I’ve got a few soft drink recipes that I’ve been working on in my food lab for a while, and I’d like to get then out on the market locally. I’m looking for the best place to get 200-300 PETE bottles and custom labels to bottle my drink. Where can I acquire these? Most of the Internet retailers do custom bottle jobs on prepackaged bottle water, but none that I’ve been able to find stock the empty bottles themselves.
Another one of my major concerns is health. How do I make sure that my drink will be safe for consumption after sitting in the sun for three days? I don’t want to add tons of additives, and I’d like to keep boiling and other heat preparation to a minimum in order to preserve the flavor.
I don’t expect overnight success but am looking for direction on where to begin.
One does not start a business just because there is much you need to know before you sell your first bottle. Your concerns are well founded, if someone gets sick from one of your products you could be held personally liable if you don’t structure your business correctly. You will have to find a way to pasteurize your product and that your bottles are clean and sterile before filling. Do a study on Hansen’s Natural Soda’s and see what free & legal information you can find out on there manufacturing processes. It might be easiest to find a co-packer that will handle the production of your product. As far as selling your product, you will have to start with small boutique operations and try to get them to order your product. You might be better off by applying for a patten / copywright for your product and sell the recepie or process.
Good luck
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One does not start a business just because there is much you need to know before you sell your first bottle. Your concerns are well founded, if someone gets sick from one of your products you could be held personally liable if you don’t structure your business correctly. You will have to find a way to pasteurize your product and that your bottles are clean and sterile before filling. Do a study on Hansen’s Natural Soda’s and see what free & legal information you can find out on there manufacturing processes. It might be easiest to find a co-packer that will handle the production of your product. As far as selling your product, you will have to start with small boutique operations and try to get them to order your product. You might be better off by applying for a patten / copywright for your product and sell the recepie or process.
Good luck
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1. you can look for a bottle supplier on EC21 and alibaba
2. For funds, it will be hard to get a bank loan, but there are a lot of oppurtunities to find a business angel.
Type this in on google, and look for these people. I found mine, just by asking my bank director where i could find these people, and het knew some
3. Also do some networking in network groups like JCI and others
GOOD LUCK!
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