What comes out of our plant
Five active lines and more than thirty products in regular runs. Everything here is made in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, and everything is available to be produced under your brand, to your specification, or in bulk.
Five lines, one plant
Each line runs on its own equipment and documented formulation. Flavor profiles, weight and presentation are adjusted to what your channel needs.
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01Corn snacks
Churritos, charritos, corn noodles, cones and extruded corn in different flavor profiles and heat levels.
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02Wheat pork rinds
Duritos, wheels and wheat rinds in square, strip and shaped formats, plain or seasoned.
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03Peanuts and seeds
Japanese-style, chili, salted and praline peanuts, plus sunflower and pumpkin seeds shelled or in shell.
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04Mixes and snack blends
Cantina mixes, assortments and blends for social occasions and wholesale presentation.
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05Protein and specialties
Pork rinds in strips and mini format, plus special developments to customer request.
Available for private label
Real product, from real runs
These pieces come out of our plant under the Wates brand, which is also ours. It is the most honest reference of the quality, flavor and packaging finish we can produce for you.
- Corn noodles chili-lime
- Golones corn chips, chili
- Corn chips, cheese jalapeño
- Chili peanuts
- Sunflower seeds chili-lime
- 3 Mix sea salt
- Fiesta assortment
- Pork rinds, strips
Product from our own brands, made entirely in-house. The same lines are available to produce under your brand.
In what format you need it
The same line can come out as an impulse pack for a corner store or as a case for a distribution center. The channel defines the format.
- Single serve
- Impulse presentations for the traditional channel
- Family size
- Higher weight formats for retail
- Multipack
- Collective packaging for price clubs and wholesale
- Bulk
- Case and sack for distributors and repackers
- Custom
- Weight and format to customer specification
Working parameters
- Minimum volume per run
- Varies by line — please enquire
- Sample development time
- 2 to 6 weeks depending on complexity
- Production run time
- Subject to scheduling and volume
- Traceability
- By production lot
- Shelf life
- Depends on line and packaging format
- Labeling
- NOM-051 for Mexico · FDA for export
Exact volume and capacity ranges are confirmed per product in the technical proposal.
Sabe a más. Wates
Thirty years in the traditional channel of northeastern Mexico, present in corner stores, grocery, retail and regional distribution. Running our own brand forces us to understand the whole business: the shelf, rotation, the storekeeper margin and consumer taste. That experience is what we bring to every private label project.
Visit the Wates sitePortfolio sub-brands
- Xplos Corn
- Totchos Corn
- Zark Corn
- Semillas PRO Seeds
- Mixico Mixes
- El Cantinero Mixes
- Porko Protein
Want this quality, under your own brand?
Tell us which line, in what presentation and for which channel. We come back with capabilities, lead times and cost per presentation.