Heartland Food Products Group - Manufacturing Facility

About Heartland Food Products Group - Manufacturing Facility

Heartland Food Products Group traces its roots to October 1991, when Purdue graduate Ted Gelov launched a plastic packaging and novelties business in southern Indiana. The operation soon shifted to food-grade containers and co-packing for larger brands, laying the groundwork for a vertically integrated consumer packaged goods company. Today the firm is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, with manufacturing facilities in Indianapolis, Indiana; Tultitlán, Mexico; and Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company produces low-calorie sweeteners and liquid water enhancers under its own Splenda and Java House brands, while also serving as the U.S. private-label supplier in those categories. Its Indianapolis campus includes a 350,000-square-foot distribution center, a spray-dry plant with liquid blending, and an aseptic packaging line for shelf-stable protein shakes, ready-to-drink coffee, and creamers. A global workforce of over 1,200 supports R&D, market research, quality, creative design through the in-house agency The Workshop, manufacturing, distribution, and operations. Heartland’s customers include retailers, foodservice operators, and brand owners across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. The company cites strategic co-manufacturing partnerships with category leaders and notes that a senior manager at a global foodservice retailer praised its responsiveness and target-matching expertise. The organization emphasizes “Fast, Flexible, Innovative” as cultural pillars, attributing its speed to vertical integration that enables ideation-to-shelf execution. Its stated mission is to help people live happier, healthier, and longer lives by making it easier to reduce sugar.

Equipment

• Spray dry plant
• Aseptic packaging line
• High-speed production equipment
• Liquid blending systems
• HDPE bottle packaging lines
• Aseptic PET packaging lines
• Bag-in-Box packaging lines

Company details

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana

Company type

Manufacturer

Employees

over 1,200 worldwide

Founded

1991

Certifications

SQF (Safe Quality Food) Certified Supplier, Organic Certified (Ecocert ICO), Kosher Certified (Orthodox Union), Halal Certified (IFANCA), GFSI recognized (via SQF)

Listed under

• Food & Beverage Processing in Indiana

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