Chef Foods · Frozen food co-manufacturing
You have already eaten what we make.
You just did not know the name of the factory. Major brands choose our lines to produce their frozen foods, from Canção’s cheese bread to Rei do Mate’s cookies.
Private label and co-manufacturing
Bring the recipe. The factory is ours.
We develop, produce and pack your frozen product to the standard that big retail demands. You put your brand on the front. IFS certification, automated production and the standards of a team that ran Sadia.
Alexandre Dantas · Founder
The story begins long
before the company.
It begins with Alexandre Dantas, who started his journey at 18 as a baker’s assistant. His dedication took him through leadership roles until he became National Manager at Fleischmann. With more than 35 years in Baking and Confectionery, he turned all that knowledge into his own business and, 23 years ago, founded Chef Foods. Today it is a plant of more than 6,000 m², with 100+ employees, delivering quality to customers all over Brazil.
- Age 18Started his career as a baker’s assistant
- 35+ yearsExperience in Baking and Confectionery
- 23 years agoFounded Chef Foods
- TodayA 6,000 m² plant and 100+ employees
Eliseu Barbosa · Industrial Director
Sadia’s standards,
in your production.
More than three decades building and leading some of the largest food operations in the country. The same standard that ran at those giants is what runs on your brand today.
- 1990 to 2009Sadia · Industrial Manager
- 2009 to 2015Massaleve · Industrial Manager
- 2015 to 2017Habib’s · Industrial Manager
- 2017 to 2024Mezzani · Industrial Manager · frozen foods project
Retail approves, not the pitch
Your brand wins the consumer.
Our factory delivers the quality.
Cheese bread
Cheese bread and cookies
Cheese bread
Cheese bread
Burgers
Installed scale
One of the largest frozen food
manufacturers in Southern Brazil.
Installed production capacity, with room for your brand to grow.
A plant with six independent lines and the same freezing tunnel.
From cheese bread to choripán, in custom formats, weights and recipes.
Hygiene, risk control and traceability audited on every batch.
Inside the factory
Industrial scale,
kitchen care.
Manufacturing plant · Maringá · Paraná · Brazil
Capacity to produce
at big-retail scale.
What comes off the line
Six production lines.
Processes designed for each category.
Custom formats, weights and recipes for your brand, from the classic frozen product to the launch that does not exist yet in your category.
Line 01
Cheese Bread
A continuous automated line with a spiral freezer. From cocktail size to traditional, in a variety of formats and weights. The Brazilian classic, made to the standard that performs on the shelf.
In productionPrivate label · Cheese Bread
Line 02
Lasagnas & Pasta
Frozen pasta with sauce, assembled and sealed on a dedicated line. Several flavors and formats, in the fastest-growing ready-meal category in the country.
In production · 600g · 500g · 350gPrivate label · Lasagna
Line 03
Grilled Sandwich
A flame-grilled burger, in every suggested build. Diner flavor with the convenience of frozen food, ready in minutes.
In productionPrivate label · Burger
Line 04
Frozen Pizza
Frozen topped pizza, artisan quality at industrial scale. A variety of formats and weights, with that wood-fired appeal.
New line · your brand can debut itPrivate label · Pizza
Line 05
Garlic Bread
A creamy, golden recipe, ready for the grill. The No. 1 side dish of the Brazilian barbecue, now with your brand.
New line · co-developmentPrivate label · Garlic Bread
Line 06
Choripán
A sausage sandwich in true Argentine style, with chimichurri. The snack that is becoming a category of its own, ready to become your next launch.
We build the category with youPrivate label · Choripán
Process discipline
The thousandth product comes out
just like the first.
An automated line, a freezing tunnel and IFS traceability. Everything your brand needs to scale without losing its standard.
Assembly
A continuous line, with controlled dosing and portioning.
Tunnel −35 °C
Fast freezing that locks in texture, flavor and safety.
Flow Pack
Automated packaging, precise sealing and your brand’s identity.
IFS Control
Hygiene, risk and traceability audited on every batch.
IFS Progress Food Certification
The seal that opens the door to big retail.
Market knowledge
We know where there is room
for your brand to grow.
In the categories we produce, a few players hold most of the volume, and private label still has a small share. That is exactly where co-manufacturing opens the door to the shelf.
Tap a chart to enlarge · retail data, food service not included.
Why now
The frozen aisle is where
a brand wins or loses the month.
A booming category
Ready meals and frozen foods keep growing fast in Brazilian consumption.
Two players dominate
BRF and JBS hold ~87% of ready meals, a real opening for agile brands.
Stockouts become opportunity
The big players’ out-of-stocks create demand your brand can capture.
Your recipe, your margin
Outsourcing manufacturing frees up capital and speeds up your SKU’s time-to-shelf.
Next step
Your next SKU can come off our line.
Send us the recipe this week and we will return a pilot batch the next. You taste it, retail approves it, and your brand hits the shelf with big-manufacturer standards.