Culture Fresh Foods

Culture Fresh Foods, Inc. is a food manufacturer based at 162 Spring Street in Naugatuck, Connecticut, operating a dairy and non-dairy alternative production facility. The company produces cultured products including almond, coconut and dairy yogurt, and its plant-based portfolio has been described as covering yogurts, sour cream, dips, pudding, cream cheese, butters and an ice cream mix in spoonable and spreadable formats. Formulations use ingredients such as oats, nuts, coconuts, beans and seeds, sourced from local, national and global suppliers.

The plant is an SQF Level II facility with an on-site cold storage operation. Manufacturing capabilities include cultured production, blending and batching (excluding peanuts, soy and sesame, supported by an allergen handling program with sanitation, environmental and physical controls), hot-fill products such as non-dairy dessert mix, cup filling in diameters from 4 to 32 ounces, pouch filling from 3.5 to 5.3 ounces, and bulk industrial ingredient production in sizes from 1-gallon bags to 300-gallon totes. The company serves foodservice, wholesale and bulk industries.

The business was built around the former YoCrunch plant that Danone closed in 2019. At launch, the founder stated the Naugatuck plant would produce only plant-based foods made from oats, almonds and similar ingredients, rather than running dairy and alternative products through the same facility.

Founding story

Thomas Moffitt, a Bridgewater, Connecticut native, founded Culture Fresh Foods in 2019. He had previously co-founded and led Commonwealth Dairy in Brattleboro, Vermont, a yogurt manufacturer with two production facilities that sold under supermarket customers' labels and built the Green Mountain Creamery brand, reaching about $140 million in annual net sales. Earlier he ran a similar private-label effort at Stop & Shop's Quincy, Massachusetts headquarters and worked for Daymon Worldwide in Stamford. He also owns Bucktide Sales and Marketing Company, a brokerage that represents consumer brands to large grocery retail chains. Moffitt started Culture Fresh Foods in Vermont and moved it to Naugatuck after the former YoCrunch plant became available.

Business model

Culture Fresh Foods manufactures cultured dairy and plant-based products at its own facility, selling through three service lines: private label production for large regional and national retailers, contract packing/co-packing for national brands, and cold storage/third-party logistics. It also produces and sells products under its own brand.

Revenue comes from contract manufacturing services — private label production, co-packing for national brands, and cold storage/3PL services — as well as sales of the company's own branded products.

Traction

The company acquired and converted a former Danone YoCrunch plant and produces its own brand alongside co-packing for recognized national brands and private label programs for large U.S. retailers. Third-party estimates place annual revenue between $25 million and $50 million with a workforce of 11-50 (approximately 20 as of July 2026).

Latest developments

A July 2023 filing reported that the company raised $1.46 million from an offering of $1.5 million.