Any advice you could give on starting online beverage business?

Adomas Pranevicius — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:29:30 +0000

We are looking into starting online business in healthy drinks. Are there brands/manufacturers that consider drop shipping? Any other advise you could give on starting online business in this industry?

In general, it is a very early stage for beverage ecommerce in Europe. The main problem is logistic cost. Until it is not fully solved – beverage industry is stuck in the middle ages. Due to this fact, I would be very careful with beverage ecommerce. For the moment, it is only as an extra sales channel.

Beverage co-packers are not accustomed to drop shipping. I believe there is no economic logic for them to start this as an additional activity. Co-packers are interested in the production of bigger quantities and selling them at once. However, as an alternative you can use order fulfillment companies for that.

To sum up, I believe that now online sales can be as an extra sales channel for beverage brands. Eventually it will grow bigger, however, on-trade/off-trade is still king of the town.

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I am interested in the rules/regulations of using essential oils in kombucha?

Debbie Wildrick — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:24:45 +0000

I am interested in the rules/regulations of using essential oils in kombucha? More specifically, are there any FDA guidelines that may prohibit me from using oils and do I need to label the particular brand i use in my product? Or is it possible for me to simply state lemon essential oil?

For foods and beverages, U.S. FDA regulation 21 CFR 101.22 defines and provides guidance for essential oils labeling. Section 182.20 list Essential oils that are GRAS (generally recognized as safe). It lists Lemon- Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. As the variety that is GRAS.

Lemon Essential Oil can be labeled as Natural Flavor or Natural Flavoring according to Section 101.22

“The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil , oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional. Natural flavors include the natural essence or extractives obtained from plants listed in 182.10, 182.20, 182.40, and 182.50 and part 184 of this chapter, and the substances listed in 172.510 of this chapter.”

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Any advice you could give on starting online beverage business?

We are looking into starting online business in healthy drinks. Are there brands/manufacturers that consider drop shipping? Any other advise you could give on starting online business in this industry?

I am interested in the rules/regulations of using essential oils in kombucha?

I am interested in the rules/regulations of using essential oils in kombucha? More specifically, are there any FDA guidelines that may prohibit me from using oils and do I need to label the particular brand i use in my product? Or is it possible for me to simply state lemon essential oil?