Food & Beverage Manufacturers in China
781 manufacturers across 5 product categories. Listed without paid placement — we are an export agency in Shanghai, not a marketplace.
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Buying food & beverage 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 food & beverage 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.
Trade shows for food & beverage
Where this trade exhibits. A fair is still the fastest way to meet twenty food & beverage suppliers in a day.
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We contact factories on your behalf, ask for MOQ, pricing and lead time, and introduce you directly. We are an export agency in Shanghai — no paid placement, no marketplace markup.
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