Finding the RIGHT copacker. We’ll identify copackers that align with your product needs, location, and production goals. We will provide contract manufacturer partners who can bring your beverage to life and provide key details like minimum order quantity, lead times, and cost to help you make informed decisions.
Process Authority (PA)
A process authority is critical in the ready-to-drink beverage industry because it ensures your product is safe, shelf-stable, and compliant with food safety regulations. Especially when thermal processing (like pasteurization) is involved. Copackers usually have process authorities they work with, but we can also connect you with a PA to assist with recommended temperatures and hold times to ensure a kill step and make your product shelf stable.
Small Scale Production (Pilot Run)
We strongly recommend a pilot production run before a full-scale launch, not just to ensure product consistency, but to stress-test the formula under real manufacturing conditions. Small-scale beverage production serves as a critical step before scaling to full commercial manufacturing, allowing brands to validate their product, process, and market strategy with minimal risk. It offers a cost-effective way to fine-tune flavor, identify production challenges, and ensure regulatory compliance, all while gathering valuable consumer feedback. This phase also supports testing shelf stability, packaging performance, and supply chain reliability. Ultimately, starting small enables brands to make informed decisions and confidently transition to large-scale production with a higher likelihood of success.
Accelerated and Real Time Stability Testing
Once your pilot run is completed, we recommend that you conduct accelerated and real-time stability testing. Accelerated stability testing is important for consumer packaged beverages because it provides early insight into how a product may degrade over time by exposing it to elevated temperatures, light, or humidity. This method helps predict shelf life more quickly than real-time testing, allowing brands to make faster formulation, packaging, and quality control decisions. It identifies potential issues such as color fading, flavor changes, sedimentation, or packaging failure before products reach the market. Accelerated testing is a valuable tool for minimizing risk, optimizing product stability, and speeding up time-to-market. Real-time stability testing is a crucial step in the development of consumer packaged beverages, as it ensures that the product remains safe, high-quality, and true to its intended characteristics throughout its shelf life. By simulating real-world storage conditions, this testing validates shelf life claims, verifies packaging compatibility, and confirms microbial safety. It also helps brands meet regulatory requirements and maintain consumer trust by ensuring consistent performance from production to consumption.
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