Recipe Formulation
Product brief translation, bench formulation, reformulation, active-load evaluation, sensory iteration, and formula versioning.
Facility & Validation Production
More Than 7,000 Square Feet Dedicated to Recipe Formulation and Validation Runs
Liquid Labs is intentionally built for the work between a promising formula and a high-stakes commercial commitment.
Ideal for a brand’s first controlled run—or for validating an important change to an existing beverage.
| Stage | Purpose | Typical Output | Do Not Use It For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | Build and refine the formula and isolate interactions. | Small batches, candidates, early technical screens. | Shelf-life claims or proof of commercial manufacturability. |
| R&D Sample | Translate the formula into production-like conditions and create controlled canned samples. | Approximately 50–200 cans per SKU, process notes, sensory, research, stability-start, customer, and presentation samples. | Routine launch inventory or unqualified commercial release. |
| Validation | Run the intended process and evaluate critical risks. | Approximately 2,000–20,000 cans per SKU, production records, laboratory samples, stability starts, process evidence, and release-focused documentation. | Formula discovery or uncontrolled on-line reformulation. |
| Commercial | Create saleable inventory under a locked formula, approved process, and defined release system. | Commercial inventory produced to approved requirements. | Changing ingredients, actives, flavor, claims, or process on the fly. |
Facility Capabilities
Controlled Sample Production
Approximately 50–200 cans per SKU for consumer research, stability starts, customer samples, investor samples, carbonation checks, and packaging checks.
Validation Production
Approximately 2,000–20,000 cans per SKU with batching, blending, carbonation, canning, seaming, coding, packaging, cartoning, tunnel pasteurization where technically suitable and included in the signed scope, testing coordination, and process records.
Existing-Product Change Validation
Supplier substitutions, ingredient changes, cost-reduction work, formula updates, package changes, process changes, manufacturer transfers, and quality corrections.
Potential In-Process Controls
pHBrixSpecific gravityCarbonationDissolved oxygenFill levelFill weightSeam integrityPackage codingPackaging integrityTemperatureTunnel conditions where applicable
What Must Be Ready
- Complete formula and version
- Product and package specifications
- Ingredient and supplier documents
- Allergen and sensitive-material disclosures
- ABV, cannabinoid targets, COAs, and market details where applicable
- Approved artwork, testing requirements, and release criteria
- Required licenses and approvals
Liquid Labs operates a shared, multi-customer beverage-development and production environment. Product-specific allergen, sensitive-material, cannabinoid, alcohol, sanitation, testing, segregation, and release controls must be defined in the applicable written scope.