Our Plant
Home for Kajun Kettle Foods is an 86,000 square foot, USDA manufacturing plant located just west of New Orleans, formerly a Pillsbury Plant. With kettles ranging from 300 to 3,000 pound capacities, our plant production capacity exceeds 75 million pounds per year.
Our freezer capability is significant with two freezers: a -10º and a -20º blast freezer that lock in fresh flavors for delicious soups and sauces and entrées.
Fully automated Cryovac Packaging creates convenient boilable bags for easy-to-serve preparation. Our packaging capabilities includes:
• 8 oz sample Cryovac sachets
• 2lb, 4lb, 5lb, 8lb Cryovac bags
• 2-kilo (4.4lb) Pails
• 12-kilo (26.4lb) Pails, 45lb Pails
We also offer warehousing which frees up precious storage space for many of our customers. Available warehouse space amounts to:
• 45,000 sq ft of dry storage
• 2,000 sq ft of refrigerated storage
• 6,000 sq ft of frozen storage
Our warehouse employees adhere to strict HACCP guidelines and take great pride in a well organized, clean facility.
Quality Assurance
Our excellent Quality Assurance Department
is the backbone of the organization, assuring that all
production meets the highest food industry standards.
Strong HACCP Programs ensure that superior
manufacturing practices and procedures are followed by all
employees. Our QA Team achieves superior ratings each year from
AIB and NSF Cook & Thurber organizations.
• USDA Certified
• FDA Approved
• AIB - Superior Rating
• NSF Cook & Thurber - 93 out of
100
• HACCP - Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Points Program
• GMP’s - Good Manufacturing
Practices
• SOPs - Standard Operating Procedures
• SSOPs - Sanitation Standard
Operating Procedures
Third-Party Microbiological Testing is
performed on a statistical sampling basis. Also, taste, color
and viscosity testing is performed on every production batch
following a freeze-thaw process.
An Experienced Team
We are very proud of our experienced,
dedicated staff members. Many have been members of the Kajun
Kettle Team for 7 to 20+ years. They are dedicated to our
customers and the products we produce for them.
