Product Development

Nimble and Innovative Value-Added Protein Development Partners

We bring together heritage, craftsmanship, and innovation to develop premium meat products for foodservice, retail, and private labels.

Eddy Foods Inc.

Why Partner With Us

Heritage

Both EDDY and Carolina Pride have decades of experience crafting delicious meat products consumers love! EDDY has 70+ years specializing in fully cooked smokehouse meats and marinated beef, pork & chicken in the small town of Yoakum, Texas. Carolina Pride has over 100 years of creating quality lunchmeats, bacon, hotdogs, smoked sausages, and cocktail smokies in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Innovation & R&D

We offer end-to-end partnership from consumer & marketplace trend analysis to commercial launch. We partner with your team on every step of the journey including ideation, formulation, label artwork, photography and package design.

Regulatory & Safety

Strict adherence to USDA, FSIS, and SQF standards, including labeling, process validation, and traceability.

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State of the Art Facilities

State of the Art Facility

Eddy Packing Plant in Yoakum, TX

  • BRC Certified Facility
  • SMETA 4-Pillar Certified
  • 275,000 square-feet
  • Production capacity of 80 million pounds annually
  • Equipment capabilities include stuffing, marinating, smoking, cooking, shredding, slicing and dicing
  • 100% natural hardwood smoked meats
  • Fully cooked meats with and without sauce (Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey)
  • Raw marinated meats
  • Smoked sausage
  • Cube steak (cutlets)
  • Customized spice blends and sauces
State of the Art Facility Eddy Packing Plant in Yoakum, TX

State of the Art Facility

Carolina Pride Plant in Greenwood, SC

  • 256,000 square foot facility on 21 acres
  • 353 Employees
  • Production capacity of 67 million pounds annually
  • USDA Inspected, GFSI Certified Facility, SQF Level 2
  • Capabilities include stuffing, smoking, cooking, slicing, forming
  • 100% natural hardwood smoked meats
  • Sysco audited and approved

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Innovation Process

Concept & Ideation

Discuss and brainstorm around trends in consumption, flavor, format, and packaging.

Formulation

Formulation based on product specifications. We can work within many ingredient requirements including gluten-free, nitrate-free, MSG-free, reduced-sodium, sugar-free, high-protein, no artificial flavors or colors, etc.

Sampling

Small batches are run, tasted and refined.

Sensory & Shelf-Life

Microbial/pH and packaging trials.

Scale-Up &
Co-Manufacturing

Production facility assigned (SC or TX).

Go-to-Market
Support

Pricing/Cost Analysis, POS materials, SOPs

Let’s Build Your Business Together

Eddy Foods is more than a supplier—we’re your strategic partner in category growth.

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