Canned, Preserved & Pickled Foods Manufacturers in China
Updated August 2026
Production is spread rather than clustered: the largest single concentration is Guangdong at 13%, followed by Shandong at 12%. They are spread across 108 cities. The average factory in this category was registered in 2001, and the longest-running dates to 1960. Median registered capital is ¥10.0m — the subscribed figure, which is not always the amount paid in.
A category spread this widely usually means visiting more than one province, or consolidating shipments through a forwarder rather than at the factory gate.
- Manufacturers
- 200
- Cities
- 108
- Avg. founded
- 2001
- Median capital
- ¥10.0m
Where these manufacturers are
Leading cities
Recorded credentials
- 6 recorded as customs-registered
- Registration with China Customs lets a factory export in its own name rather than through an agent. We hold this flag for part of the catalog only, so treat it as a positive signal where present rather than as a complete list.
- 62 recorded as High-Tech Enterprise
- A Chinese government status carrying tax benefits, granted on R&D spending and patents held. It indicates in-house development rather than assembly.
200 manufacturers
Ordered by how much of the factory's product line falls in this category — specialists first, not by who paid.
Buying canned, preserved & pickled foods from China
Written from the sourcing work we do, not from the suppliers listed above.
- How do you tell a real manufacturer from a trading company?
- A Chinese food production licence (the SC number printed on packaging) and registration with GACC for export. Without both, the goods cannot legally leave China as food.
- What certification is needed to import canned, preserved & pickled foods into the EU or US?
- The US requires FDA facility registration, a Foreign Supplier Verification Programme and prior notice per shipment; low-acid canned foods additionally need FCE and SID filings. The EU requires establishment listing for products of animal origin and its own labelling and additive rules. Labels must be built for the destination, not translated after the fact.
- What order minimums and tooling costs should I expect?
- Driven by the production run, often between one pallet and one container. Shelf-life and stability testing has to precede a first order, which adds months.
- What goes wrong most often in this category?
- Pesticide residues, heavy metals and undeclared additives, none of which are visible on arrival. Test against the destination’s maximum residue limits — they differ from China’s, and compliance at origin does not imply compliance at destination.
Related categories
Trade shows for food & beverage
Where this trade exhibits. A fair is still the fastest way to meet twenty canned, preserved & pickled foods suppliers in a day.
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