How to Start a Salsa Bottling Business

You can bottle your salsa and start a small business.

Salsa is a popular food to be jarred or bottled and delivered to friends and family. If you and your family think your salsa is delicious, and you are ready to start a business, jarring and selling salsa may be a beneficial job for you. Whether you want to sell your salsa individually or in bulk, you must follow the same procedures to starting your business. By starting your own salsa bottling business, you can make money and improve your business skills.

Things You'll Need

• Salsa recipe

Instructions

1. Talk to people who have bottled and sold salsa before. Ask how they did it, how they liked it and how they are doing now. The best advice you can get is from people who are experienced.

2. Check out your local and state health departments. It is important to understand the food regulations and requirements of selling food in your area. You will most likely need to get a food handler's card for your state.

3. Find a food processing facility in your area that will take your recipe and make it in large quantities. This co-packer, or processing facility, should also bottle and pack your salsa while following the FDA requirements.

4. Perfect your recipe. Make sure you know the exact ingredient measurements for your salsa and convert it into large quantities. The co-packer company will need the ingredient measurements in large quantities, such as a 80-to 100-quart pot. Check with your co-packer company to find out the measurements it needs.

5. Design a label for your bottles. You can design the label yourself, or find a graphic designer who specializes in food. Make sure the label includes the name of your new business or the name of the salsa, where it's made and eye-catching colors or a memorable phrase. Get the labels mass-produced and place them on the bottles.

6. Choose your method of selling the product while following your local and state legal requirements. You may want to sell them wholesale online or at various shops in your city.

Tips & Warnings

• The more education and information you can get on the subject, the better.

References

• Red Hot Foods: Starting a Salsa Business