Infused coffee & cold brew
Build black coffee, flavored coffee, cold brew, or nitro concepts with the cannabinoid and functional direction that fits the product.
Explore infused coffee →THC & Functional Beverage Development • Manufacturing • Scale
THC & Functional Beverage Manufacturing Built to Scale
Whether you want to launch a THC beverage, add a functional drink to an existing brand, or move an established product into larger production, we can help you formulate it, package it, produce it, and scale it.
Start with a house formula and make it your own, develop a completely custom beverage, or bring us a production-ready formula you already have.
House Formula or Custom
Commercial to Enterprise Production
Launch without building a facility
Formulation, packaging, testing, production, freight, and reorders can be planned through one manufacturing relationship.
Start where you are
Use a house formula, create something custom, or bring a production-ready formula for review.
Next Level Leaf helps brands, retailers, distributors, and founders develop and manufacture THC and functional beverages from the first product decision through recurring commercial production. We work with coffee, seltzers, sodas, lemonades, still drinks, mocktail-style beverages, and functional concepts, with starting options ranging from established house formulas to fully custom development.
What We Can Make
Choose the beverage format that fits your brand and customer
You do not need to force your idea into one type of drink. Start with the format that makes sense for the customer, occasion, flavor, dose, and brand you want to build.
THC seltzers & sparkling drinks
Light, carbonated beverages work well for familiar flavors, social occasions, and brands that want an approachable ready-to-drink format.
Explore infused seltzers →Sodas
Sodas give you bold flavor, familiar products customers already understand, and plenty of room to create a distinctive beverage line.
Explore infused sodas →Lemonades & still fruit-forward drinks
Non-carbonated beverages can be built around lemonade, fruit punch, tropical flavors, tea-based concepts, and other easy-to-understand formats.
Explore fruit-forward beverages →Mocktail-style beverages
Create cocktail-inspired, alcohol-free ready-to-drink products for retail, hospitality, social occasions, or a broader beverage brand.
Explore infused mocktails →Functional beverages
Develop functional beverage concepts using selected cannabinoids, caffeine, mushrooms, adaptogens, botanicals, vitamins, minerals, and other ingredients that work with the formula and production process.
Explore functional beverage options →Three Ways to Start
You do not need a finished formula
Start with what you already have. That may be nothing more than an idea, a house formula you want to customize, or a production-ready beverage your company has already developed.
Start with a house formula and make it yours
Choose an established beverage and customize the cannabinoid profile and dose, sweetness, selected functional ingredients, packaging, and branding where the formula and production process allow.
Explore ready-to-produce options →Develop a custom beverage
Want your own flavor or a more distinctive concept? Build the flavor profile, sweetness, cannabinoids, functional ingredients, and sensory direction around the product you want to create.
Explore custom formulation →Bring us your production-ready formula
Already have the beverage developed? We can review the formula, ingredient and process requirements, packaging, testing, order volume, and production schedule for manufacturing fit.
Explore co-packing and production →What We Can Help You Do
Make the product yours, then get it ready for production
The beverage itself is only part of the job. We can help connect the formula, package, testing, production quantity, freight, and reorders so the product can actually move from an idea to finished cans.
Beverage development
Start from a house formula, adapt an established product where appropriate, or develop a completely custom beverage.
Explore beverage formulation →Cannabinoids & functional ingredients
Plan the dose and selected cannabinoid or functional ingredient profile around the beverage concept, formula, and target market.
Review cannabinoid selection →Flavor & product customization
Work through flavor, sweetness, carbonation, coffee profile, dose, and other product decisions that determine what the finished beverage tastes and feels like.
Explore custom development →Packaging
Plan can format, artwork, pressure-sensitive labels, printed cans, case configuration, and the packaging approach that fits the quantity, timing, and budget.
See how packaging fits the process →Testing & documentation
Plan finished-product testing, batch-specific COAs when applicable, labeling information, and other project-specific documentation needs.
Explore testing and compliance →Production, freight & reorders
Move from the first production run into recurring orders, multi-pallet production, freight planning, and larger volume as sales grow.
Review the production process →Production Scale
Start where it makes sense. Scale when the demand is there.
Many brands begin around 1,200 cans per SKU. Others come to us needing multiple pallets or substantially larger production. The goal is to give you a manufacturing path that can grow with the product.
A common first commercial run is approximately 1,200 cans per flavor-and-dose combination, equal to 50 cases of 24.
Understand production minimums →As sales grow, production can move into larger recurring runs, additional SKUs, packaging inventory planning, and scheduled replenishment.
See how repeat production works →Project-specific larger-volume programs can be planned around the formula, packaging, forecast, production schedule, freight, and available manufacturing capacity.
Explore production scaling →A selective 360-can prototype, equal to 15 cases of 24, may be available when the beverage and production plan make a smaller validation run practical. It is not the standard commercial production offer.
Built for Different Businesses
Use the capability you need right now
You may be building your first product, adding a beverage to an existing brand, creating a retailer or distributor-owned line, or looking for a manufacturing partner that can support your next stage of growth.
Launching your first beverage
Start with a clear product, manageable commercial quantity, and a manufacturing path you can understand without already being a beverage expert.
Start a beverage brand →Adding a beverage to your brand
Use an established audience and brand identity to add coffee, seltzer, soda, functional drinks, or another ready-to-drink product.
Review manufacturing options →Putting your own brand on the shelf
Retailers can create a beverage they own instead of only using their shelf space to build someone else's brand.
Explore retailer private label →Building a distributor-owned line
Use what you already know about your accounts and customer demand to create a beverage brand you can grow through your existing network.
Explore distributor opportunities →Ready to see how these capabilities come together? From choosing a formula path and approving artwork through production, testing, shipping, and reorders, our Beverage Manufacturing Process explains what happens when you move a project forward with Next Level Leaf.
Where to Go Next
Get the answer you need before you make the next decision
Use these resources to compare the options, understand the cost drivers, or move directly into a conversation about your beverage.
Compare manufacturing options
See how white label, private label, custom development, and co-packing fit different beverage projects.
Explore beverage manufacturing →Understand pricing
See how formula, cannabinoids, functional ingredients, packaging, quantity, testing, and freight affect the quote.
Review beverage pricing →Develop something custom
Learn what changes when you want your own flavor, formula, cannabinoid combination, or functional concept.
Review custom formulation →See how production works
Follow the beverage from product decisions and packaging through production, testing, freight, and reorders.
Review the process →Review testing & compliance
Understand how testing, labels, documentation, and target-market requirements fit the beverage project.
Explore compliance →Talk about your project
Tell us what you want to make, the quantity you are considering, where you are in development, and what you need help with.
Request a beverage quote →Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about what Next Level Leaf can do
If you are still figuring out the beverage, quantity, or manufacturing path, these are some of the most common questions to answer first.
Next Level Leaf helps develop and manufacture THC and functional beverages including coffee and cold brew, seltzers and sparkling drinks, sodas, lemonades, still fruit-forward drinks, mocktail-style beverages, and other ready-to-drink concepts that fit the manufacturing process.
No. You can start with a house formula and customize it, develop a custom beverage, or bring a production-ready formula you already have for manufacturing review.
Yes. Depending on the beverage and project, a house formula can be adapted around decisions such as cannabinoid profile and dose, sweetness, selected functional ingredients, packaging, and branding while keeping the project closer to an established production path.
Yes. Custom development can be used when you want your own flavor profile or a more distinctive product concept. The development process can address flavor, sweetness, cannabinoid profile, selected functional ingredients, sensory targets, and production readiness.
A common commercial starting point is approximately 1,200 cans per SKU, equal to 50 cases of 24. Final production scope depends on the beverage, packaging, number of SKUs, and project requirements.
A selective 360-can prototype, equal to 15 cases of 24, may be available when the beverage and production plan make a smaller validation run practical. It is not the standard commercial production offer.
Yes. Next Level Leaf can support recurring and multi-pallet production and can plan project-specific larger-volume programs around the formula, packaging, forecast, scheduling, freight, and available manufacturing capacity.
Yes. If you already have a production-ready beverage formula, it can be reviewed for manufacturing fit, ingredient and process requirements, packaging, testing, expected order volume, and production scheduling.
Packaging planning can include can format, artwork, pressure-sensitive labels, printed cans, case configuration, and other project-specific packaging requirements. The best option depends on quantity, timing, budget, and the product.
Production planning can include finished-product testing and batch-specific certificates of analysis when applicable, along with labeling information and other project-specific documentation needs.
Tell us what you want to make
You do not need to have every detail figured out. Share the beverage type, formula status, cannabinoid or functional direction, quantity, packaging, timing, and anything else you already know. We can help you determine the next practical step.
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