How Much Does Bottling and Manufacturing Cost?

Q.  How much does it cost for Best Brand Bottlers to bottle and manufacture my product for me?

 

It’s somewhere between not much and a whole lot! 

 

We often get that question in the first conversation and we have to say that it’s almost impossible to answer because of the variables that go into production.   What are those variables? Here are some examples: brand named products versus supplier branded products, cost of commodity items versus specialty items, the cost of the container that you've specified, the cost of the packaging, and the cost of the labor

 

We will not know any of this information until we start working with your exact recipe.  What we like to do is take your formula and a sample that you've made and make sure we can recreate it, using products that are readily available at wholesale pricing.  When we do this we may have to take brand name products out of the equation.  If for example, your pasta sauce recipe calls for a specific kind of tomato – let’s say certified San Marzano tomato, we may substitute (with your approval, of course) a tomato that is from another region, has the same flavor profile, and is less expensive.

 

“Can’t you give me a ballpark figure?” is the usual follow-up question.   Yes, we do have a lot of experience in costing out large scale jobs, but it takes a lot of formulation to get there.  We believe we would be doing you a disservice by giving you an inaccurate cost.  We would hate to give you a price of between let’s say $10,000 and $20,000 because if it comes in on the higher end you will be very disappointed.  That’s just human nature.

 

That’s one of our Frequently Asked Questions and we’re glad you asked.  Thanks for your interest in Best Brand Bottlers – don’t forget to check out our product selection on the Private Labeling Page.