Small Batch Foods Group · Davenport, Iowa

Big Ideas.
Small Batches.
Built to Scale.

Product development, commercial food manufacturing and packaging — all under one roof.

Melted chocolate pouring onto a production line beside trays of caramel-drizzled brownies

Product Development

From concept to commercialization

Small Batch Manufacturing

Flexible production for growing brands

Hand Packing & Packaging

Retail-ready solutions

Built for Partnerships

Real people. Real solutions.

What We Do

From Idea to Finished Product.

We help food brands, retailers and entrepreneurs turn great ideas into commercially produced products. From formulation and testing through production, chocolate, baking and final packaging, our team helps get products made and ready for market.

Chocolate & Confectionery

Chocolate & Confectionery

Chocolate coating, enrobing, drizzling, inclusions, clusters, bark-style products and specialty confections.

Commercial Baking

Commercial Baking

Brownies, blondies, cakes, cookies and specialty baked products.

Mixing & Product Assembly

Mixing & Product Assembly

Snack mixes, clusters, coated products, inclusions and multi-component products.

Hand Finishing & Decorating

Hand Finishing & Decorating

Drizzling, topping, decorating, dipping and other labor-intensive finishing capabilities.

Product Development

Product Development

Concept development, formulation, flavor development, prototypes, commercialization and scale-up.

Packaging & Hand Packing

Packaging & Hand Packing

Flexible packaging, individually wrapped products, pouches, trays, boxes, displays, variety packs, gift configurations and hand-packed programs.

Private Label & Co-Manufacturing

Private Label & Co-Manufacturing

Flexible manufacturing programs for retailers, established brands and emerging food companies.

Products We Know

We Make the Fun Stuff.

Brownies & Blondies
Brownies & Blondies
Cakes & Bakery
Cakes & Bakery
Chocolate & Confections
Chocolate & Confections
Nut & Trail Mix Clusters
Nut & Trail Mix Clusters
Popcorn & Snack Mixes
Popcorn & Snack Mixes
Chocolate-Covered Snacks
Chocolate-Covered Snacks
Caramel Apples
Caramel Apples
Cookies & Cookie Dough
Cookies & Cookie Dough
Seasonal & Promotional Products
Seasonal & Promotional Products
Custom Food Programs
Custom Food Programs

Don't see your product? That's kind of the point.

Some of our best projects started with, “Do you think you guys could make this?”

Why Small Batch

Big Enough to Produce. Small Enough to Care.

01

Flexible Production

Built for specialty programs, growing brands, seasonal runs and opportunities that don't always fit traditional high-volume manufacturing.

02

Hands-On Capability

Automation where it makes sense. Skilled hands where they make the product better.

03

Retail Experience

Products developed with real-world packaging, merchandising, shipping and retail requirements in mind.

04

Built to Scale

Start with a concept. Prove it. Commercialize it. Then grow.

How We Work

You Bring the Idea. We'll Figure Out How to Make It.

  1. Step 1

    Idea

    Napkin sketch, sample or a hunch.

  2. Step 2

    Develop

    Formulation and flavor work.

  3. Step 3

    Test

    Prototypes and real feedback.

  4. Step 4

    Source

    Ingredients and packaging.

  5. Step 5

    Produce

    Commercial production runs.

  6. Step 6

    Pack

    Retail-ready finishing.

  7. Step 7

    Scale

    Grow the program.

We're a Davenport, Iowa manufacturer that likes hard-to-make products, short timelines and the projects other plants pass on. Bring us the idea — we'll tell you straight whether we can make it, and how.

Got Something You Want to Make?

Good. Those are our favorite conversations.

Visit / Write

Small Batch Foods Group

1309 West River Drive
Davenport, Iowa 52802