Skjodt-Barrett Foods

What Skjodt-Barrett Foods does

Skjodt-Barrett Foods Inc. is a privately held North American food manufacturer founded in 1985, headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, with a second manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana. The company operates two divisions — Custom Ingredients (signature caramels, bar layers, bakery and confectionery fillings, icings, fruit preparations, beverage bases, sauces, and marinades) and Contract Manufacturing (co-packing of baby food, lunchbox fruit snacks, protein smoothies, cooking sauces, dressings, condiments, and frozen novelties, with a self-described leadership position in spouted-pouch filling for the North American market).

Its competitive positioning rests on 40 years of specialized wet-food formulation expertise, dual-country manufacturing scale, and long-tenured supply relationships with brand owners that the company describes as "North America's most recognized brands." The contract manufacturing offering is differentiated by flexible packaging formats including single-serve sachets, spouted pouches, and non-spouted pouches, as well as end-to-end support from product concept through commercial launch.

The business operates as a B2B contract manufacturer and ingredient supplier with no direct-to-consumer retail presence. Revenue is generated through quote-based manufacturing fees and ingredient supply contracts negotiated directly with brand owners; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution and sales channels are direct enterprise field sales to brand-side decision makers. In February 2026, the company announced a strategic partnership with Cheer Pack North America to launch a customizable protein smoothie platform, expanding its addressable surface into high-protein, on-the-go nutrition and into private-label co-manufacturing programs.

Name

Skjodt-Barrett Foods

Legal name

Skjodt-Barrett Foods Inc.

Website

https://skjodt-barrett.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Skjodt-Barrett Foods is a privately held North American contract manufacturer and custom food ingredient supplier, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, with a second facility in Lebanon, Indiana. It serves brand owners with spouted-pouch co-packing and signature caramels, fillings, sauces, and related wet-food ingredients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing (3113), Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing (311520), Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing (311813), Other Snack Food Manufacturing (311919)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Bakery Products (2050), Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (2024), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Label & Contract Bakery Wholesale (AFAIAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Baking Ingredients & Desserts (Flour, Mixes, Frosting, Gelatin) (CRADAAAD), Ice Cream & Refrigerated Desserts (CRADACAE), Bakery & Confectionery Wholesale (AFAIABAG)

Keywords

• Contract food manufacturing
• Custom food ingredients
• Spouted pouch filling
• Private label food production
• Wet food formulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Brampton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: Provides contract manufacturing and filling services for retail-ready products including spouted pouches, baby food, protein smoothies, sauces, dressings, and frozen novelties. Revenue generated through manufacturing fees for brand owners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Skjodt-Barrett Foods is a B2B food manufacturer operating two divisions: a Custom Ingredients division producing signature caramels, fillings, bakery toppings, confectionery fillings, icings, fruit preparations, beverage bases, sauces, and marinades, and a Contract Manufacturing division that is North America's leading filler of spouted and non-spouted pouches for retail-ready products including baby food, protein smoothies, lunchbox snacks, active living nutrition products, cooking sauces, dressings, condiments, and frozen novelties. The company serves as a collaborative supply chain partner to brand owners across the North American food industry.

Product overview

Skjodt-Barrett Foods operates as a food ingredient supplier and contract manufacturer with two main divisions: Custom Ingredients and Contract Manufacturing. The Custom Ingredients division (operating since 1985) provides a portfolio of signature caramels and fillings, bar layers, bakery fillings, confectionery fillings, icings, fruit preparations, beverage bases, sauces, and marinades. The Contract Manufacturing division is North America's leading filler of spouted pouches, producing high-protein smoothie pouches, baby food, lunchbox snacks, active living products, cooking sauces/dressings/condiments, and frozen novelties. The company recently launched a Customizable Protein Smoothie Platform in partnership with Cheer Pack North America, combining packaging expertise with food formulation and filling capabilities. The two divisions share packaging capabilities (sachets, pouches) and together serve private-label and branded programs across the food industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Ingredients Division A comprehensive portfolio of custom food ingredients and meal components — including signature caramels, fillings, bar layers, bakery toppings, confectionery fillings, icings, fruit preparations, beverage bases, sauces, and marinades — developed and manufactured for North American food and beverage brand owners since 1985.
• Contract Manufacturing Division Co-manufacturing of retail-ready, re-sealable spouted and non-spouted pouch products for North American brand owners — covering baby food, lunchbox fruit snacks, protein smoothies, active living nutrition, salad dressings, condiments, cooking sauces, and frozen novelties.
• Customizable Protein Smoothie Platform A customizable protein smoothie platform targeting on-the-go nutrition brands, combining proprietary spouted pouch packaging with Skjodt-Barrett's protein smoothie formulation and filling expertise to deliver a scalable, ready-to-launch solution for both private-label and branded programs.

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cheer Pack North AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Strategic partnership to launch a customizable protein smoothie platform targeting on-the-go nutrition brands. Combines Cheer Pack N.A.'s spouted pouch and cap packaging expertise with Skjodt-Barrett Foods' food formulation and filling capabilities. Designed to serve both private-label and branded programs with a scalable, ready-to-launch solution.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TreeHouse Foods: Largest pure-play private-label and contract food manufacturer in North America, operating across sauces, dressings, snacks, and adjacent categories. Directly comparable as a co-manufacturer serving major brand owners, though at materially greater scale.
• Hearthside Food Solutions: Large contract manufacturer of bakery, bars, snacks, and packaged foods serving top CPG brand owners. Closely aligned as a B2B co-manufacturer offering formulation, packaging, and retail-ready production.
• C.H. Guenther & Son: Multi-generation contract and branded food manufacturer specializing in bakery mixes, sauces, and grain-based ingredients. Comparable as a privately held co-manufacturer with similar ingredient-plus-formulation capabilities.

Regional players

• Lassonde Industries: Canadian-headquartered manufacturer of fruit juices, sauces, and specialty foods. Comparable as a North American food manufacturer with private-label and ingredient capabilities, primarily serving Canadian and U.S. customers.

Broad incumbents

• Premium Brands Holdings: Canadian specialty food manufacturer and distributor with significant co-manufacturing and branded operations. Geographically and operationally comparable, though broader in scope across proteins, sandwiches, and specialty foods.
• Hain Celestial Group: Organic and natural foods manufacturer with portfolio overlap in baby food, snacks, and sauces. Comparable on product categories and customer base, but operates primarily as a brand owner rather than a contract manufacturer.
• Mizkan Holdings: Global sauces, dressings, and condiments manufacturer with private-label and co-manufacturing exposure. Comparable on sauces, marinades, and condiments categories produced for retail brand owners.
• Lancaster Colony: U.S. manufacturer of branded and private-label sauces, dressings, and frozen breads. Comparable on dressings, sauces, and frozen novelty manufacturing, with overlap on the co-manufacturing side of its portfolio.
• Hero Group: International baby food and snack manufacturer with co-manufacturing activities. Directly comparable on baby food formulation and pouch-format production for major brand owners.

Emerging players

• SunOpta: Plant-based and organic food manufacturer with ingredient and finished-product capabilities. Comparable in fruit preparations, beverage bases, and organic/natural positioning, though smaller and more narrowly focused.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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