101 Best Colorado Food Processing Companies and Startups

October 29, 2022
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Colorado based Food Processing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food Processing industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Colorado Food Processing Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Meati

Meati

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Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that provides fungi-based meat alternatives to everyone.

Opopop

Opopop

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Opopop is a food company that manufactures and processes popcorn products.

Opopop

Purely Elizabeth

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A Boulder, CO-based natural foods company.

Opopop

Green Chef

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Green Chef delivers sustainably-sourced ingredients and chef-crafted recipes.

Opopop

NextFoods

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NextFoods is a company offering foods and juices that are good for digestion.

Opopop

Pilgrims Pride

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Produces healthy and high-quality food products.

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Hope Foods

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Hope Foods specializes in producing organic food products intended to provide organic hummus and dips.

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Good Day Chocolate

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Good Day Chocolate is a vitamins and supplements brand that makes chocolate with benefits for young working adults.

Opopop

Sustainable Beverage Technologies

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Sustainable Beverage Technologies focuses on unlocking unprecedented efficiencies in brewing, distribution, and draft beer.

Opopop

Roth Industries

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Roth Industries is a prepared foods company that specializes in prepared food products for the residential and commercial markets.

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Armis Biopharma

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Armis Biopharma is a biopharmaceutical company with a growing pipeline of non-systemic.

Opopop

Love Grown Foods

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Love Grown Foods is a natural food company that manufactures a line of all natural breakfast foods.

Opopop

Reharvest Provisions

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Reharvest Provisions is a maker of single-serve smoothies with different flavours.

Opopop

Blue Moose of Boulder

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Blue Moose of Boulder is a food company that develops and manufactures innovative and fast-growing hummus, dips, and spreads products.

Opopop

The Food Corridor

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SaaS software for shared use kitchens.

Opopop

Nature to Culture

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Nature to Culture creates original food products from sustainable agricultural sources that are full of nutrition and taste.

Opopop

Little Secrets

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Little Secrets, LLC produces dark and milk chocolate candies.

Opopop

Cosecha del Sur Coffee Co.

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Cosecha del Sur Coffee Co. specializes in coffee import and roaster that connects people and cultures.

Opopop

Farmhand Organics

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Farmhand Organics is a producer of crafted pickled, fermented, and preserved food products to offer healthy food to the people.

Opopop

Dynamic Food Ingredients

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DFI is a biotechnology company that operates in electrochemistry research and development, intended to produce Erythritol and Xylitol.

Opopop

915 Labs

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Microwave assisted thermal sterilization, or MATS, natural food processing and packaging systems.

Opopop

Yai’s Thai

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Yai’s Thai Food & Bevrage Company.

Opopop

Nepra Foods

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Nepra Foods is a food and ingredient company producing allergen-free flours intended to give food manufacturers access to nutritious food.

Opopop

Infinite Harvest

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Infinite Harvest developed a hydroponic vegetable farm as a sustainable source of affordable natural food for people.

Opopop

Wana Brands

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Wana Brands is an infused products company that offers delicious and consistent cannabis infused products.

Opopop

The Honest Stand

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The Honest Stand is provides plant-based convenient comfort foods.

Opopop

Manna Tree

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Manna Tree invests in the future of human health, powered by food.

Opopop

Stem Ciders

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Stem Ciders is a craft cidery that produces ciders made with fresh-pressed full juice from whole, ripe fruits.

Opopop

Züm XR

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Züm XR is the world’s only time release natural energy drink

Opopop

Molson Coors

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Molson Coors is a beer company and distributor that brews the world’s favorite beer brands.

Opopop

Konbit

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Konbit is a Climate Action public benefit corporation catalyzing food and energy sovereignty through setup of dual-purpose micro-farms.

Opopop

JJ’s Sweets

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JJ’s Sweets is a candy company dedicated to offering blissful, innovative, and mindfully crafted treats.

Opopop

Spring44 Distilling

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Spring44 Distilling produces Spring44 Vodka, Honey Vodka, Gin, Old Tom Gin, and Single Barrel Bourbon.

Opopop

JBS USA

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JBS USA LLC is a large multinational company which processes beef, pork and lamb.

Opopop

Jot

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Jot Ultra Coffee brings you the purest, most concentrated coffee available, delivered right to your house.

Opopop

Colorado Hemp Works

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Colorado Hemp Works offers natural food companies hand-crafted industrial hemp seed processing.

Opopop

Penford Corporation

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Penford Corporation is an Animal Feed company.

Opopop

St. Vrain Cidery

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St. Vrain Cidery is a hard-cider taphouse that offers a variety of different flavors and styles of cider.

Opopop

Zaza

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Zaza make amazing Paleo and Vegan Desserts: Ganache, Brownies, Cheezecakes

Opopop

Elevation Charcuterie and Artisan Meats

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Elevation Meats produces charcuterie made with a respect to properly sourced ingredients, local influences, and traditional techniques.

Opopop

Earthwise Global Inc.

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Earthwise offers environmentally friendly, chemical free, fully automated, nanobubble systems that make food and water safer and less costly

Opopop

Noosa Yoghurt

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Noosa is an Aussie style yoghurt, uniquely sweet/tart tang and thick, velvety texture that’s so incredibly good

Opopop

Farm Box Foods

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Farm Box Foods manufactures agricultural machinery and provides farming solutions to food production communities.

Opopop

Where Food Comes From, Inc

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Where Food Comes From, Inc is the ​number one provider of certification and verification services to the food industry.

Opopop

King Soopers

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King Soopers is a supermarket brand of Kroger in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.

Opopop

Custom Made Meals

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Custom Made Meals is a manufacturer of fresh, oven-ready, value-added entrees and appetizers.

Opopop

Western Sugar Cooperative

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Western Sugar Cooperative is a sugar products company.

Opopop

Thanasi Foods

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Thanasi Foods is a snacks manufacturer.

Opopop

Local Hive Honey

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Local Hive Honey one of the brands of honey in the United States.

Opopop

Enstrom Candies

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Enstrom Candies is a toffee and chocolate company.

Opopop

Halona Foundation

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Halona Foundation have a very strong exit strategy for the small investment that is needed.

Opopop

Rush Bowls

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Rush Bowls is an all-in-one nutrition source that provides its users with a healthy, balanced meal-in-a-bowl.

Opopop

Gulftech

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Gulftech is a diversified holding company with a core competence in developing and operating global.

Opopop

CanSource

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CanSource is a food and beverages company that produces craft beverages and empowers the beverages industry.

Opopop

Whole Fresh Foods

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Whole Fresh Foods is a maker and distributor of food products.

Opopop

Horizon Organic Holding

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Horizon Organic Holding produces, processes, and markets certified organic fluid milk and refrigerated dairy products to its consumers.

Opopop

Matrix Marketing Group

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A global consulting and professional service firm, that offers change management, digital transformation, and sales acceleration.

Opopop

PHM Brands

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PHM Brands is a collection of companies and brands within North America that deliver products and services to a variety of industries.

Opopop

Honey Smoked Fish Company

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Honey Smoked Fish Company produces hot and cold smoked salmon for applications in the retail grocery, foodservice, and hospitality sectors.

Opopop

FreshPack Produce

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Freshpack Produce is a distributor and value added re-packager of conventional and organic fresh fruits and vegetables.

Opopop

Ready Foods

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Ready Foods offers label packing and food services to healthcare, educational institutions and catering sectors.

Opopop

Planterra Foods

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Planterra Foods is a food services firm that provides foods for different types industries.

Opopop

Gold Kist farms

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Gold Kist farms produce variety of chicken products

Opopop

Sage V Foods

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Sage V Foods is a manufacturing company that produces grains, rice flours, IQF and crisp rice along with private labels on bags and pouches.

Opopop

Boulder Organic Foods

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Boulder Organic Foods makes gluten-free soup from organic ingredients.

Opopop

Claremont Foods

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Claremont Foods is a family-owned food manufacturing company, provides food manufacturing and packaging services.

Opopop

Strava Craft Coffee

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Sträva Craft Coffee is dedicated to providing customers with the best coffees.

Opopop

Rapid Fired Pizza

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Rapid Fired Pizza offer delicious craft and custom pizzas in 180 seconds and fresh craft and custom salads.

Opopop

All American Pet Proteins

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All American Pet Proteins is a manufacturer of fresh and frozen proteins.

Opopop

Caliper Foods

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Caliper Foods is a consumer packaged goods company that provides hemp-derived soluble cannabinoids.

Opopop

Grassburger

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Grassburger offers grass-fed beef burgers.

Opopop

AmuseMints

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AmuseMints is a manufacturer to the souvenir, specialty retail and gifting industries.

Opopop

Italco Food Products

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Italco Food Products is a family-owned and operated specialty food distributor located in Denver.

Opopop

Red Bird Farms

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Red Bird Farms providing fresh and natural chicken to the people.

Opopop

All American Seasonings

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All American Seasonings is a manufacturer of seasonings and food ingredients that provide wholesome products and accurate blends.

Opopop

Brewing Science Institute

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Brewing Science Institute is a supplier of brewing yeast and brewing bacteria.

Opopop

LoCo Food Distribution

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LoCo Food Distribution is a distributor of local food products and groceries to retail outlets as well as warehousing and logistics.

Opopop

Heritage Health Products

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Heritage Health is expertise in developing health and wellness products.

Opopop

Olomomo Nut Company

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Olomomo Nut Company is a food production company that produces and sells a variety of nut products and snacks.

Opopop

High Desert Farms

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High Desert Farms, got its start in 2013 when it was selected as 1 of 4 winners of the Telluride Foundation’s Telluride Venture Accelerator.

Opopop

CODI Manufacturing

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CODI Manufacturing provides beverage packaging solutions, counter pressure filling, canning line and ready to drink beverages.

Opopop

P.S. Snacks

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P.S. Snacks is a unique ingredient approach to modernize nostalgic treats.

Opopop

Altamira Specialty Foods Service

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Altamira Specialty Foods Service is a distributor of food products.

Opopop

Famous Brands

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Famous Brands International is the parent company of two internationally known snack food brands.

Opopop

Medically Correct

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Medically Correct is the producer of cannabis-infused edibles and extracts.

Opopop

Crafthouse Cocktails

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Crafthouse Cocktails are all-natural cocktails that arrive in three eco-friendly sizes and are made with rich spices and genuine spirits.

Opopop

Continental Sausage

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Continental Sausage is a provider of organic gourmet sausages.

Opopop

American Sheep Industry Association

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ASI is the national organization representing the interests of 81,000 sheep producers located throughout the United States.

Opopop

Einstein and Noah Corp.https://www.einsteinbros.com/

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Einstein and Noah Corp.is a food & beverage firm that deals in providing guests with bagel sandwiches & other foods.

Opopop

Volio Imports

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Volio Vino is a Denver-based importer of fine wines. It supporting family-run estates from the various regions of the wine world.

Opopop

PaleOMG

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Real Food. Real Life. Real Simple.

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Grass Run Farms

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Grass Run Farms is a agriculture food and beverage company located in Greeley.

Opopop

Olde Man Granola

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Olde Man Granola is a manufacturer of handmade and natural granola.

Opopop

Sweet Cow

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Sweet Cow produces and distributes handmade organic ice cream that is made using locally-sourced ingredients like milk, cream, and sugar.

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Identity Pet Nutrition

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Identity Pet Nutrition develops and markets an assortment of alternative, small-batch, clean-label pet foods.

Opopop

ECOPONEX

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Ecoponex develops it’s own renewable energy efficient farms.

Opopop

Roaring Planet

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Roaring Planet is a coffee maker and wholesaler of organic gourmet quality coffee without the presence of plastic waste.

Opopop

Bumbleroot

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Bumbleroot offers a collection of healthy hydration drinks featuring the African fruit, baobab.

Opopop

Boulder Sausage

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Boulder Sausage is a manufacturer of sausage and bacon products.

Opopop

Morning Fresh Farms

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Morning Fresh Farms has always been committed to offering customers a product where freshness and quality are never compromised.

Opopop

Tbd Foods

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Tbd Foods is a catering company offers personal chef, catering, wedding, event planning and management company.

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