Beverages
The OBX team includes food scientists, formulators, flavorists, analytical chemists, and operational specialists working together to bring your beverage ideas to life. Our expert team creates formulas that are unique to the market, helping you create a viable brand from the ground up.
Our Process
Are you ready to develop a beverage? We’ve taken the entire development process and streamlined it for efficiency. Here’s an overview of how it works:
Beverage Idea Kickoff
We’ll kick off the process with an initial brief.
Feasibility Analysis
Knowing your product is commercially viable will help you plan the early stages of your venture into the beverage industry. Feasibility is the process of reviewing critical aspects of your beverage’s production to see if it is a viable product. OBX offers feasibility assessments from experts who know what it takes to see success in your market. During our feasibility reviews, we assess formulation, sourcing and co-packing possibilities.
Ingredient Sourcing
Our team of food scientists and chemists will source ingredients from respected ingredient vendors across the U.S.
Formulation & Development
Now that the ingredients are sourced, let us do our magic! Beverage formulation and development establish the details that will allow you to produce a consistent beverage product. A recipe describes the ingredients that combine to produce your beverage idea. The formula will bring the recipe up to commercial scale.
During formulation, we will experiment with ideas that make your beverage concept a reality. Then, we’ll develop a beverage formula that achieves the flavor profile and nutritional balance you want your beverage to feature. We’ll use the recipe development and formulation processes to solidify your beverage’s ingredients and determine the logistics surrounding them. You’ll be able to establish costs and cost reduction opportunities to optimize the recipe for successful product development.
Production
To find the ideal packaging options for your beverage, we take into consideration your formula and the processing required to give it a shelf life.
Lab Testing
Consistency is key in the beverage market — customers want to know what they’re drinking and that they can expect the same taste from every bottle or can. Fortunately, laboratory testing can boil your drink’s production process down to a science.
Laboratory quality assurance testing determines precise ingredient measurements and affirms that each batch meets your standards. Laboratory testing will also establish your product’s shelf life so you can optimize the consumer experience.
Through our internal capabilities and with the support of quality assurance testing labs, we analyze the smallest details that make your drink unique. Our quality assurance testing services will produce the details needed for consistent beverage production.
Design
What inspires you? Our design team will lead a discussion on packaging and brand identity to determine the direction for design.
Shots
Powdered Beverages
Flavored Teas
Flavored Waters
Sodas
CBD Drinks
Functional Drinks
Energy Drinks
Carbonated Drinks
Still Beverages
Sports Drinks
Protein Drinks
Workout Drinks
Electrolyte Drinks
Beverages
The OBX team includes food scientists, formulators, flavorists, analytical chemists, and operational specialists working together to bring your beverage ideas to life. Our expert team creates formulas that are unique to the market, helping you create a viable brand from the ground up.
Offerings:
Shots
Powdered Beverages
Flavored Teas
Flavored Waters
Sodas
CBD Drinks
Functional Drinks
Energy Drinks
Carbonated Drinks
Still Beverages
Sports Drinks
Protein Drinks
Workout Drinks
Electrolyte Drinks
Our Process
Are you ready to develop a beverage? We’ve taken the entire development process and streamlined it for efficiency. Here’s an overview of how it works:
Beverage Idea Kickoff
We’ll kick off the process with an initial brief.
Feasibility Analysis
Knowing your product is commercially viable will help you plan the early stages of your venture into the beverage industry. Feasibility is the process of reviewing critical aspects of your beverage’s production to see if it is a viable product. OBX offers feasibility assessments from experts who know what it takes to see success in your market. During our feasibility reviews, we assess formulation, sourcing and co-packing possibilities.
Ingredient Sourcing
Our team of food scientists and chemists will source ingredients from respected ingredient vendors across the U.S.
Formulation & Development
Now that the ingredients are sourced, let us do our magic! Beverage formulation and development establish the details that will allow you to produce a consistent beverage product. A recipe describes the ingredients that combine to produce your beverage idea. The formula will bring the recipe up to commercial scale.
During formulation, we will experiment with ideas that make your beverage concept a reality. Then, we’ll develop a beverage formula that achieves the flavor profile and nutritional balance you want your beverage to feature. We’ll use the recipe development and formulation processes to solidify your beverage’s ingredients and determine the logistics surrounding them. You’ll be able to establish costs and cost reduction opportunities to optimize the recipe for successful product development.
Production
To find the ideal packaging options for your beverage, we take into consideration your formula and the processing required to give it a shelf life.
Lab Testing
Consistency is key in the beverage market — customers want to know what they’re drinking and that they can expect the same taste from every bottle or can. Fortunately, laboratory testing can boil your drink’s production process down to a science.
Laboratory quality assurance testing determines precise ingredient measurements and affirms that each batch meets your standards. Laboratory testing will also establish your product’s shelf life so you can optimize the consumer experience.
Through our internal capabilities and with the support of quality assurance testing labs, we analyze the smallest details that make your drink unique. Our quality assurance testing services will produce the details needed for consistent beverage production.
Design
What inspires you? Our design team will lead a discussion on packaging and brand identity to determine the direction for design.
Turnkey Manufacturing Set-Up
Outsourcing your beverage bottling and production management to OBX not only gives you access to our industry knowledge and expertise but also saves you valuable time and money. We work with beverage manufacturing companies to ensure that we find the best and most cost-effective solutions for your beverage production.
Turnkey Manufacturing Set-Up
Outsourcing your beverage bottling and production management to OBX not only gives you access to our industry knowledge and expertise but also saves you valuable time and money. We work with beverage manufacturing companies to ensure that we find the best and most cost-effective solutions for your beverage production.
Ready to get started?
Contact us so we can figure out how to make your vision a reality.
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