Fifty-nine facilities fill liquid tea — bottled and canned, ready to drink — spread across 28 states — one of the widest geographic footprints of any category here. Only six publish a minimum. The interesting split on this page is not volume, it is container: 41 of them fill cans, 30 fill PET bottles, and the two point at genuinely different plants.
Published minimums first, smallest to largest, then alphabetical. Six figures out of 59 — for the other 53 the only way to size them up is to ask. Every facility here fills liquid tea into a bottle or a can; none of them are dry tea bag or loose leaf packers, which is a different industry with different equipment.
| Facility | Location | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great South Bay Brewery | Bay Shore, NY | 30 barrels | Can, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only, R&D |
| MetaBrand | Edison, NJ | 2 pallets | PET, Glass, Can | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Private label |
| Organic Food Incubator | Bloomfield, NJ | 600 units | — | Not published | Formulation, Private label, Labelling |
| ProtoPackers | Riverside, CA | No minimum | Can, PET | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point, WI | 100 barrels | Can, Can 16oz, Glass +1 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Warehousing |
| Universal Pure | Lincoln, NE | 20,000 units | PET | Not published | Filling only, Cold storage, Labelling +2 |
| 1820 Brands (Geary Brewing Co.) | Portland, ME | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +2 | Yes | Formulation, Private label, R&D |
| Adirondack Bottling (Polar Beverages CM) | Scotia, NY | Not published | PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Aegle Nutrition | Carrollton, TX | Not published | PET | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +4 |
| Anvil Beverage Company | San Diego, CA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Can sleek +1 | Yes | Filling only, R&D |
| Arcadia Beverage | Arden, NC | Not published | PET | Not published | Formulation, Private label, Warehousing +2 |
| Berner Food & Beverage | Dakota, IL | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Best Bev | Waverly, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Bev-Hub | Manhattan, KS | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +1 | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| Big Brands SoCal Co-Packing | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +1 | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling |
| Brick Box Brewery | Tucson, AZ | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Packaging sourcing, Private label |
| Brooklyn Bottling Group | Milton, NY | Not published | PET, Glass, Can | Not published | Filling only |
| California Custom Beverage | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, Can, Can sleek | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +1 |
| California Natural Products (CNP) | Lathrop, CA | Not published | Tetra Pak | Yes | Formulation |
| Carolina Beverage Group | Fort Worth, TX | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Warehousing +1 |
| Castle Co-Packers | New Kensington, PA | Not published | PET, Glass | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Warehousing |
| Clinton's Ditch Cooperative Co. | Cicero, NY | Not published | Can, PET | — | Filling only, Private label |
| Connecticut Canning | Oxford, CT | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +4 |
| Consolidated Mills | Houston, TX | 25,000 unitsdeclared | Bag-in-box | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Copacker LA | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Alu bottle | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Formulation +1 |
| DeltaBev | Canoga Park, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Not published | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Warehousing |
| DrinkPAK | Santa Clarita, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only, Warehousing, Fulfilment +1 |
| Epic Bottling | Coppell, TX | Not published | Glass, PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +2 |
| FIFCO USA (Genesee Brewery) | Rochester, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +2 | Yes | Formulation, R&D |
| Flavorcraft LLC | Louisville, KY | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +2 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Ginseng Up Corporation | Worcester, MA | Not published | Glass, PET, Can | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +2 |
| Iron Heart Canningmobile canning operator | Ashland, VA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Labelling +1 |
| Kansas City Beverage Company | Kansas City, MO | Not published | — | Yes | Private label, Design, Fulfilment |
| LDB Beverage | Stevenson, WA | Not published | Can, Glass, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Formulation, Fulfilment +1 |
| Lehrkinds Inc. | Bozeman, MT | Not published | Can, Alu bottle | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Labelling |
| LiDestri Food & Beverage - Lansdale (ex M.H. Zeigler) | Lansdale, PA | Not published | Glass, PET | Not published | Private label, Filling only, Formulation |
| LiDestri Food & Drink (Pennsauken) | Pennsauken, NJ | Not published | Tetra Pak, Glass, PET | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +2 |
| Maryland Packaging | Elkridge, MD | Not published | — | Not published | Private label |
| Matrix Bottling Group | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Alu bottle | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +2 |
| Mayer Brothers | West Seneca, NY | Not published | PET, Glass | — | Private label, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| MBA Beverage | Phoenix, AZ | Not published | Can, PET | — | Private label, Formulation, R&D +1 |
| Mountaintop Beverage | Morgantown, WV | Not published | PET | — | Filling only, Private label, Packaging sourcing |
| MSL Indy (MSL Packaging & Fulfillment) | Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Can, Glass, PET +2 | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Fulfilment +1 |
| New Caney Beverage | New Caney, TX | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +1 | — | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling +2 |
| Newport Bottling & Canning | Anaheim, CA | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +1 |
| Noel Canning & Bottling | Yakima, WA | Not published | Can, Glass, PET | Yes | Filling only, Private label |
| Pilot Canning Company | Columbus, OH | Not published | Can, Glass | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Quantum Canning | Frederick, CO | Not published | Can sleek, Can, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +2 |
| Redwood Beverage Group | Norwich, CT | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +1 | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +4 |
| Refresco Tempe (ex-AZPACK) | Tempe, AZ | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, PET | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +1 |
| Select Juice, LLC | Lancaster, PA | Not published | PET | — | Formulation, Private label, R&D +4 |
| Sierra Blanca Brewing Company | Moriarty, NM | Not published | Glass, Pouch, Keg | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Labelling +1 |
| SIP Manufacturing | Lake Elsinore, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, PET +1 | Yes | Formulation, Private label, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Snowing in Space Coffee Co | Charlottesville, VA | Not published | Can, Keg | — | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Warehousing +3 |
| Sterling Beverage Company | Buffalo, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Not published | Private label |
| US Beverage Packers (USBP) | Keasbey, NJ | Not published | Can, PET | Not published | Filling only, Warehousing, Labelling +1 |
| Vermont Bottling Company | Williston, VT | Not published | PET, Glass | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +4 |
| Westrock Coffee Company | Conway, AR | Not published | Can, PET, Glass | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Whitlock Packaging (Refresco) | Fort Gibson, OK | Not published | PET, Can, Tetra Pak +1 | — | Filling only, Private label |
Tea is an extraction, not a blend. Leaf or concentrate, temperature, contact time and water chemistry all decide what ends up in the can, and none of it happens on the filler. That is why 37 of these 59 facilities list formulation among their services — a higher share than most categories on this site.
It also explains the container split. PET and hot fill go together: brew hot, fill hot, let the heat sterilise the bottle. Cans usually mean tunnel pasteurisation or a cold aseptic process instead. Thirty of these 59 fill PET, 41 fill cans, and the overlap is smaller than it looks once you ask about process rather than packaging.
The practical read: ask whether they brew from leaf or buy concentrate. Both are legitimate, they cost different amounts, and they do not taste the same.
Across the 217 facilities we track nationally, 27 publish a minimum — about one in eight. Tea publishes six of 59, close to one in ten, below that average.
Two of those six sit at the extremes and are worth naming. ProtoPackers in Riverside, California states no minimum at all — the lowest barrier anywhere in our database. Universal Pure publishes 20,000 units. Both are on this list, and no average would tell you that.
Sweetener changes the plant, not just the recipe. Cane sugar, stevia, monk fruit and unsweetened all behave differently through a hot-fill system, and some lines are set up for one and not the others. Name yours in the first email.
Twenty-five of these 59 are alcohol-capable. Hard tea runs on the same equipment as iced tea, so a large part of this list is licensed. That is useful if your roadmap crosses into alcohol later — and irrelevant if it does not.
Search results for “tea co-packer” are mostly the wrong industry. Most of what ranks for that phrase packs tea bags, sachets and loose leaf — dry goods, in a dry facility. If you are filling a bottle or a can with brewed tea, this page is the list you want, and none of the 59 here are dry packers.
Shelf life is a process decision made before the first sample. Hot fill, tunnel pasteurisation, aseptic and refrigerated all produce a drinkable iced tea with completely different distribution consequences. Two quotes built on different processes are not comparable.
53 of these 59 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.
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