Chilled, Frozen and Packaging Options
Private Label produces a wide range of private label food products for retail and food service, including meals, tray meals, snack pots, side dishes, soups, salads, sauces and packed lunches. We offer both chilled and frozen formats, supported by AA‑grade BRC certification, and supply the Irish and UK markets. We work with clients to ensure projects are commercially viable, with production beginning at batch sizes of around 200kg.
Our team can match existing recipes, create bespoke formulations, and provide full NPD support, including scaling, lab testing, nutritional data and sleeve information.< Packaging options include CPET trays, foil trays, tubs and buckets, with custom moulds available. We arrange nutritional, allergen and ingredient testing through accredited labs and comply fully with EU and UK food safety regulations.
Private Label holds BRC, HACCP, Halal certification, and can produce vegan, vegetarian and halal ranges. We support clean‑label, reduced salt/sugar development and determine shelf life through lab validation.
We assist with branding, artwork and labelling, supply samples for tasting, and have capacity for up to 10,000 meals per day. Seasonal ranges, halal certification, ingredient sourcing and NDAs are all available on request. Below are some frequently ask questions.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, have the skills, experience and equipment to produce a number of food types as private label for both retail and food service, these included meals, tray meals, snackpot – meal pots, side dishes, soups, salads, packed lunches, sauces. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, have the skills, experience and equipment to produce a number of food types as private label for both retail and food service, these included meals, tray meals, snackpot – meal pots, side dishes, soups, salads, packed lunches, sauces. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, we help you bring your product from design to supermarket shelf. We can support you in the scaling of production, lab testing and nutritional, information for sleeve design and we have a food photographer, that we have experience of using. But these are your products, so you input is required and there are costs involved for this as well. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, can take the project from the idea phase to the supermarket shelf. But these are your products and you need to be involved in the decision making. The project needs to be cost effective for both parties and to ensure the end user will continue to purchase it. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, can pack in multiple formats – we currently fill in CPET and foil trays as well as ring lock tubs and buckets. We have 7 different retail formats and number of different food service trays. While we at present do not pack in pouches, this can be arranged. If you have specific pack format in mind that we do not use, this can be made for you at a cost in the region of €8000.00 per mould / sealing tray. This mould will be your property. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, will once your recipe has been approved and signed off arrange for samples to be sent to the lab of your choice for shelf life and nutritional testing, this can take a number of weeks depending on what shelf life you hope to achieve. If you are making a legal claim such as high protein or low salt we do need 3rd party lab work to back this up and we may need to submit to the lab on a number of occasions. You would be responsible for these costs, and please build the time into your plans for this. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, of course hold BRC - this year is AA grade, in addition we are registered with Cork County council and are inspected by the Dept of Agriculture and a very regular basis. In addition, we facilitate 3rd party audits as well as holding Halal certification and several of our ranges are and can in the future new vegan lines can be certified. We cannot certify kosher as there is no rabbi in Cork any longer. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, does and can produce vegan and vegetarian options (www.foodadventures.ie). In addition, we have a range of already certified halal items for retail, food service and IPAS accommodation. Halal certification can be arranged for new products when the recipes are signed off. These recipes need then to go to the certification body for their approval and site visits. There is a cost for this. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, will work with you and your recipe to help you achieve your targets, this may take an number of attempts from the test kitchen to scaling up an a number of submissions to the lab. We will help you to find the balance in flavour profile, health claims and commercial costs. These are your products and we will do all we can to support you. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, will with you help and recipe and the results from the lab determine the shelf life of chilled and frozen. Generally frozen has a shelf life of 365 days, but chilled will vary depending on the product, the cooking and filling processes etc. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, have the skills, experience and equipment to produce a number of food types as private label for both retail and food service, these included meals, tray meals, snackpot – meal pots, side dishes, soups, salads, packed lunches, sauces. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, have capacity, we can produce around 10,000 meal portions per day. Some days do have production run in places and other factors to consider are the tray type can slow things down as can the filling process, so a lot does depend on the meal solution you require. Just contact us for more details.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, try to source ingredients as cost effectively and ethically as possible. So, ingredients due to there nature do have to be sourced from outside the UK and EU. Our halal ingredients are only sourced from facilities that have acceptable certification and standards. Another factor that must be considered is volumes required, shelf life and costs. We will work with you to make it work for your project.
Our Sister Company www.privatelabel.ie, can provide 3rd party certification for your halal products. But there are an number of factors to consider, the key one being where are you going to sell your products as in some cases in the UK - HMC and HFA are the main bodies but they do not operate in Ireland , but we can help obtain certification for halal products for the UK via other certification bodies. Just contact us for more details.
