Superior Nut and Candy Company, Inc.

What Superior Nut and Candy Company, Inc. does

Superior Nut and Candy Company, Inc. is a family-owned private label food manufacturer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1982. The company operates as a B2B co-packer and contract manufacturer for tree nuts, seeds, trail mixes, chocolate confections, and dried fruit, serving emerging brands, established private label developers, major retailers, foodservice operators, and ingredient manufacturers across North America. It is wholly owned by founder Mona Biamonte Mastrangelo and operates two Chicago facilities, including an SQF Level 2 certified headquarters and manufacturing site at 1140 W. Exchange Avenue and a warehouse store at 1111 W. 40th Street.

The company's processing capabilities rest on precision roasting, oil roasting with exact temperature control, chocolate enrobing and panning, multi-stage tempering, precision blending, and custom formulation development. The technology stack is manufacturing-centric — featuring temperature-controlled environments, allergen management protocols, and full batch traceability from raw materials to finished products. It also maintains USDA Organic, Kosher, and GMP compliance capabilities, and runs an innovation showcase sub-brand called yep! Brand that demonstrates rapid concept-to-shelf development cycles. Packaging services span custom printing, flexible films, rigid containers, multi-cell variety packs, and point-of-purchase displays.

The business model is sales-led and quote-based, with revenue generated through processing fees, formulation development, and production volume across contract manufacturing, ingredient supply, and packaging services. Pricing is determined by product specifications, volumes, and service requirements, with multi-year contracts. The company reaches customers through direct B2B sales engagement, a warehouse store for SMB and direct purchases, and a contact-driven website funnel. No public pricing, revenue, or capital structure disclosures are available.

Name

Superior Nut and Candy Company, Inc.

Legal name

Superior Nut & Candy Co., Inc.

Website

https://superiornutandcandy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Superior Nut and Candy Company is a family-owned Chicago-based private label manufacturer and co-packer founded in 1982, producing tree nuts, seeds, trail mixes, chocolate confections, and dried fruit for retailers, emerging brands, foodservice operators, and ingredient manufacturers across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Snack and Confectionery Manufacturing

NAICS

Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing (31135), Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing (311911), Other Snack Food Manufacturing (311919), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Snack Foods Manufacturing (Ethnic/Regional, Gourmet, Functional) (AFAKAIAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Chocolate & Candy Snacks Manufacturing (AFAKAIAM), Trail Mix & Snack Mix Manufacturing (AFAKAIAG), Dried Fruit & Fruit Snacks Manufacturing (AFAKAIAL)

Keywords

• Private label snacks
• Nut roasting
• Chocolate enrobing
• Co-manufacturing
• Trail mix blending

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Private Label Manufacturing: Contract manufacturing services for retail brands, private label development, and foodservice operations. Revenue generated through processing fees, formulation development, and production volume across nut, seed, trail mix, chocolate, and dried fruit categories.
2. Ingredient Supply: Supply of processed nuts, seeds, and dried fruit as ingredients for secondary manufacturers and industrial food production.
3. Packaging Services: End-to-end packaging solutions including design, prepress, sourcing, purchasing, and warehousing. Revenue from packaging materials and conversion services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Superior Nut and Candy Company manufactures roasted and salted nuts, chocolate confections (including enrobed, molded, hand-dipped, and panned products), and custom-blended trail mixes and snack mixes. The company also operates as a private label and co-manufacturer, producing finished snack and confection products under customer brands and supplying bulk ingredients such as dried fruit and sunflower seeds to foodservice and confectionery customers.

Product overview

Superior Nut and Candy Company operates as a private label food manufacturing company offering four core product lines: Tree Nuts and Seeds (premium almonds, cashews, and specialty seeds with roasting and coating capabilities), Trail Mixes (custom blend formulations from classic to specialty combinations), Chocolate Confections (tempered chocolate coating with multiple varieties), and Dried Fruit (traditional and exotic dried fruits). The company also produces its own innovation showcase brand called 'yep!' and provides comprehensive packaging services that integrate with product development. The portfolio operates as a unified manufacturing platform where products move from concept through production under one facility, with packaging capabilities designed to support retail positioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• yep! Brand: The company's innovation showcase brand demonstrating rapid product development capabilities—from concept to shelf in days, not months.

Products and services

• Roasted and Salted Nuts In-house roasted and salted nuts produced at the Cambridge, Massachusetts facility for private label customers, foodservice distributors, and bulk ingredient buyers.
• Chocolate Confections Chocolate confections manufactured in-house using tempering, enrobing, molding, hand-dipping, and panning processes, supplied to brand owners and confectionery customers.
• Custom Trail and Snack Mixes Custom-blended trail mixes and snack mixes produced to customer specifications for private label brands and foodservice operators.
• Private Label and Co-Manufacturing Services Contract manufacturing service in which Superior Nut and Candy produces nuts, chocolate confections, and snack mixes under the customer's own brand, leveraging in-house roasting, chocolate processing, blending, and packaging capabilities.
• Bulk Ingredient Supply Bulk supply of ingredients such as dried fruit and sunflower seeds sold wholesale to foodservice distributors and confectionery manufacturers.
• Packaged Snack and Confection Products Finished nuts, chocolate confections, and snack mixes packaged in pouches, bags, jars, and cartons with metal detection and X-ray inspection for retail and foodservice customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Concept to shelf in days, not weeks
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• John B. Sanfilippo & Son: Public nut processor (Fisher Nuts, Orchard Valley Harvest brands) and major private label supplier of tree nuts, trail mixes, and dried fruit. Highly comparable in product mix, private label go-to-market, and customer base, though materially larger in scale.
• Setton International Foods: Family-owned California-based private label manufacturer of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and trail mixes with vertically integrated packaging. Closest comparable by ownership profile, product breadth, and private label focus.
• Kar's Nuts: Michigan-based private label and branded snack nut/trail mix manufacturer (Trail's End, Kar's). Comparable in product categories, private label programs, and Midwest manufacturing footprint.
• Mariani Packing Company: Family-owned dried fruit and snack ingredient processor with private label capabilities. Comparable in dried fruit processing, B2B/private label orientation, and multi-generational family ownership.
• Sahale Snacks: Trail mix and nut snack brand now owned by Frito-Lay (PepsiCo). Comparable in premium trail mix and nut snack formulation; differs in being brand-led rather than private label-led.

Broad incumbents

• TreeHouse Foods: Large public private label food manufacturer across many snack and pantry categories including nuts/trail mixes. Comparable private label contract manufacturing model at materially greater scale and broader category coverage.
• Blue Diamond Growers: Almond cooperative with extensive branded and private label nut processing capabilities. Comparable in nut roasting, private label, and ingredient supply, but operates at far greater scale under a cooperative ownership structure.
• Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds: Vertically integrated pistachio and almond grower/processor with branded and ingredient/private label programs. Comparable in tree nut processing but operates at commodity grower scale.
• Diamond Foods: Public snack/nut company (Diamond of California, Emerald, Kettle) with private label nut programs. Comparable in nut processing, trail mix, and private label contracts though with stronger branded presence.
• Sun-Maid Growers of California: Dried fruit cooperative with branded and ingredient/private label dried fruit programs. Comparable in dried fruit processing and ingredient supply to food manufacturers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sncandychicago
• Facebookfacebook.com/superior-nut-candy-138973739483740
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/superior-nut-and-candy-company-inc-

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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