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Table of Contents
- Your Protein Beverage Formula. Our Expertise.
- Why Choose BevSource as Your Protein Beverage Development and Production Partner?
- Related Services for Protein Beverages
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contact the BevSource Specialists Today
Protein beverages are incredibly popular with consumers — and notoriously challenging for brands to develop. Achieving the right taste and texture while managing shelf-life stability, ingredient costs, and production requirements requires specialized expertise. An experienced development partner can help reduce risk and avoid costly setbacks.
BevSource provides ready-to-drink protein beverage development services for beverage businesses in North America. Our in-house formulation experts, vetted contract packers and beverage development resources help you bring a protein beverage to market with the taste, texture, stability, and nutritional profile your customers expect.
Your Protein Beverage Formula. Our Expertise.
BevSource is the strategic partner committed to your protein beverage success. We bring together the specialized resources, services, and expertise needed to develop and commercialize protein beverages. We’ve invested in these capabilities so you can preserve capital, simplify execution, and move from concept to production with greater confidence. Move from concept to production faster and easier with our protein beverage formulation and development services:
Development: Optimize your formula for the mouthfeel, taste, protein content and stability that consumers expect. Our beverage development expertise helps you create a formula suited to commercial production while addressing potential challenges specific to your chosen protein source and beverage format.
Sourcing: Every winning formula needs high-quality ingredients. Access a reliable supplier network to source the ingredients and quantities your formula requires. Our team helps you evaluate options based on quality, cost, availability, lead times, and production requirements.
Manufacturing: Get your beverage to market with our production and manufacturing solutions. BevSource offers co-packer identification services to find a manufacturing partner with the appropriate equipment, processing capabilities, quality systems, and experience for your protein beverage. We can also provide production oversight and quality assurance support.
Why Choose BevSource as Your Protein Beverage Development and Production Partner?
Protein beverages require specialized expertise across formulation, sourcing, and manufacturing. BevSource brings these capabilities together to help brands navigate development and move successfully into commercial production. Benefits of working with BevSource include:
- Protein-specific formulation experience: We bring decades of beverage development experience to whey- and plant-based protein beverage formulation and understand how to address the challenges related to viscosity, astringency, taste, texture and stability.
- Expansive partner networks: BevSource has North America's largest co-packing network and more than 300 vetted partners for production and sourcing. These relationships help us identify options suited to your product requirements, production volumes, budget, and timeline.
- End-to-end expertise: Beverages are all we do. That singular focus gives our team the experience and perspective to support every stage of commercialization, from formulation and procurement to co-packer identification and production coordination.
Related Services for Protein Beverages
- Protein beverage formulation
- Protein beverage development
- Ingredient sourcing
- Protein beverage packaging
- Small batch bottling
- Protein beverage manufacturing and production
Frequently Asked Questions
Review these answers to commonly asked questions.
How does BevSource evaluate protein beverage stability before production?
A pilot run at The Lab allows us to evaluate how your protein formulation performs under production conditions and identify potential issues before commercial manufacturing. Pilot samples can also be used for quality and shelf-life testing, providing data to guide formula refinements and support conversations with manufacturing partners.
How do you help with clear protein beverage formulation services?
Our team has experience developing clear protein beverages and understands how protein selection, pH, processing, and stabilization affect clarity. We work within the requirements of your chosen protein and beverage format to minimize haze while achieving the desired taste, appearance, and nutritional profile.
What if I want to develop a plant-based protein beverage?
We formulate with plant-based proteins including pea, chickpea and other vegan protein sources. Our team addresses challenges related to texture, flavor masking, stabillty and nutritional profile, helps identify ingredient suppliers and manufacturing partners suited to your supply and production requirements.
Contact the BevSource Specialists Today
Whether you need support with formulation, sourcing, packaging, production or compliance, our team is ready to move your beverage product forward. Start by connecting with us today to schedule a strategic discussion with our experts.
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