Option 01
Start with a house formula
Choose an established beverage and make it your own with the cannabinoid profile, sweetness, and functional ingredients you want for your brand.
THC & Functional Beverage Development • Private Label • Custom
Launch THC & Functional Beverages Without Building a Facility
Next Level Leaf helps established brands, retailers, distributors, and founders create and manufacture hemp-derived THC and functional beverages under their own brands, from first production runs to large recurring programs.
You do not need to show up with a finished formula. Start with one of our house formulas and make it your own, develop something completely custom, or bring us a production-ready formula.
No finished formula required
Commercial & enterprise production
Built to launch and scale
1,200-can launches to 300,000+ can programs.
Start your way
House formula, custom development, or your own formula.
Built for business buyers
Established brands, retailers, distributors, and founders.
Built for first launches, growth, and enterprise production
Most commercial launches start around 1,200 cans per SKU, and we can scale from there into multi-pallet, recurring, 50,000-, 100,000-, and 300,000-plus-can production programs. When a smaller test makes sense, a 360-can prototype may also be available. Review beverage minimums.
Three Ways to Start
Choose how you want to build your beverage
Start with one of our house formulas, create something custom, or bring us a formula that is already ready for production.
Option 02
Develop a custom beverage
Want something more distinctive? Build your own flavor profile and choose the cannabinoids, sweetness, and functional ingredients around your concept.
Option 03
Bring your production-ready formula
Already have a formula? Send us the formula, ingredients, process, packaging, and production details and we will review it for scale-up and manufacturing.
Beverage Formats
Choose the beverage format that fits your customer
Infused Coffee
Black, flavored, cold brew, and nitro cold brew options for THC, CBD, and functional coffee concepts.
THC Seltzers & Sparkling Drinks
Light, carbonated drinks for social, retail, and alcohol-alternative occasions.
THC Sodas
Familiar, flavor-forward drinks with bold taste and clear shelf identity.
THC Mocktails & Spritzers
Cocktail-inspired, non-alcoholic drinks for social, hospitality, and adult beverage occasions.
Teas, Lemonades & Still Juices
Non-carbonated options include iced tea, Arnold Palmer-style drinks, lemonade, and fruit punch.
Functional & Real-Fruit Drinks
Functional ingredients and real-fruit systems require flavor, stability, sourcing, claims, and production review.
Who We Help
Build a new beverage brand or add one to the business you already have
Founders
Turn a beverage idea into a real product, first production run, and launch plan.
Established Brands
Add a THC or functional beverage line without building your own manufacturing operation.
Retailers
Put your own beverage on the shelf instead of only selling someone else’s brand.
Distributors
Use what you already know about your accounts to build a beverage line of your own.
Featured Format
Infused coffee gives your brand a format that stands apart from the competition
Build around black coffee, cold brew, nitro, or flavored coffee, then choose the cannabinoid profile and functional ingredients that fit your concept.
Production Planning
Build the product and the sales plan together
Compliance & Documentation
Plan for testing, labels, and the markets where you will sell
Testing, batch-specific certificates of analysis, packaging, and label review are part of getting a THC beverage ready for market.
Review the compliance approach →State Resources
Check the states where you plan to sell
State requirements can affect your formula, dose, label, and where the beverage can be sold. Start with the markets you care about.
Explore state resources →Manufacturing
Beverage Manufacturing
Compare house formulas, custom development, production options, and the path from first run to larger scale.
Explore manufacturing →Cost & Quantity
Pricing & MOQ
See how starting quantity, ingredients, potency, packaging, and volume affect your beverage quote.
Review pricing factors →Product Development
THC Beverage Formulation
Learn how flavor, onset, stability, cannabinoid profile, and shelf life come together in a finished beverage.
Explore formulation →Growth
Business Opportunities
See how retailers, distributors, established brands, and founders can build and grow beverage lines of their own.
Explore business opportunities →Frequently Asked Questions
What should I know before starting?
Here are the questions we hear most often.
Do I need a finished beverage formula?
No. Start with a house formula and make it your own, develop a custom beverage, or bring a production-ready formula for review.
What is the normal minimum production run?
Most first runs are scoped at 1,200 cans per SKU. One SKU is one flavor-and-dose combination; 1,200 cans equals 50 cases of 24.
Is a 360-can prototype available?
A 360-can prototype, or 15 cases of 24, may be available when a smaller validation run makes sense for the beverage and launch plan.
What types of businesses and beverages can Next Level Leaf support?
Next Level Leaf works with established brands, retailers, distributors, and founders on coffee, seltzers, sodas, mocktails, teas, lemonades, still juices, real-fruit drinks, functional beverages, and custom beverage concepts.
Tell us what you want to make
Tell us what you have in mind: the beverage type, flavor, dose, number of products, packaging, quantity, where you plan to sell, and when you want to launch.
Prefer to talk first? Call Next Level Leaf at (828) 585-3030.
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