Producers & Distributors · Chicago, IL
Authentic Mexican Ingredients.
Built for Business.
We produce, package, and distribute chile purées, mole, herbs, and specialty Mexican products for grocery, foodservice, and private label partners across the United States.
What We Do
We Produce. We Distribute. We Partner.
Three ways to work with us — one supply chain behind all of them.
Own Brands
Gloria de México and Gloria — two established retail brands with proven shelf performance in the Chicago market.
Co-Packing
Bring your formula. We handle filling, packaging and labeling in an FDA-compliant facility built for shelf-stable production.
White Label
Your brand. Our recipes, our facility, our supply chain — launch a line without building production from scratch.
Wholesale
Bulk and food-service formats across the full catalog, for operations that need volume and consistency.
Who We Are
The engine behind two retail brands.
Barrera Imports produces, imports, and distributes authentic Mexican food products for the U.S. market. We operate Gloria, a Chicago market staple since the 1990s, and Gloria de México, a chile purée line built for the modern kitchen — and we extend the same production capability to white label and co-packing partners.
Serving Chicago’s Mexican grocery market since the 1990s
Herbs, spices, barks and minerals, catalogued and stocked
Unopened, with no cold chain required
Typical response, with pricing and lead times
The Catalog
What We Make
Retail-ready, food-service, and bulk formats across four categories. Pricing is quoted per program — volumes and minimums vary by SKU.
Chile Purées
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Guajillo Retail · Foodservice · Bulk
Earthy, mild heat, rich body — enchilada sauce, pozole, birria
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Ancho Retail · Foodservice · Bulk
Deep, sweet, gently smoky — adobo, stews, slow-cooked proteins
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Árbol Retail · Foodservice · Bulk
Clean, bright, high heat — salsas, hot sauce bases, soups
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Pasilla Retail · Foodservice · Bulk
Mild, earthy, herbal complexity — chilaquiles, tamales, layered sauces
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Chipotle Retail · Foodservice · Bulk
Smoky, bold, subtly sweet — tinga, BBQ bases, dips, marinades
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Puya Retail · Foodservice · Bulk
Fruity, sharp, bright heat — salsas, complex sauce blends, stews
Mole, Herbs & Confections
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Traditional Mole 10 kg · 1 kg · ½ kg · ¼ kg
Produced and packaged in Cuernavaca — foodservice through retail
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Herbs & Spices 25–100 lb
100+ catalogued varieties, bulk by weight or repackaged retail
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Barks & Minerals Bulk by weight
Traditional Mexican botanicals — sourced to specification
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Custom Blends To specification
Built to your formula and packed under your label
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Candied & Dried Fruit Wholesale case
Traditional Mexican confections, produced and packaged in México
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Bulk Chile Purée Contact for specs
Food-service and manufacturing input volumes
Partners
Who We Work With
From single-location grocers to national private label programmes — one supply chain behind every format we ship.
- FDA-Compliant
- Custom Minimums
Grocery & Independent Markets
Retail-ready SKUs with proven turn rates in Latino markets. Case sizes designed for independent shelf space, with suggested retail pricing and margin structure available.
Restaurants & Foodservice
Bulk chile purée and mole base that cut prep time without cutting flavor. No batch-to-batch variance, no waste from seeds or stems, and no cold chain to manage.
Food Manufacturers
Consistent, spec-documented ingredient supply for your production line. FDA-compliant handling with documentation available on request, and direct sourcing in México.
Distributors
Add an authentic Mexican category to your catalog with a supplier that can scale. Shelf-stable up to 12 months, so logistics stay simple across a multi-state footprint.
Private Label Brands
Launch your own line on our recipes, our facility, our timeline. Label design support, FDA-compliant nutrition panels and bilingual copy are all part of the programme.
Sourcing
Single-variety chiles and botanicals from México’s traditional agricultural regions, through direct supplier relationships we have held for decades.
Production
Cooked, blended and packaged at the source in an FDA-compliant facility built for shelf-stable production.
Filling & Packing
Filling, packaging, labeling and case packing — retail units through 10 kg foodservice buckets.
Bulk & Formats
Herbs, spices, barks and minerals held in bulk by weight, from 25 to 100 lb units, ready for repackaging or custom blending.
Distribution
Distributed from Chicago to retail, foodservice and wholesale accounts across Illinois and the broader Midwest.
What You Get Back
A written quote. No surprises later.
Tell us your product, volume and timeline. We confirm feasibility and minimums within two business days, ship samples where they apply, and come back with unit pricing, MOQs, lead times and specifications — in writing.
Ready to talk?
Tell us what you need and we’ll come back with pricing, minimums, and lead times. Most inquiries receive a response within two business days.