Food Incubator
Cooking Up Innovation, Serving Success.
Nurturing food entrepreneurs through comprehensive support as they develop and expand their businesses.
Our mission is rooted in the belief that with the right resources, a community of skilled entrepreneurs can build self-sustaining businesses that not only benefit themselves and their families but also contribute positively to the broader community and city.
1. Apply online
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2. Meet & Greet
Attend one of our cooking events to meet the team.
3. Grow
Connect with our experts to receive mentorship.
How We Support Food Entrepreneurs
Access to R&D Kitchen
Our test kitchen is a newly constructed, fully equipped commercial kitchen with state of the art equipment for all types of cooking. While it has limited volume capacity it can be used for small production batches.
Grow With Strategic Insights
Having access to the right person at the right time can be transformative for any food startup business leader. But, it’s particularly critical when they’re growing and scaling a business. there's no single playbook or definition of success. We tailor our strategic and operational support to each our founder’s ambitions and company. Drawing on experience, pattern recognition and ideas from leading minds, we help to draw a roadmap that’s your-company-specific.
Hear From Program Participants
Lucian's Food began with the mission of creating the perfect cookie free of the top 15 allergies. From the very first batch, we dedicated ourselves to the art of baking, blending premium ingredients with love and care to deliver an unforgettable cookie experience.
The food incubator allowed Lucian's Food to produce the early cookie batches in a fully certified commercial kitchen while continuing to support the formation of their business model and go-to-market.
Culinary Staples Sauces was born out of a passion for creating bold and unforgettable flavors that can transform any meal into a gastronomic delight. Drawing inspiration from Escoffier's mother sauces these sauces blend tradition and culinary innovation to offer a wide range of high-quality, artisanal sauces that would appeal to the adventurous food lover in all of us.
Via this program Culinary Staples Sauces produced and brough these sauces to the market.
Take Your Startup to the Next Level.
What Our Citrus Heights Food Incubator Offers
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE
As we have worked with new food entrepreneurs, we have recognized the need for an affordable, shared-use commercial kitchen to provide them with the means to safely and legally prepare their food. It is our hope that the space at our culinary incubator will not only provide local food businesses with the tools needed to start and grow, but also provide a supportive entrepreneurial community.
INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Unlike other food accelerators we provide you with state-of-the art facility that can support your growth. Enjoy secure storage options for both dry and high capacity cold storage or dry storage, material handling equipment and much more.
MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Our Citrus Heights culinary incubator offers robust equipment that can scale with you. Our Citrus Heights food accelerator provides you with tools required for scaling operations. From refrigerated trucks to delivery vans or forklifts for truck unloading we have robust scalable solutions.
Food Packaging Assistance
Restaurant, catering and deli food packaging assistance. From to-go boxes to anti-fog lids, eco-friendly packaging solution we can help you select a packaging that galvanizes your product.
SHIPPING BOXES & COLD SUPPLY CHAIN
Our culinary incubator helps you prepare, package and deliver your product. This is especially useful for Direct to Consumer (DTC) food delivery companies that sell their product online. We can help you get your product from your production facility to the customer's door.
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Incubator Comparisons
At MealPro, we aim to provide you with a complete solution to building your food startup. We do this by providing a unique blend of traditional operational support in the kitchen and digital support by helping you develop an online food ordering portal or app.
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Nutrition Label Creation |
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Grow With Access to Marketing Support
During the incubation phase of our investment we leverage our proprietary processes to help build market-leading companies from scratch. Find out more about our ares of expertise that include:
Food photography
Web development
App development
Online ordering capability
Campaign management
Our extensive marketing support accelerates the growth of ventures we partner with.
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Who Is This Food Service For?
Your tasty food prep recipes in are made by expert nutritionists and are cooked by expert chefs. The combination of nutritional science and artisan culinary techniques makes MealPro one of the best meal delivery services . This diet type is perfect for you if:
You want a meal plan with variety so you can prevent diet burnout.
You are a clean eater dedicated to wholesome foods - or want to be.
You want to get back in shape and need a food plan that supports you.
You have a demanding schedule and you have no time to shop, cook and portion your meals.
You don't settle for a standard meal - you expect the portion sizes and nutrition in your meal to be adjusted to you.
You refuse to eat bland diet food at high prices. You expect your food to taste delicious, be affordable, and be healthy for you.
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