# Custom drink recipes in cans under your brand > An own drink recipe starts at about 3,000 cans a flavour. You choose your flavours, taste samples in about 2 weeks, book the run, and we handle the filling and delivery. Source: https://www.nordicfunctional.com/custom-drink-recipes Updated: 2026-10-30 Contact: info@nordicfunctional.com ## At a glance | | | |---|---| | Own recipe | From about 3,000 cans a flavour, 1,000 litres | | Test batch | From 300 litres, about 900 cans | | Several designs | From one run of the same drink, down to 10 trays a design | | Flavours | More than 25, or matched to a drink you love | | Ingredients | 170 to build from | | Samples | About 2 weeks after you choose your flavours | | Sample set | EUR 49, credited against your first order | | Tweaks | Up to two rounds before you approve | | Payment | 10% to book, 60% when production starts, 30% before shipment | | Filling date | Confirmed in writing when you book | | Delivery | A few days after filling, to one address | ## The minimum: About 3,000 cans a flavour. A standard run starts at 1,000 litres a flavour, which is about 3,030 cans. A test batch starts at 300 litres, about 900 cans. You can have several designs from one run of the same drink, down to 10 trays a design. ## Your recipe: More than 25 flavours and 170 ingredients. Build from the flavour library and the ingredient library. Pair two flavours, like raspberry and peach, or send us a drink you love and we find the closest match. More: https://www.nordicfunctional.com/flavours More: https://www.nordicfunctional.com/ingredients ## Filling: Fizzy or still. Your drink is made by specialist producers, mixed to your recipe with your chosen ingredients and flavours. - Fizzy, from light to full carbonation, about 2.4 to 2.9 volumes of CO2 - Completely still, with nitrogen - In-line pasteurisation when your recipe needs it - Anti-condensation treatment for fridge display ## Around the drink: Everything around the drink. We handle the whole path, from recipe and design to label text, filling and delivery, and we prepare the deposit registration with you. Your barcode is your own GS1 code, in your name. We arrange it and help you register it. - Recipe development and label text for your market - Deposit mark and barcode set on your design - Printed trays or plain white cases on request - Storage in the EU and delivery by pallet or parcel - Branded fridges and point-of-sale materials More: https://www.nordicfunctional.com/deposit-return More: https://www.nordicfunctional.com/quality ## Starting smaller: From 480 cans. Our ready drink goes under your label from 480 cans. Your cans are at your door 2.5 weeks after you approve the design. The list price runs from EUR 720 for 480 cans to EUR 7,980 for 8,400 cans, excluding VAT, delivered to one address, while stock lasts. The markets we deliver to are confirmed with your quote. More: https://www.nordicfunctional.com/private-label-drinks ## How it works: From your idea to cans at your door. 1. Choose your flavours. From our library, or matched to your own idea. 2. Taste and tweak. Samples in about 2 weeks, with up to two rounds of tweaks before you approve. 3. Book the run. 10% to book, refundable until we order your cans and ingredients, 60% when production starts and 30% before shipment. 4. Design and label text. The can design, the label text and the deposit mark for your market, and the deposit registration with you. 5. Filled and delivered. On a date we confirm when you book. ## What we need from you - The flavours you like, or a drink you love that we should match. - Your logo and website, so the can design fits your brand. - How many flavours and cans you have in mind. - The market where you will sell, for the label text and the deposit mark. ## Questions ### What is the minimum for my own drink recipe? About 3,000 cans a flavour, which is 1,000 litres. Test batches start at 300 litres, about 900 cans. ### How do samples work? You choose your flavours and get samples in about 2 weeks. The sample set costs EUR 49, credited against your first order, and you get up to two rounds of tweaks before you approve. ### How do I pay for a run? 10% to book, refundable until we order your cans and ingredients, 60% when production starts and 30% before shipment. ### How long does it take? Samples take about 2 weeks. Labels take about 2 weeks and digitally printed cans about 4 weeks from approved artwork. The filling date is confirmed in writing when you book, and delivery follows a few days after filling. ### Can I run several designs from one run? Yes, of the same drink, down to 10 trays a design. ### Can I send a drink I love? Yes. Send it to us and we find the closest match from our flavour library. ### Is there a smaller way to start? Yes. Our ready drink goes under your label from 480 cans.