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The Local Food Center.

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Location
Mansfield, Missouri
Minimum production run size
Early Stage ($5K – $50K / run)
Founded
2012

ABOUTThe facility.

The Local Food Center is a regional food hub in Mansfield, MO (Ozarks area) that specializes in farmer and food buyer friendly aggregation, processing, packaging, and distribution. They offer co-packing including custom branded product development (sauces, soups, vegetable blends), steam kettle cooking, liquid/slurry filling, bottling, labeling, vacuum packing, blast freezing, and USDA-inspected commercial kitchen hourly rental. Serves retail, institutional, and foodservice sectors.

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DETAILSThe specifics.

Product categories
Fruits and VegetablesPrepared Meals and SoupsCondiments Sauces and SpreadsFrozen Foods
Processing capabilities
Kettle CookingBlast Freezing / IQFGrinding / Milling
Packaging formats
Bottle GlassBottle Plastic
Additional services
Contract Manufacturing / Co-PackingR&D / Formulation SupportWarehousing & Cold StorageIngredient SourcingFulfillment & DistributionFoodservice Specialization
Production run sizes
Early Stage ($5K – $50K / run)Growth ($50K – $250K / run)Scaling ($250K – $1M / run)

Profile reviewed as of: August 14, 2026

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USDA Inspected

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Location
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