Manufacturing guides

Contract manufacturing guides for India

Short, answer-first pages on getting a product made in India: typical MOQs, indicative cost bands, lead times and the licences that apply. Start with your product, or read the buying guides.

Buying guides

Beverages

  • Carbonated soft drinks in cans

    MOQ 25,000–1 lac cans per SKU (lower for a single flavour trial run on a shared line)

  • Energy drinks in cans

    MOQ 25,000–1 lac cans per SKU

  • RTD coffee and cold brew

    MOQ 25,000–1 lac units per SKU (cans or PET)

  • Fruit juice in PET bottles

    MOQ 25,000–1 lac bottles per SKU (200 ml); lower unit counts for 1 L packs by volume

  • Functional shots

    MOQ 10,000–30,000 units per SKU (lower than standard beverage runs given the small pack size)

  • Packaged drinking water

    MOQ Often set by truckload (roughly 1,000–1,500 cases of 12 × 1 L per truck (about 12–18 tonnes of water), depending on vehicle; allow for packaging weight and legal payload) rather than a small unit count

  • Kombucha

    MOQ 10,000–30,000 bottles per SKU, often capped by fermentation tank capacity rather than demand

Nutraceuticals

  • Whey protein powder

    MOQ 300–1,000 kg finished blend (approximately 300–1,000 jars of 1 kg before filling losses)

  • Plant protein powder

    MOQ 300–1,000 kg finished blend (approximately 300–1,000 jars of 1 kg before filling losses)

  • Protein bars

    MOQ 5,000–10,000 units per SKU (often tied to a minimum mix-batch size)

  • Nutraceutical gummies

    MOQ 5,000–10,000 jars (30-count) per SKU

  • Softgel capsules

    MOQ 10,000–30,000 capsules per fill formulation (roughly 167–500 bottles of 60-count)

  • Capsules

    MOQ 5,000–10,000 bottles of 60 units (around 150–300 kg of blend at 0.5 g per unit, before losses)

  • Tablets

    MOQ 5,000–10,000 bottles of 60 units (around 150–300 kg of blend at 0.5 g per unit, before losses)

  • Effervescent tablets

    MOQ 5,000–10,000 tubes of 20 tablets (around 400–800 kg of blend at 4 g per tablet, before losses)

  • Stick packs and sachets

    MOQ 300–1,000 kg finished blend (roughly 30,000–1 lac sachets of 10 g before losses; counts vary with fill weight)

  • Ayurvedic churna

    MOQ 300–1,000 kg finished powder (approximately 3,000–10,000 packs of 100 g before filling losses; allow extra raw herbs for cleaning and milling losses)

Personal care

Colour cosmetics

Home care

Food

Pet