What does it cost to make a canned cocktail?
Cost to make, ex-works $0.4067 per 250ml can, at 24,000 units
Per 1,000 units$406.74
Whole run$9761.65
This is a realistic mid-market estimate, not a quote. The same product at 5,000 units and at 50,000 units are different businesses — run size moves tolling more than any other line. Use it to sanity-check a quote, not to replace one.
Where the money goes
Ingredients $0.2447 60%Packaging $0.0290 7%Tolling $0.1120 28%Inbound freight $0.0048 1%Yield loss $0.0163 4%
The formulation
| Ingredient | Qty | Price | Overage | Per unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral spirit | 140 g/L | $2.40/lb | 3% | $0.1907 |
| Juice concentrate | 24 g/L | $2.90/lb | 5% | $0.0403 |
| Cane sugar | 32 g/L | $0.26/lb | 2% | $0.0047 |
| Acid and flavour | 3.8 g/L | $4.10/lb | 4% | $0.0089 |
| Ingredients per unit | $0.2447 | |||
What actually moves this number
- Excise duty, not in this numberDuty frequently exceeds everything below combined. Excluded here on purpose because it varies by market and ABV — but it is the first thing to model.
- ABV drives both spirit cost and dutyMoving from 5% to 7% raises spirit cost modestly and duty steeply in most bands.
- Licensed sites onlyFewer co-packers can run alcohol, which means less competition on tolling than the same can of soft drink.
What is not in here
- ⚠ Excludes excise duty entirely — often the largest single line. Model it for your market and ABV before anything here.
- Excludes outbound freight and 3PL.
Change the assumptions. Every figure above is an input, not a fact. Put your own supplier prices, your own pack size and your own run volume into the calculator and see what your product actually costs.
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A cost you worked out once is already out of date.
Supplier prices move, co-packers raise rates, and runs yield worse than planned. NextBatch derives cost per unit instead of storing it, so it moves on its own.
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