Agilery - Food Contract Manufacturing

Agilery is a food contract manufacturing and new product development consultancy headquartered in Switzerland, operating under the brand Agilery Food. The company serves food and beverage innovators, startups, and established brands seeking to develop, scale, and outsource production of new products. Agilery functions as a bridge between food entrepreneurs and industrial co-manufacturers, offering a comprehensive suite of services that spans the entire product development and commercialization lifecycle.

At the core of its offering is a New Product Development (NPD) service delivered by an in-house team of food scientists and foodtech engineers with a combined 80 years of industry experience. The team operates independently of any specific manufacturer's production line, allowing for unbiased recipe development tailored to the client's vision. Services cover concept-to-prototype development, kitchen-to-semi-industrial recipe scaling, range extensions (including flavor variants, low/no versions, and new packaging formats), and recipe renovation addressing sensory, cost, label, technical, or nutritional optimization.

Agilery also provides supply chain setup and manufacturing operations management. Its project leaders in manufacturing and operations identify and onboard co-manufacturers and ingredient or packaging suppliers with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Rather than presenting a single manufacturing option, the team constructs the most optimal supply chain configuration for each client, taking into account shelf life requirements, processing methods, packaging compatibility, regulatory compliance across national and international frameworks, ingredient lead times, and unit cost targets at scale.

For brands that have already launched and are looking to transition from artisanal or in-house production to outsourced industrial setups, Agilery manages that operational transition end to end. The company specializes in professionalizing small-scale productions and scaling them into outsourced solutions, while preserving the client's ability to maintain strategic oversight. Ongoing quality and cost optimization is offered as part of continuous operational support, leveraging economies of scale as client volumes grow.

The firm also acts as a co-manufacturer relationship manager, smoothing cooperation between product owners and production partners. When conflicts or inefficiencies arise, Agilery can renegotiate terms, identify backup manufacturers, or decouple process steps to improve overall supply chain efficiency.

In addition to NPD and operations services, Agilery offers food science consulting on an hourly basis, covering areas such as fermentation, novel food, plant-based alternatives, systematic quality assurance, preservation methods, and packaging materials. The team maintains active engagement with academia, trade exhibitions, and industry leaders to stay current with food technology developments.

Reference projects include fruit and vegetable jerky recipe optimization (18 prototypes delivered in four weeks), allium-free bouillon powder development tested in real culinary applications, and adaptogenic cookie dough scale-up from a kitchen recipe to a minimum marketable product batch, with manufacturing partners secured in under four weeks. The company serves clients across Europe and beyond, with a primary focus on the Swiss and broader European food and beverage market.