strategic guidance.
Kurt Schneider, Owner
Who we are
With 30+ years global food industry experience, I help small companies from prototype to market in product development, quality, scale-up, & manufacturing. My main focus in on brand/manufacturer collaboration. I only work with a few clients at a time, so I can give them the one-on-one help they need
Services we offer
Production Scale-Up
Imagine you created a recipe for the absolute BEST chocolate chip cookies ever. Your kids love them, your family and friends love them. You think; "Hey, I can sell these!" But, how do you do that? That's where Scale-Up Foods Consulting comes in. We know how to translate what you created in your home kitchen to small scale production and beyond to get your products market-ready.
From Your Home Kitchen
Where it all starts. We work with you, side-by-side, to understand what makes your recipe unique, and discuss ways we can maintain that level of quality throughout the production process
To A Commercial Kitchen
The first level of scale-up. We help you transition your product to a space that can increase your throughput so you can start to sell your product at Farmer's Markets, Pop-Ups, Local Events and even Local Grocery Stores
Then Full Contract Manufacturing
When you outstrip your commercial kitchen capacity, we help you locate a contract manufacturer. This includes sourcing, production trials and writing product/package specifications
And Finally, Brick and Mortar
And Finally, Brick and Mortar
And Finally, Brick and Mortar
Are your sales strong enough to support building your own manufacturing facility? We can help with location, design, equipment sourcing and line layout to optimize your new space
Other services we offer
Ingredient/Product/Package Specifications
In order to scale-up your product, you need to have specifications that are compliant with all local and federal regulations. We can help draft these for your product to ensure they meet all government compliance regulations
Other services we offer
Quality and Regulatory Compliance
Whether you want to sell your products in Farmer's Markets, Grocery Stores National, Big-Box Stores, you need to ensure your product, process and package meets all local and federal regulations. With over 35 years of food/dietary supplement product development, we understand the ins and outs of these regulations, and can help you apply them correctly to your products
Projects we have worked on
Processing Technology
Quality Program Development
Processing Technology
We helped develop a new processing technology to increase the grocery store shelf life of fresh fish filets from 3 to 7 days
Process Scale-Up
Quality Program Development
Processing Technology
We helped a client scale-up their packaged condiment product by identifying contract manufacturers and conducting on-site qualification trials
Quality Program Development
Quality Program Development
Regulatory Compliance Programs
We developed a full quality control program for an animal nutrition products company to help oversee multiple contract manufacturing facilities
Regulatory Compliance Programs
Product Documentation Templates
Regulatory Compliance Programs
We developed a full HACCP compliance program for a meat-filled baked product
Product Documentation Templates
Product Documentation Templates
Product Documentation Templates
We created a suite of templates for a food business to use when moving their production to a contract manufacturer