Our in-house formulation engineers are the key to our product innovation and our continued success in the custom & private label supplement manufacturing industry. With decades of experience in product creation and formulation, our quoting process is easy and fast for both new project and reorders. As a supplement & vitamin manufacturer, product innovation is extremely important to our operational needs as a private label supplier to brands looking to expand their existing product line.
Custom Supplement Manufacturing
We have expert formulation engineers working in-house. This has been crucial to our ability to constantly innovate and maintain better success within the private label industry. We have over decades of experience in successful product formulation and creation. Our entire process is both fast and easy and allows us to craft products quickly for both new products and reorders. As a manufacturer of supplements, it’s very important for us to constantly innovate and to introduce new trendy products to our customers. That way, we can appeal to the brands looking to add value products to their existing lines.
CUSTOM FORMULATION —
If you are looking to make a minor change to an existing stock formulation in stock packaging, such as changing fragrance or adding an extract, our Research and Development (R&D) fee is $1,000 with a minimum order quantity of 500-1000 units per formula(depends on ingredients and format). For this, our lead time is about 3-4 weeks.
To begin custom product development, our R&D fee is $2,500 with a minimum order quantity of 1,500+ units per formula, depending on product’s batch sizes, fill quantities and raw materials. This requires a lead time of about 6-8 weeks.
Our R&D fees provide full access to our R&D chemists, our procurement team, a dedicated project manager, and includes preservative challenge testing, stability assessment and component compatibility to assure your product’s best chances for success in the market.
Semi-Custom
Customize a stock base to create a unique and reliable new product without the hassle of starting from scratch. *Lower MOQ’s as little as 250. This is container/bottle changes adding a flavor to tinctures and small changes.
Product Forecasting and Trends:
The SS Nutra team utilizes proprietary software to both research trends and to find consumer trends. That way, we can identify the most in-demand products both now and in the future. This method of forecasting allows SS Nutra to effectively suggest products to both brand new and existing customers so they can expand their product line and capitalize on the changes in demand within the market before the market shifts.
We can service all sizes of businesses looking to run smaller-scale runs to larger-scale runs. Whether you want 1,000 bottles or 10,000, smaller runs can be conducted before placing a larger scale order. This allows us to service everyone from start-ups to enterprise businesses.
Supplement Manufacturing Quoting Process
Our entire experienced formulation team works around the clock to ensure they are offering the most accurate quotes for all of your supplement needs. You will find the majority of draft quotes will be given within 4 business days. However, it can vary based on the complexity of the formulation. All of the formulation requests can be different which can delay the process. Also, you would need to factor in the difficulty of sourcing the ingredients for the formulation as we need to procure specific ingredients from vendors that might run into delays themselves. We always strive to produce our quotes for our clients as quickly as possible. The majority of our customer formulations take anywhere from 18-21 business days once all ingredients are in house.
What’s The Process Of Getting Custom Supplements Made?
Have you been thinking about starting your own supplement company? Do you have a great idea of a supplement targeted to a specific demographic? Supplements can be a lucrative business to get into. While you might be in the early stages of starting to throw around supplement ideas, custom supplement products are not out of reach. There are professional private label manufacturers that can help you formulate and even package new supplements that fit your specific criteria. There is a good and comprehensive step-by-step process that you can follow that will help you get started on the right track.
A Plan For Custom Made Supplements
Whenever you are getting started with any kind of business, it’s best to have a well-formulated plan. You want to ensure that you are factoring in a lot of different things during this stage. For one, you need to figure out who you are targeting. Who is your target demographic? You also want to figure out your value proposition and what makes your supplement different. For instance, you may want to target those looking for natural energy boosts and for those that are looking to burn fat. If so, you would formulate a product and market it to those people. There are plenty of things you have to consider when you are coming up with a product to market and sell.
Picking the right ingredients to incorporate into your supplement is one of the most important decisions that you will make. You need to ensure that you are choosing the right ingredients that are most beneficial for your target demographic. That way, you will sway them towards buying your product. A lot of consumers are going to research the ingredients used in your ingredient profile. Because of this, you need to ensure that you are choosing the right ingredients that this demographic is after. You want to try to incorporate trendy and highly sought-after ingredients into your ingredient profile to ensure that you are getting custom-made supplements that are marketable and easy to sell.
Figuring Out The Design
Once you’ve come up with a good custom ingredient profile for your supplements, it’s time to start looking at the design of the brand and the products you’re selling. After all, you want your supplements to sell. Therefore, you want to create a brand and a product that is going to fly off the shelves or your online storefronts. There are several things you need to consider when branding a product. For one, you need to look at the size of the supplement in question. The size will dictate pricing and more. You also want to look at the specifications of the label and its overall design.
A lot of people fail to create supplements that sell because they fail to brand them properly. Your product could be of excellent quality and even better than your competition. However, if it’s not creatively designed and if the branding isn’t optimized for your target audience, your sales could fall flat. If you are looking to avoid having to deal with a failed product design, you’ll want to ensure that you understand not only the psychology of general design but also of your target customer. You’ll find that various colors will invoke different feelings and emotions. This can be used to your advantage if you are aware of what colors to use in your design.
Have A Test Batch Made
As soon as you’ve completed the planning process, you will want to look to have the product manufactured in small batches. Have a pilot batch created and tested. This is what the custom Fee is for. Once pilot is approved we have you start off with small batch is 500 units or more (depends on product and ingredients). This is important because you don’t want to go too heavy on a product before getting feedback from your target market. This way, you can ensure that the manufacturing is right, your branding is on-point, and that everything works well together. The overall testing process shouldn’t take too long. Therefore, you should be up and running and selling to end-consumers in very little time. That way, you can start getting feedback from your target market. This will give you more insight that you can use to improve your product and help you position it better.
If you are looking to craft custom-made supplements that are optimized for a target audience, you will want to ensure that you are following this step-by-step process to a tee. There is plenty of planning that goes into launching a new supplement. Not only do you have to figure out your target market, but you need to choose the right ingredients and get your branding optimized to sell to the consumer. If you do it right, you’ll have no problem finding and creating a quality supplement that sells very well.
- lower moq depends on product and blending capabilities of additional ingredients