15 facilities in our database run kombucha. It is a live-culture, actively fermenting product, and that narrows the field hard — a line that fills soda will not necessarily take a drink that keeps working in the can. Just 1 of the 15 put a minimum run in writing.
Published minimums first, then alphabetical. One facility on this list has stopped taking new clients — it stays here because it is still operating, but do not plan around it.
| Facility | Location | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Craft Brewing & Co-packing (OC Brew Pack) | Vista, CA | 1,000 gal / SKU | Can | Yes | Filling only, Formulation, R&D +3 |
| BetterBeverages (ex Rocky Mountain Cultures) | Gypsum, CO | Not published | Glass, Can | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +1 |
| Big Brands SoCal Co-Packing | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +1 | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling |
| Big Brands Utah Co-Packing | UT | Not published | PET, Glass, Can +1 | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +1 |
| Blue Marble Productions | Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Private label, Filling only, Formulation |
| Circle Beverage (Circle City Kombucha) | Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +3 |
| FedUp Foods | Marshall, NC | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Iron Heart Canningmobile canning operator | Ashland, VA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Labelling +1 |
| Matrix Bottling Group | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Alu bottle | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +2 |
| Newport Bottling & Canning | Anaheim, CA | 25,000 units / SKUdeclared | Can, PET, Glass | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +1 |
| Organic Food Incubator | Bloomfield, NJ | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, Private label, Labelling |
| Quantum Canning | Frederick, CO | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +2 |
| SOMA Kombucha (co-man) | Portland, OR | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +2 | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +2 |
| South Amboy Kitchen, LLC | South Amboy, NJ | Not published | PET, Glass | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling |
| Sterling Beverage Company | Buffalo, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Not published | Private label |
Three of these 15 started life as kombucha brands and turned into co-packers: Circle Beverage was Circle City Kombucha before going co-pack only in 2020, Sterling Beverage was Bootleg Bucha, and SOMA still carries its own name. That is not a coincidence. Live fermentation is unforgiving — carbonation keeps building, alcohol can drift above the legal threshold, and a filler set up for a still product will not cope.
The rest split into two groups. Organic specialists like BetterBeverages (formerly Rocky Mountain Cultures) and FedUp Foods, who handle jun and other fermented drinks alongside kombucha. And large generalist co-packers — Big Brands, Matrix Bottling, Newport — who list kombucha among many categories.
The practical read: if your kombucha is unpasteurised and still active, ask specifically how they handle refermentation and ABV drift. It is the question that separates the two groups.
Across the 234 facilities we track nationally, 38 publish a minimum run — about one in six. Kombucha runs below even that: 1 of 15.
OC Brew Pack in California publishes 1,000 gallons per SKU. Organic Food Incubator in Bloomfield, New Jersey quotes 600 units, but only for its white-label partner program, where it supplies the recipe. Its contract manufacturing and co-packing pages give no minimum, so we do not count it as one: ask what applies to your own recipe.
A facility that lists kombucha among twenty categories is telling you it can fill the container. It is not telling you it understands live culture. Those are different questions, and only one of them is on the website.
SOMA Kombucha is not taking new clients. It is still operating and still packs kombucha, jun and kefir, so it stays on this list — but do not build a plan around it without confirming that has changed.
Alcohol capability matters more here than you would expect. Kombucha ferments in the can. Several facilities on this list hold TTB licences, which means they are equipped to handle a product that may cross into regulated territory. If yours is unpasteurised, that column is not decoration.
14 of these 15 publish no minimum at all — you can't size them up without asking. Tell us your volume once and we'll ask them for you.