Straight answers about co-packing with UBC.

A beverage co-packer (contract packer) manufactures and packages a drink on behalf of the brand that owns it. The brand keeps the recipe, trademark, and customers; the co-packer supplies the facility, equipment, process expertise, and often ingredient sourcing. Upstate Beverage Consultants is a boutique co-packer in Greenville, South Carolina that handles formulation, aluminum canning, sourcing, and supply chain for non-alcoholic brands.

Non-alcoholic beverages in aluminum cans: functional drinks, hemp-derived THC and CBD beverages, sparkling and still soft drinks, ready-to-drink coffee and tea, and non-alcoholic alternatives. If your product needs a still or carbonated fill in a can, it is likely in scope.

Our facility is at 6 Whitlee Ct, Greenville, South Carolina 29607, roughly two hours from Charlotte and Atlanta. We serve brands across the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Southeast, and West Coast brands that want a Southeast production footprint.

We run 8 oz sleek, 12 oz sleek, 12 oz standard, and 16 oz aluminum cans. Ask about other formats when you submit a project; some are possible with lead time.

Both work. If you have a finished formula we scale it to our line. If you have a concept or a kitchen-stage recipe, our R&D and flavor formulation service turns it into a production-ready specification, including shelf-life and process-authority planning where required.

Submit the project form on this site. It takes about four minutes and asks for beverage type, packaging format, estimated batch size, and timeline. If the project is a fit, you book an exploratory call with our team and receive a written quote after that call.

Yes. We work with emerging brands doing their first production run and with established brands moving off large co-packers. We are selective about fit, so the qualification form asks about volume and timeline up front.

Yes. Hemp-derived THC and CBD beverages are a specialty. We work with clients on dosing consistency, compliant labeling inputs, and testing coordination for the states they sell into.

Tunnel pasteurization is available for products that need it. Whether your product needs it depends on pH, ingredients, and shelf-life target, which we assess during formulation review.

Both. Shrink sleeves suit smaller runs and frequent artwork changes. Printed cans lower the per-unit cost at higher volumes but require larger can orders and longer lead times. We help you choose based on your run size.

Either side can. Many clients have us source cans, ends, trays, and ingredients through our supplier relationships; others supply their own. Client-supplied materials are received against a purchase order and tracked by lot.