FAQs

Capabilities & Food Safety

We produce fresh or frozen raw proteins made to our customer's specifications. Our products may be used for further processing or in restaurants, hospitality, and institutional facilities.
We can safely manufacture up to 100,000 pounds of ground products per day during a single shift.
We use frequent machine inspections, visual inspections, metal and x-ray technologies to detect and remove foreign material, bone, and other defects from our finished products.
We manufacture proteins in bulk combos, box-with-liner, wax-lined boxes, or tube (chub) packages, with weights from 1 pound to 2,000 pounds per unit.
We can make tubes of sizes ranging from 16 ounces (1 pound) up to 20 pounds.
Both. We have the ability to mix, grind, and package fresh or frozen proteins. We have the ability to grind 0F frozen meat with our block breakers and frozen meat grinders.
No, we do not slaughter at Tolman’s.
Yes, we are inspected daily by the USDA-FSIS.

We produce beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb, and bison. We also manufacture offal products and blends for use in human-grade pet food.
Yes, we manufacture human-grade pet food for further processing.
Yes, we conduct research and development at our facility to develop new formulations, or modify existing, similar products in the marketplace.
Yes, we can customize to your needs the components of beef primals, as well as grind size, fat/lean content, burger thickness and diameter, as well as inclusions such as cheese, vegetables, or other ingredients to make your custom product.
Yes, we offer a wide array of portion sizes for your burger or sausage needs.
No, we are not a cooking facility. Our USDA processes are raw-intact, and raw, not-intact.
We aim to source raw materials as close as possible to our manufacturing facility located in West Michigan, while also balancing the requirements of the customer's product specification.

We do not limit our customers order sizes. We encourage just-in-time to improve product freshness and reduce waste.
No, all of our products are made to order.
No, we exited the home-delivery business at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic to focus our efforts on our our wholesale customers.
Please contact us here or email orders@tolmansmeats.com. Our phone is 616-669-6140.
We manufacture fresh proteins for restaurants, hospitality and institutional accounts throughout the Midwest. In addition, our fresh proteins can be found in frozen, prepared foods sold in grocery stores nationwide.