What does it cost to make flavoured sparkling water?
Cost to make, ex-works $0.1376 per 330ml can, at 30,000 units
Per 1,000 units$137.65
Whole run$4129.41
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 $0.0255 19%Packaging $0.0310 23%Tolling $0.0740 54%Inbound freight $0.0044 3%Yield loss $0.0028 2%
The formulation
| Ingredient | Qty | Price | Overage | Per unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural flavour | 1.8 g/L | $18.40/lb | 5% | $0.0253 |
| Citric acid | 0.9 g/L | $0.29/lb | 2% | $0.0002 |
| Ingredients per unit | $0.0255 | |||
What actually moves this number
- It is a packaging businessWith almost nothing in the liquid, your cost is the can, the tolling and the freight. Which is why the category is brutal on price.
- Run size is the only leverWith no ingredient cost to speak of, tolling is what moves, and it falls steeply with volume.
- Flavour house matters more than doseUsed under 2 g/L, the gap between a cheap and an excellent flavour is fractions of a cent. Buy the good one.
What is not in here
- Excludes outbound freight and 3PL, which in this category can exceed the cost of making it.
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A cost you worked out once is already out of date.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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