Born from the merger of TruFood Manufacturing and Bar Bakers, Tandem Foods is a contract manufacturer of better-for-you nutritional snacks, with products ranging from nutrition bars to wafers and molded chocolate. Launched under its Tandem name in January 2025, the company brings decades of combined experience and operates a coast-to-coast network of manufacturing facilities. Its newest Cypress, California, line increased wafer-bar capacity by more than 150% and made Tandem the largest wafer manufacturer in the United States.
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Tandem FoodsFormed in 2025 from the merger of TruFood Manufacturing and Bar Bakers, Tandem Foods is a contract manufacturer of better-for-you nutritional snacks. The company combines decades of experience with nine facilities across Pennsylvania, New York and California, and is now the largest wafer-bar manufacturer in the United States. Its customer-partnership model carries products from concept through commercialization for established CPG companies and entrepreneurs.PITTSBURGH, PA
Tandem FoodsTandem Foods is a U.S. contract manufacturer of better-for-you snacks, formed in 2025 from the combination of TruFood Manufacturing and Bar Bakers. It operates eight manufacturing facilities and brings together the companies’ decades of experience producing nutrition and snack products for branded and private-label customers.PITTSBURGH, PA
BarfectionsBarfections manufactures nutritious food bars in Youngstown, Ohio, with an ownership group that brings more than 75 years of combined food-industry experience focused on bar manufacturing. Its facility produces custom bars and supports product development for emerging brands and Fortune 500 companies.GIRARD, OH
Baxters North America, IncBaxters North America develops and contract-manufactures convenient, nutritious foods for store brands, specialized nutrition programs, and military and humanitarian use. The company combines culinary and nutritional expertise with end-to-end production and commercialization, including shelf-stable, ready-to-eat, and frozen formats. Family-owned for more than 150 years, Baxters traces its heritage to 1868 and now operates East and West Coast facilities.BLUE ASH, OH