Who We Are
Fresca Foods is building a better future by bringing ideas to life. We are leading the industry with passion, excellence and creativity.
Nourishing Lives
Our purpose is to nourish the lives of those we serve: our employees, our customers, our community and our planet.
Employees
We actively invest in our people through an Employee Stock Option program, 401(k) matching, training and development, and more.
Customers
We offer unparalleled customer service, acting as an extension of your team to collaboratively nurture your growth and tackle challenges.
Community
The Fresca Community Fund is a registered 501(c)3 that supports local NGOs that are fighting hunger.
Planet
Our plants are 100% powered by renewable energy. As members of the Climate Collaborative, we continue to look for opportunities to become more sustainable.
Leadership
Meet the leaders who make Fresca Foods successful
Todd Dutkin
Chairman
Brandon Viar
Chief Executive Officer
Kirsten Anderberg
Chief Financial Officer
Zan Powell
Chief Administrative Officer
What We Do
Fresca is a multi-platform manufacturer and an expert innovation partner to category leading brands and the world’s largest food companies.
Manufacturing with Fresca
Fresca is a leading Co-Manufacturing partner in the Natural & Organic space, offering uniquely transparent, long-term partnerships with exceptional food safety & quality. Our facilities are SQF certified, FSMA compliant, and follow Good Manufacturing Practices. Whether we’re producing a small in-market test or supporting a nationwide launch, our world-class food safety & quality programs support all projects no matter the scale.
Core Manufacturing Platforms
Cold Form
Extrusion
Extruded
Baking
Cereals &
Granola
Nut
Butters
Product
Formats
Bars, Bites, and
Filled Bites
Classic cookies from soft-baked to crunchy, Bites, Baked Bars
Baked Granola and
Granola Clusters
Smooth or Chunky Nut Butters and Dessert Spreads
Packaging
Formats
Flow Wrap, Carton or Pouch
Pre-Formed Pouch, Flow-Wrap & Carton
Pre-Formed Pouch,
Vertical Form Fill Seal
Glass Jar
Product
Formats
Packaging
Formats
Cold Form
Extrusion
Bars, Bites, and
Filled Bites
Flow Wrap Carton/
Pouch
Extruded
Baking
Classic cookies from soft-baked to crunchy, Bites, Baked Bars
Pre-Formed Pouch, Flow-Wrap & Carton
Cereals &
Granola
Baked Granola and
Granola Clusters
Pre-Formed Pouch,
Vertical Form Fill Seal
Nut
Butters
Smooth or Chunky Nut Butters and Dessert Spreads
Glass Jar
Certifications and Claims We Support
USDA Organic
Non-GMO Verified
Certified Gluten Free
Fair
Trade
Kosher
(OU)
Vegan
Paleo
Dairy Free
Grain Free
Soy Free
Custom Manufacturing
Don’t see the capabilities you need under our Core Platforms? Ask us about Custom Manufacturing! Fresca has a long history of building systems around ideas that we love, and we are always growing our capabilities across categories and packaging formats. Whether building from the ground up or modifying systems we already have in place, our team of innovation engineers, product developers, and project managers are here to bring your ideas to life. Submit an inquiry below to start the conversation!
Innovating with Fresca
Fresca is an industry leading expert innovation partner, offering a suite of services designed to bring your ideas to life. Our experienced teams of culinary experts, food scientists, and process engineers support the ideation, formulation, and commercialization of new products: from line extensions and brand renovations to groundbreaking new product launches.
Innovation Services
Sprout
Innovation
Sprout Innovation workshops leverages cross-functional collaboration and structured brainstorming to develop innovative, market ready concepts. Sprout Innovation workshops generate ideas that are rooted in a consumer need, differentiated against their competitive set, and feasible to manufacture.
Product
Development
Our Product Development team brings decades of culinary and food science experience, allowing our partners to see, taste and experience new product formulations. Whether creating new flavors or line extensions, optimizing ingredient costs, or developing unique new formulations, our product development team prioritizes the consumer experience.
Innovation
Accelerator
Fresca’s Innovation Accelerator outsources the complexity of commercialization and unlocks rapid, small-scale production of sale-able product to gather real-world learnings. Our reliable & repeatable innovation process brings your ideas to life in 3-6 months, with the ability to iterate and scale as demand grows.
Work With Fresca
Interested in working with Fresca Foods? Learn more about our culture, benefits, and current job postings below.
Fresca’s Employee Benefits
401 (k) Company Matching up to 4%
Health Savings Accounts
Medical, Dental, Vision & Pet Insurance
Charitable Contribution Matching Program
Disability & Life Insurance
PTO &
Paid Holidays
Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) have been made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and can be accessed HERE. MRFs include negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to more easily access and analyze data.
Current Job Postings
Fresca has the fast paced, high growth, creative energy of a start up along with the longevity, growth opportunities, and scale of a larger company. The energy of our team is infectious, the work is challenging, and the opportunities for growth are abundant. Interested in working with Fresca Foods? Check our job postings below!
If you don’t see a live job posting at the link provided (meaning the posting may have been temporarily paused), or if you’d like for us to keep you in mind for future openings of interest, send your resume & desired position to [email protected]!
Project Engineer
The Project Engineer is responsible for development and improvement in manufacturing processes.
Project Engineer (Packaging Focus)
The Project Engineer designs, tests, and implements packaging designs that are an integral part of the organization’s Product Development process.
Quality Assurance Technician
Quality Assurance Technicians conducts routine food safety and quality assurance inspections.
Industrial Maintenance Technician
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring all plant operations and machinery are running effectively and efficiently.
Production and Sanitation Positions
Production Associates perform all tasks involved in the production of natural food products. Sanitation Associates are in charge of cleaning the equipment and rooms used for production. $400 New Employee Bonus!
Contact
Find our contact and location information here, or, reach out to us by filling out our contact form.
Direct Contact Information
Phone: (303) 996-8881
Fax: (303) 645-4884
Email: [email protected]
Employment Verifications: www.theworknumber.com
HR Email: [email protected]
HR Fax: (303) 665-8563
Corporate Office
Cherry Office
Aurora Office/Warehouse
Fresca News
Stay up-to-date with all recent and breaking news at Fresca Foods.
Food Chain Magazine: Natural Expansion
Meet Fresca Foods, the company stimulating growth in the natural foods industry. Fresca is an integrated innovation and manufacturing operation, which has been instrumental in the growth of the natural and organic food industry.
Fresca Foods Names New CEO
Fresca Foods, a Louisville, CO based and privately held natural foods manufacturer and innovator, named Brandon Viar as CEO and announced the addition of new shareholders to the ownership team. Viar has been serving Fresca in a wide range of roles since 2011 (most recently as co-CEO) and brings with him a deep knowledge of the company alongside a clear vision for the future.
Fresca Foods Chairman Inducted to Boulder County Business Hall of Fame
Our inductees exemplify what it means to be outstanding business leaders as well as pillars that have significantly enriched our community. Todd Dutkin served as CEO for Fresca Foods Inc. for almost two decades, helping to drive growth at the Louisville-based natural-foods company.
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FRCC Training Helps Company Continue to Thrive Despite COVID
Over the last year most companies have had to adapt—and quickly—to the impacts of the global pandemic. Louisville-based Fresca Foods, Inc. has faced COVID-related challenges head on, embracing training opportunities for workers, and forging new ways to connect employees with each other, and to the company’s goals.
Meet the 2021 Expo West Virtual NEXTY Judges
The final round of judging is conducted by a panel of invited industry experts, spanning specialties such as investment, retail, brokerage, social media influence, sustainability and more. These judges join the New Hope Network content team, standards team, marketing team and NEXT Data & Insights team to select the single winners within each category!
Considerations for Working with a Food and Beverage Co-Packer
Co-packers provide an attractive option for food and beverage brands to quickly launch products in the market. These food processors often offer additional services, such as product development, ingredient sourcing, cost containment, packaging, warehouse storage, label review, regulatory compliance and ability to scale up product.
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Fresca Production Wins Team of the Year Award for Continuous Improvement
Fresca Foods was awarded Kaizen Team of the Year by RedZone Production Systems. The award recognizes production teams that drive superior manufacturing efficiency using the “Kaizen” approach, empowering associates to make daily, small improvements that yield big results.
Fresca Foods Takes the Lead in Climate Action
Fresca Foods has announced a commitment to reduce its environmental impact in association with the Climate Collaborative, a project of OSC2 and the Sustainable Food Trade Association working to catalyze bold action among natural products companies to reverse climate change.
34 Degrees Tries to Find Sweet Spot with Packaging Redesign
Specialty cracker brand 34 Degrees is seeking to broaden its use occasions beyond charcuterie boards and cheese trays. After over a decade and a half in business, the brand is exploring changes to packaging and branding in order to position itself in the sweet center of the snacking movement.
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Deciding on a Co-Manufacturer: Insights from one Thriving Partnership
Craig Lieberman of 34 Degrees and Liz Myslik of Fresca Foods talk about their relationship as a brand and a co-manufacturing partner and share tips for brands that might be looking for their own partners.
Louisville Natural-Food Company Wins Award at Expo West
Sejoyia Foods, a maker of natural sweet snacks, was recognized with a “NEXTY” award for “Best New Sweet Snack” at the 2018 Natural Product Expo West.
Fresca Foods Adds Top Talent: Continues to Grow
Growth is nothing new to Fresca Foods, a company that has experienced 35% growth for the past 15 years, but 2018 has also seen the addition of some exceptional new talent.
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Sejoyia Shifts Focus to Snackable Sweets with Coco-Thins
Cookies. The average person will eat about 35,000 of them in their lifetime. But as consumers embrace healthier choices, they’re being more selective about the treats they choose for their moments of indulgence.
34 Degrees and Fresca Foods, Inc., Expand 10-Year Business Partnership
34 Degrees, the category-leading and innovative company behind 34° Crisps, today announced a deepened relationship with Fresca Foods, Inc., its supply chain partner of more than 10 years.
Here are the NEXTY Award Judges
The next batch of NEXTY winners will be awarded on the show floor at Natural Products Expo East 2017 in Baltimore. Winners of the coveted New Hope NEXTY Awards represent the future—they are the innovative, inspirational and integrity-filled products that help shape the outlook of the natural products industry.
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NOSH Live 2017 Highlight Reel: Morning Edition
It was storytime when Fresca Brands CEO Liz Myslik hit the main stage. Myslik explored what she deemed to be universal truths of the industry through a fable in her presentation “Big Isn’t All Bad: What Small Brands Can Learn from the Big Food Companies.”
Fresca Foods, Inc. Acquires Longtime Partner Open Road Snacks
Fresca Foods, Inc., today announced that is has acquired longtime partner Open Road Snacks, makers of Rocky Mountain Popcorn, Sinfully Thin popcorn, and Diego’s Chips.
Thought Leader: Quick Queries with Fresca Foods’ Liz Myslik (video)
Liz Myslik is a branding expert – Forbes called her a kingmaker in consumer and retail and New Hope Media dubbed her the “Wonder Woman” of the natural food industry for building entrepreneurial natural products into national brands.
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Fresca Foods Receives 2016 Colorado Manufacturing Award
Fresca Foods today announced that they have been recognized with the 2016 Colorado Manufacturing Award for Food and Beverage, which recognizes exceptional companies and individuals leading the modern manufacturing economy in Colorado.
Food Innovation Today Must Go Deeper than Products
As the food landscape has changed, mission, story and supply chain innovation have become must-haves for brands trying to break into the natural food space.
Fresca Foods Buys Majority Stake in Wonderfully Raw Gourmet Delights
Fresca Foods purchased a majority stake in California’s Wonderfully Raw Gourmet Delights. The Louisville, Colorado-based Fresca will make Wonderfully Raw its second in-house brand, adding to a roster that already includes Snack Out Loud Foods.
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Break Things! And Other Ways Nutrition Companies Can Innovate
News flash: You don’t need a big budget to be innovative. In fact, working with limited resources could help push you and your company to think outside of the (compostable, seed-embedded, scan-able and fully traceable) box.
Webinar: How to Build a Great Manufacturing Partnership
Tune in to hear Liz Myslik, CEO of Fresca Foods, answer your most pressing contract manufacturing questions. When her on-demand presentation is done, you’ll know: When to outsource your supply chain, when to use an external partner, how to choose the right external partner, and how to get the most out of manufacturing partnerships.
The Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink
Fortune and our Time Inc. sister publication Food & Wine spent months searching for the most groundbreaking women in the food and drink world. And we found them, placing extra emphasis on our candidates’ accomplishments in the last year.
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Fresca Foods is helping lift Colorado’s food brand to national heights, led by a management team remodeling the industry
Fresca Foods started as Pasta Fresca in Boulder, selling pasta, sauces, and soups to retail customers and wholesale accounts. Wholesale overtook retail, and the company began its evolution into a manufacturer that partners with promising food brands. Fresca pivoted to its brand-partner model when CEO Todd Dutkin joined the company in 2003, and Fresca has averaged 35 percent annual growth in the years since.
The 25 Most Influential Kingmakers in Consumer and Retailer Companies
Earlier this year, we put together a list of the 25 most innovative consumer and retail companies —the CircleUp 25. Today we are releasing the CircleUp Kingmakers—25 of the most influential “kingmakers” in consumer and retail.
Built to last: 6 things successful natural brands do well
A great idea becomes a great business only if you have the tools & knowledge to stay afloat. Only when you can build a plan, execute on that plan and track the details that matter most will your natural products business succeed. These strategies from branded products expert Liz Myslik should be at the core of your consumer packaged goods business.
9 Wonder Women of the natural industry
This International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re acknowledging the creative, driven and passionate women making a difference—in business, sustainability and society overall.
Fresca Foods, Manufacturing Today
Fresca Foods has changed greatly since it was founded in the early 1990s. Back then, it served retail and wholesale foodservice clients by providing packaged pasta, sauces and soups. Today, the company provides manufacturing, marketing and financial investment to second-stage natural and organic food brands.