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From Restaurant Recipe to Commercial Production: Scaling Without Losing What Works
A step-by-step guide to turning a signature sauce, dressing or dip into a consistent, production-ready product in foodservice bags, and what to expect at each stage.
Will Collins · 10 min read
TL;DR
- Recipes often change at scale because of batch size, heat transfer, order of steps and ingredient sourcing.
- The process: weighted formula, tasting session with Will Collins, clean formulation, pilot batch, shelf-life validation, then full production.
- Products run in form-fill bags, standard or flex prep.
- Minimums are 400 gallons for the first run and 800 gallons for each run after that.
What you'll take away
- Why recipes break when they scale, and how to prevent it
- How a kitchen recipe becomes a weighted production formula
- What happens in a tasting session and pilot batch
- How shelf life is set for a refrigerated product
- What to bring to your first call
Questions & answers
Usually yes. The goal is to match the original flavor profile with production methods, and you approve a pilot batch before full production.
A written, weighed recipe if possible, a sample, expected monthly volume, your preferred bag format, your distributor if you have one, and any allergen requirements.
400 gallons for the first production run and 800 gallons for every run after that.
Yes. A mutual NDA is signed before the recipe is shared.
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