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Beverage Development

At Flavorman, we are your comprehensive beverage partner, guiding you through every step of product development. From refining your idea to creating the perfect formula, selecting packaging, and ensuring FDA compliance, product development is a key part of putting your dream drink in the hands of thirsty consumers.

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Beverage Development

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01. Kickoff & Consultation

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Share your big idea with us through our online form or a quick chat. We'll review your concept, discuss your goals, and outline the scope, timeline, and cost. Once we're aligned, we’ll kick things off and guide you every step of the way.

02. Research & Development

Developing Beverages in the lab

You and our R&D team will collaborate to bring your drink to life. Through multiple rounds of taste testing, revisions, and teamwork, we get one sip closer to that perfect formula. You can even join us for a Lab Day to finalize your delicious creation!

03. Commercialization

Manufacturing Beverages

We’ll scale your formula for commercial production, coordinate with your co-packer, and prepare everything to get your product on the shelves. Our team can accompany your first production run if needed to ensure everything goes smoothly.

04. Launch & Support

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Your drink is ready to be tasted by the world! But our partnership doesn't end there. We'll continue to support your team with quality testing, troubleshooting, or planning your next big move. From start through finish, we’re here to help you grow and evolve your brand.

An experience as tasteful as the results

At Flavorman, we offer a full range of beverage development services—whether you're starting from scratch or looking to improve an existing formula. Our expert beverage architects collaborate closely with you every step of the way, blending your vision and input with our deep expertise and cutting-edge technology to create a product tailored to your exact needs. From taste, color, and functionality to ingredient selection and dietary requirements, we refine every element to ensure your beverage performs in the market.

Whether developing something entirely new or reformulating to meet evolving consumer preferences, we focus on delivering optimal flavor, texture, and consistency. Our process includes thoughtful packaging guidance, connections to the right co-packer, and rigorous shelf-life and quality control testing on commercial samples—so you can launch with confidence. With Flavorman as your trusted partner, your beverage is built for success from concept to commercialization.

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Adaptable & customizable beverage alcohol bases

Flavorman offers sourcing for beverage spirit bases, including our proprietary Tequila, Mezcal, Bourbon, Rum, Gin, and Whiskey blends. These bases can be used as a blank slate to build new products, whether you're working with us on new development or expanding your product line. These spirits can be blended with any flavor and marketed simply as "[spirit] with natural flavors,” saving you the hassle of decoding complicated regulations. And because it is blended in the USA, fulfillment is fast and hassle-free.

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TEQUILA DSS (TEQUILA WITH NATURAL FLAVORS)

Classic tequila cocktails like the margarita and paloma may only involve a few ingredients, but the most important one — tequila — can be expensive and difficult to source in bulk due to complex import regulations and surging agave prices. Flavorman’s proprietary Distilled Spirits Specialty (DSS) formulation of Tequila with Natural Flavors has been optimized for cost and utility, allowing seamless incorporation into your ready-to-drink cocktail's production at a fraction of the price, while avoiding the logistical hurdles of imported tequila.

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OTHER SPIRITS (SPIRIT WHISKEY, BOURBON, RUM, MEZCAL W/ NATURAL FLAVORS)

For other applications, Flavorman has additional spirit-based options available. Our spirit whiskey, TankWood, was designed for the production of flavored whiskey, as well as ready-to-drink cocktails such as whiskey highball or whiskey sour. Our mezcal blend, SolMez, addresses similar problems as Tequila DSS through a distinctive blend of real, smoky agave spirits.

Step by step

How to Start a Beverage Company

Having a great idea for a new drink is the first and most important step toward launching your own beverage company. Now comes the fun part: actually developing the product. You'll need to refine your idea, create a commercial formulation, scale up your ingredients and mass-produce your drink.

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Flavorman has developed over 95,000 formulations

Flavorman has developed over 95,000 formulations

Over 20 dedicated R&D Professional Experts

Over 20 dedicated R&D Professional Experts

The global beverage market is projected to expand at a 7.4% (CAGR) through 2032.

The global beverage market is projected to expand at a 7.4% (CAGR) through 2032.

Food for thought

Building a Beverage Brand

So, you have a ground-breaking idea for your beverage. Excellent! But where do you start? You could start with the ingredients or the flavor you want to develop. You could begin with how to package it, but the further you travel down that rabbit hole, you may find yourself circling back to how you are going to market your beverage.

A taste of the brands we've worked with


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