LYNN, MASS. — Kettle Cuisine, a manufacturer of small-batch soups, sauces and side dishes, has acquired Harry’s Fresh Foods, a privately held custom food manufacturing company based in Portland. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Harry’s is a great business and a welcome addition to Kettle Cuisine,” said Liam McClennon, chief executive officer of Kettle Cuisine. “Its strong reputation in the marketplace reflects its high-caliber team members, customer relationships and premium product portfolio, all of which fit seamlessly into Kettle’s growth strategy. Kettle remains committed to its culinary roots of artisan, clean label food while providing our customers and consumers with the highest levels of food safety, customer service and the efficiencies of scale production. Acquiring Harry’s will bring an expanded manufacturing footprint to Kettle Cuisine and further enhance our ability to deliver on that promise.”

Founded in 1977, Harry’s Fresh Foods operates a 200,000-square-foot plant in Nashville, Tenn., and an 80,000-square-foot facility in Portland. The company’s product offerings include chilis, desserts, entrees and sides, sauces, soups, as well as a range of gluten-free, organic and vegetarian offerings. The company’s products are available in grocery and club stores across the United States.

Kettle Cuisine is a portfolio company of private equity firm Kainos Capital. Kainos acquired Kettle Cuisine in 2015, and since that time it has invested more than $300 million to acquire and integrate complementary businesses, expand cooking capacity, add high-speed filling and packaging equipment and expand “from-scratch” bone broth capabilities. Last fall, Kainos folded together Kettle Cuisine, Bonewerks Culinarte and Savory Creations to create Kettle Cuisine.

“When Kainos acquired Kettle, we embarked on a strategy to expand Kettle from a regional fresh soup provider to a category leader capable of serving an increasingly national customer base,” said Dan Hopkin, partner at Kainos Capital. “The addition of Harry’s — together with prior acquisitions and investments in the areas of production capacity, product extensions and automation — are all in line with this strategy.  Kainos will continue to support additional opportunities to invest behind Kettle Cuisine’s growth strategy going forward.”