Custom blends
Your blend, cooked and frozen at commercial scale.
Start from one of our blends or bring your own recipe. We develop it at the bench, prove it on a plant trial, and run it to the same spec every time, under your brand or ours.
Three ways to get your blend
Ready-made, modified or fully custom.
Most custom programs don’t need a new formula. Pick the path that fits and we’ll get you to production faster.
Ready-made blend
One of our proven blends, as listed. Nothing changes and the spec sheet is ready today.
Modified blend
One of ours, adjusted for ratio, salt, seasoning, inclusions or pack. Faster, because the base spec already exists.
Fully custom
A new formulation built to your brief: base, ratio, seasoning, inclusions, texture and claims, proven on a plant trial.
Standing blends
Start from one of ours.
Use one as is, or change the ratio or seasoning to make it yours.
Bean, grain and rice ratios
IQF Navy, Black & Red Kidney Beans
- Navy beans57%
- Black beans31%
- Red kidney beans12%
IQF Ancient Grain Blend
- Brown rice63%
- Red rice19%
- Red quinoa12%
- Black barley6%
IQF Red Rice & Farro
- Red rice60%
- Farro40%
IQF Brown Rice & Red Quinoa
- Brown rice80%
- Red quinoa20%
IQF Three-Rice Blend
- Brown rice85%
- Red rice10%
- Wild rice5%
IQF Tri-Color Quinoa
- White quinoa60%
- Red quinoa30%
- Black quinoa10%
IQF Cilantro Lime Rice
- White rice96%
- Cilantro2%
- Roasted garlic1%
- Lime1%
IQF Vegetable Fried Rice
- Fried rice90%
- Carrots5%
- Peas5%
Seasoned rice
- IQF Spanish Rice
- IQF Cilantro Lime Rice
- IQF Fried Rice
Grain and bean blends
- IQF Ancient Grain Blend
- IQF Rice, Quinoa & Black Barley
- IQF White, Brown & Red Rice with Amaranth
- IQF Bean Blends
What you can customize
Every part of the blend is yours to spec.
Base
Any mix of our beans, lentils, quinoa, grains, rice and pasta, all fully cooked and individually quick frozen so each piece stays separate.
Ratio
Any ratio, held to spec run after run, from an 80/20 brown rice and red quinoa to a 60/30/10 tri-color quinoa.
Seasoning
Herbs, spices, salt level and custom flavor systems, including low-sodium and no-salt-added.
Vegetable inclusions
IQF vegetables blended in at your ratio, so the blend goes from bag to bowl, pan or line as one ingredient.
Texture and nutrition
We adjust texture item by item, from firm to tender, to suit your process. Protein, fiber and sodium targets; organic and kosher where the inputs qualify.
Pack and brand
8 oz retail bags through 1,500 lb totes, in your brand or ours. Mixed pallets available.
Our process
From brief to recurring supply in five steps.
- BriefTarget dish, flavor, nutrition goals, inclusions, volume and pack format. How to write a brief.
- Bench samplesOur R&D team makes samples to your brief and ships them frozen, with a draft spec.
- RefineYou test in your own process; we adjust ratio, seasoning, inclusions or texture until it’s right.
- Plant trialA production-scale run in Concord or London proves yield, texture and freeze performance at volume.
- Spec lock and productionYou sign off the spec, nutrition panel and allergen statement. Recurring runs follow, with full lot traceability.
What you get
Documentation your QA team can sign off.
Spec sheet
Full specification in imperial and metric units.
Nutrition and allergens
Nutrition facts panel, ingredient statement and allergen statement.
Certificate of analysis
A COA for every lot shipped.
Lot traceability
Lot codes traced from raw material to finished case.
18-month shelf life
Frozen shelf life of 18 months at 0°F (−18°C).
Certified plants
FSSC 22000 (GFSI) certified. Kosher under COR 579; organic where the inputs qualify.
Concepts to spark your next launch
Illustrative concepts, not customer formulations. Use them as a starting point for your brief.
FAQ
Custom blend questions
How long does it take to develop a custom blend?
We work to your timeline. Modified versions of our blends move fastest because the base spec already exists.
Can you match an existing product?
Yes. Send us the product or its spec and we’ll develop a match for ratio, seasoning and texture.
Can you add vegetables to a blend?
Yes. We blend IQF vegetable inclusions into beans, grains, rice and pasta at your ratio.
Can you make organic or kosher versions?
Organic, where every input is available certified organic. Our plants are kosher certified under COR 579.
Can I change the recipe later?
Yes. Changes go back through bench samples, and we issue a revised spec before the next run.
Do custom blends ship to the US?
Yes. We ship to the US and Canada from our Ontario plants.
Tell us what you’re making.
Share your target dish, volume and pack format. A product specialist will recommend a ready-made, modified or fully custom path and work to your timeline. Prefer to talk? Call 1-800-609-7674.