100% Employee Owned
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AlaTrade Foods • 100% Employee Owned

Our Poultry Processing Capabilities & Products

At AlaTrade, we provide precision poultry processing and co-packing services for commercial food companies. Our team cuts and marinates raw materials to your exact specifications. These high-volume capabilities ensure a reliable supply of custom poultry for your operation.
Deboning

Deboning

Our facilities use both hand-deboning lines and automated Marel systems to separate meat from bone with exceptional precision. This careful extraction process maximizes your total usable product. The resulting boneless chicken maintains strict uniformity across massive production runs. This means that every finished piece meets your target weight and quality specifications.

grilled chicken breast
Front Deboning

Our lines process front halves into clean breast meat for food service and retail applications. The final product is a tender breast filet with zero skin and zero fat.

Thigh Deboning

We supply commercial buyers with bulk deboned chicken thighs for their specific manufacturing needs. Contract manufacturers frequently purchase this high-yield raw material and package it under their own national brands.

Leg Deboning

Our deboning systems remove bone from whole legs, producing clean, boneless leg meat. Further processors rely on these skinless portions to ensure uniform leg cuts on their production lines.

Marination

Marination

Our in-house tumble marination systems apply seasonings and marinades evenly across every piece of chicken. The marination profile remains identical from the first batch to the last, regardless of production run size. We can marinate to your exact specifications or replicate a competitor's product you want to match.

grilled chicken
Even Flavor Distribution

Our marination process ensures deep flavor penetration and moisture retention in every piece. This gives you a ready-to-cook product that maintains quality from our facility to your kitchen.

Recipe Development

We can analyze and replicate a competitor's marinated chicken to match it for your own menu or product line. You'll save time and expense by avoiding the need to create an entirely new formulation while getting the exact taste you're looking for.

Vacuum Packaging

After marinating, we vacuum-seal your chicken in airtight packaging to preserve the marinade and prevent it from drying out. The sealed format extends shelf life and maintains freshness during distribution to your location.

Dicing & Stripping

Dicing & Stripping

Our state-of-the-art cutting equipment processes chicken into pieces of various sizes based on your product requirements. This sizing capability supports controlled portioning and reliable cooking performance for your operation.

chicken tenders
Dicing

We dice chicken into cubes accurately sized to your order requirements. These cuts provide consistent portion counts and predictable cooking times across high-volume operations.

Stripping

Our lines produce fajita strips and tender cuts graded to USDA standards. The strips maintain their structure and thickness throughout preparation and cooking.

Processing & Value-Added

Processing & Value-Added

We provide quality verification systems and flexible business models to support different operational needs. You can have us handle customer-owned product processing or finished goods preparation under one roof. Working with a single processor streamlines your supply chain from initial processing through final packaging.

chicken nuggets
Quality Control

Our facilities use X-ray technology and metal detection systems to verify product safety and quality throughout the processing line. These systems identify foreign materials and confirm each product complies with food safety standards before packaging.

Packaged Goods

We produce consumer packaged goods, including boneless wings and chopped-and-formed chicken products, for retail distribution. Our co-packing services prepare these items in case packs, bag-in-box formats, and other retail-ready configurations.

Toll Processing

AlaTrade processes customer-owned chicken to their requirements through our toll processing program. This service includes deboning, portioning, and marination performed according to the specifications you provide, with you maintaining ownership of the product.

Contact Us

Contact The AlaTrade Team

Reach out to discuss your poultry processing needs and the volume levels you're working with. Our team can walk you through our deboning, marination, and packaging capabilities to see if we're a fit for your operation. A sales representative will get back to you with answers and next steps.

256-505-4500
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