Co-making Food .

Do you have an existing recipe and want to take the next step towards professional, sustainable food production? At Holland Special Foods (HSF), we partner with brands to develop, optimise and scale food production. Together, we create innovative products that contribute to a fairer and more sustainable food system.

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Co-making at HSF

HSF does more than simply produce and package food. As a co-making partner, we help turn kitchen recipes into scalable, professional food products without compromising on quality or taste. Together, we optimise recipes, refine production processes and prepare your product for commercial production. We specialise in complex food products and production challenges, including recipes that are difficult to scale, require multiple processing steps or demand advanced technical expertise. 

Personal collaboration

Direct contact, short communication lines, and a dedicated partner who works with you throughout every stage of the process.

Long Shelf Life

Advanced pasteurisation and sterilisation for optimal product safety.

A chef and a food technologist working together in a modern food laboratory to develop recipes

Specialisation

Organic Food & Glass Packaging

Focus on sustainable production and packaging for today’s conscious consumer.

How we can help:

  1. Recipe optimisation

    Turning your recipe into a scalable, production-ready formulation.


  2. Process Development

    Developing an efficient, repeatable and food-safe production process with the right process steps.

  3. Scaling up

    Scaling your product to larger production volumes without compromising on quality.

  4. Ingredient and raw material management

    Selecting suitable ingredients and raw materials and sourcing them from reliable suppliers that meet the requirements of the production process.

  5. Quality and food safety assurance

    Ensuring product quality and food safety in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

  6. Production and packaging

    Producing, filling, labelling and packaging your product.

Our glass products

HSF specialises in the production of long shelf-life products in glass packaging. Glass helps preserve flavour and product quality, extends shelf life, and is highly recyclable, making it a sustainable packaging solution. Our certified organic production facility is designed to operate as resource-efficiently as possible, with a strong focus on the responsible use of raw materials, energy and packaging materials. Together with our customers, we contribute to a more sustainable and resilient food system.

From Idea to First Batch

Over the years, we have developed and produced a wide range of products together with our clients. Curious to see how the process works in practice?

  1. We'll start with your story

  2. We turn your recipe into a reliable production process

  3. Together, we test, refine and fine-tune the product

  4. We set up production and launch the first batch

  5. Ready for the market!

Why Holland Special Foods?

Personal collaboration

Direct contact, short communication lines, and a dedicated partner who works with you every step of the way.

Specialist in complex projects

We transform complex, non-standard product concepts into scalable, production-ready products.

Innovation

Continuous development of new recipes and production methods to create a lasting competitive advantage.

Flexible batch sizes

From pilot batches to large-scale production, we combine flexible batch sizes with the efficiency and economies of scale of a professional production facility.

How HSF helped No Sugar Daddies

How do you make chocolate spread without added sugar?

Healthier bread spreads

How No Sugar Daddies went from a kitchen-made product to the shelves of Albert Heijn

No Sugar Daddies

Henk Jan and Jurrian

Read the full case
Sugar-free chocolate spread jar