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Top 25 Specialty food manufacturers based in the United States

Name: Specialty food manufacturers based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026 631 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 631 specialty food manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 23,936 professional contacts across them, including 6,565 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty food manufacturers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest specialty food manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 631 specialty food manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty food manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Newly Weds Foods	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,563 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It was 1932 in Chicago when Paul M.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2	The Chefs' Warehouse	Strong evidence	Ridgefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,347 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Chefs' Warehouse, North America's top specialty food distributor since 1985, offers over premium products to elite restaurants, hotels, and gourmet shops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3	Sunopta	Indirect evidence	Eden Prairie, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	910 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SunOpta Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4	Ken's Foods	Partial evidence	Marlborough, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	840 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ken's Food's is a family owned and operated company that produces high quality dressings, sauces and marinades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5	Swiss Chalet Fine Foods	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	n/a	771 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Swiss Chalet Fine Foods has provided food service professionals with unique, premium quality products from Europe and abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6	Kehe & DPI Specialty Foods	Strong evidence	Ontario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	719 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The team at DPI Specialty Foods has worked for decades to become the premier Western United States distributor of specialty food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7	Lidestri Foods	Strong evidence	Fairport, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	663 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LiDestri Foods is a premier manufacturer of sauces, dips, and salsas, producing the largest market share of contract-manufactured pasta sauces in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8	BAY Valley Foods	Partial evidence	El Paso, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	660 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bay Valley Foods is a leading provider of private label foods and food service goods in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9	Dietz And Watson	Indirect evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	608 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dietz and Watson was founded in 1939 by Gottlieb Dietz, a talented young German sausage maker.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10	Lyons Magnus	Indirect evidence	Fresno, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	598 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Products, packaging and process technology have evolved substantially since Lyons Magnus was founded in 1852.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11	SK Food Group INC	Partial evidence	Phoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	429 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1942 as a humble mobile catering company in Seattle, SK Food Group has evolved into a leading custom food manufacturing powerhouse across North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12	Baldwin Richardson Foods	Strong evidence	Macedon, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	373 contacts →
	Strong evidence “BALDWIN RICHARDSON FOODS (BRF) is a leading custom ingredients manufacturer for the food and beverage industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13	Rosina Food Products, INC	Strong evidence	Cheektowaga, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	325 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Our mission is to be a flexible and innovative frozen specialty food products manufacturer providing exceptional quality and service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14	Dorothy Lane Market	Indirect evidence	Dayton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	299 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dorothy Lane Market is the Midwest's award-winning gourmet grocer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15	8th Avenue Food & Provisions	Indirect evidence	Fenton, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	298 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “8th Avenue is a part of Post Consumer Brands, producing customized, high quality private label products including peanut butter, snack nuts, trail mix, granola and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16	Nassau Candy Distributors, INC	Strong evidence	Hicksville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	283 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nassau Candy is one of North America's largest and most respected wholesale candy distributors, fine food suppliers, and private label manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17	Stonewall Kitchen Family Of Brands	Strong evidence	York, ME, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	270 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Stonewall Kitchen crafts award-winning, small-batch specialty foods, gifts, and more from our headquarters in York, Maine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18	Inland Foods	Strong evidence	Tucker, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	267 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wholesale Food Distributor and Manufacturer As the largest seafood distributor in the Southeast and one of the most innovative companies in our industry, Inland has built its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19	Mount Franklin Foods	Partial evidence	El Paso, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	257 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Based in the foothills of the Franklin Mountains, Mount Franklin Foods is headquartered in El Paso, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20	Atalanta Corporation	Strong evidence	Elizabeth, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	256 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For over 70 years, Atalanta Corporation has been one of the foremost specialty food importers of cheese, charcuterie, deli meat, grocery and seafood products from around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21	Sterling Foods	Strong evidence	San Antonio, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	229 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sterling Foods is a leading developer and manufacturer of highly customized bakery and protein-forward food solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22	Haliburton International Foods, INC	Strong evidence	Ontario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	201 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1992 with the goal of marrying food science and culinary excellence to improve the quality and reduce the cost of manufactured foods, Haliburton has grown into a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23	Gourmet Boutique	Indirect evidence	Jamaica, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	201 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our products, which are made by hand using the finest ingredients and cooked in small batches, provide our customers with innovative solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24	Kagome Usa, INC	Indirect evidence	Los Banos, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	195 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ichitaro Kanie, Kagome's founder, first succeeded in cultivating tomatoes in his garden in Japan in 1899.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25	DI Bruno Bros	Indirect evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	190 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1939, Di Bruno Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: specialty food manufacturers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names specialty food manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialty food manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialty food manufacturers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Specialty food manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026

27.4%Verified-email coverage

37.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.5%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

245

11-50

196

51-200

114

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 631 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among specialty food manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “specialty food manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names specialty food manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among specialty food manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,565 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names specialty food manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many specialty food manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 631 specialty food manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Newly Weds Foods, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty food manufacturers?

New York leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (10) and Denver (9).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,565 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 631 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.