Formula Adaptation: adapt an existing DAT Supply formula to your product.
Start from an existing DAT Supply formula and adapt ingredients, actives, dosage, serving or compatible components. The €1,750 Formula Adaptation service includes the defined development/sample process and production quotation.
Formula Adaptation starts from an existing DAT Supply formula and changes its ingredients, actives or dosage.
A supported flavour, colour or existing shape without a formula change is Personalization, configured on your order. A genuinely new formula, R&D or compliance work is a Custom Project.
Development fee
Formula Adaptation: €1,750
One existing DAT Supply formula, one brief, one sample round — paid upfront, at the end of your project brief.
What the fee covers
Included
One defined brief, starting from an existing DAT Supply formula
Adaptation of that formula: ingredients, actives, dosage, serving or compatible components
Ingredient and dosage assessment
Preliminary regulatory and technical review appropriate to development
One sample-production round with up to 3 flavours
Final formula and product specification
Production quotation
Not included
Production itself — quoted separately
A second development or sample round
A material change of product or formula direction
A guarantee that the original concept is manufacturable exactly as requested
A genuinely new formula with no suitable DAT Supply base, new-product R&D, scientific research, due diligence, bespoke testing or compliance work — handled as Custom Projects
Development-fee credit
An agreed percentage of the development fee can be credited against your first production order, depending on its volume.
From brief to production quotation
How it works
The development fee is fixed; production is quoted once you approve the formula and specification.
Step 01
Choose your starting formula
In your DAT Supply account: pick the existing DAT Supply product or formula closest to yours, then say what changes — actives, dosage, ingredients or serving — with quantity per SKU and markets. The brief costs nothing; the development fee is paid once the scope is confirmed.
Step 02
Adapt and sample
DAT Supply adapts the formulation, assesses the ingredients and dosage, and produces one sample round with up to 3 flavours.
Step 03
Approve the specification
You approve the sample, the adapted formula and the product specification. A second round or a new formula direction is not part of the fee.
Step 04
Production quotation
Production is quoted separately once the formula and specification are approved. Once ordered, it runs as a production order in your account.
Production
Formula Adaptation production minimum per SKU
Production is quoted separately once the formula and specification are approved. Sample lead time is approximately 4–8 weeks, depending on the number of sample iterations needed to reach a commercially acceptable result. Standard production lead time is approximately 8 weeks after formula/specification, artwork and payment are approved. Shipping/transit is additional.
Gummies
3,000 units per SKU
Gummy sachets
3,000 packs per SKU
Powder sticks
60,000 sticks per SKU
Jelly sticks
60,000 sticks per SKU
Oral strips
5,000 boxes and at least 75,000 strips per SKU
Pet soft chews
3,000 units per SKU
Which offer?
Same formula, or adapted?
Private Label configures an existing formula. Formula Adaptation adapts one to your product.
Existing formulaMost launches
Private Label
Choose an existing product, customize it, and follow a standardized process. Standard documentation included. Independent lab testing is available on request.
An Export Project applies on top of either offer: the formula decides Private Label or Formula Adaptation, and the destination decides the Export Project.
How it works
Scoped with you, case by case
Standard Private Label covers the EU, the UK and the US. Delivery anywhere else is handled as an Export Project, from the applicable export minimum: once commercial fit is confirmed, DAT Supply scopes the market-specific documentation, compliance, freight and payment with you, and third-party, government, legalisation and testing costs are passed through where applicable.
Gummies
5,000 finished retail units in total per formula, across approved flavoursSubject to the normal production minimum for each production variation.
Gummy sachets
5,000 finished retail packs in total per formula, across approved flavoursSubject to the normal production minimum for each production variation.
Powder sticks
60,000 sticks per SKU
Jelly sticks
60,000 sticks per SKU
Oral strips
5,000 boxes and at least 75,000 strips per SKU
Pet soft chews
5,000 finished retail units in total per formula, across approved flavoursSubject to the normal production minimum for each production variation.
Sign-off
What you approve, and what you carry
Responsibilities
Standard documentation included. Independent lab testing is available on request. Importer, responsible-party and customs responsibilities are confirmed for the applicable order and destination.
DAT Supply does
Adapts the formula against your brief
Produces one sample round with up to 3 flavours
Writes the final formula and product specification
Quotes production for the approved product
Brand owner does
Writes the brief, including target markets and sales channels
Approves the sample, formula and specification before production
Approves the final artwork and owns final label use, market filings and product placement, unless included in the agreed scope
A genuinely new formula is handled as a Custom Project. R&D, due diligence, compliance, bespoke testing and other technical requirements are handled as Custom Projects and reviewed individually.
When is it Formula Adaptation instead of Private Label?+–
When you adapt the formula: Formula Adaptation starts from an existing DAT Supply formula and changes its ingredients, actives, dosage, serving or compatible components. An unchanged formula is Private Label. A supported flavour, colour or existing shape on an existing product, with no formula change, is Personalization — configured on your order, with an optional Personalization Sample where the product offers one. A genuinely new formula, R&D, due diligence, compliance work or other major technical requirements are Custom Projects. Quantity alone never makes an order a Formula Adaptation: an unchanged catalogue formula stays Private Label at any volume, and a run above the published pricing ladder is a Private Label volume quote. Export alone never makes a project a Formula Adaptation either — delivery outside the EU, the UK and the US is an Export Project.
What if there is no DAT Supply formula to start from, or I need R&D, due diligence or compliance work?+–
That is a Custom Project, not Formula Adaptation — Formula Adaptation adapts an existing DAT Supply formula. A genuinely new formula is handled as a Custom Project. R&D, due diligence, compliance, bespoke testing and other technical requirements are handled as Custom Projects and reviewed individually. Every project is reviewed before acceptance. Scope, deliverables, timeline and commercial terms are agreed before work begins. Select "Submit a Custom Project" on this page to submit one for review.
What does the €1,750 Formula Adaptation service include?+–
Start from an existing DAT Supply formula and adapt ingredients, actives, dosage, serving or compatible components. The €1,750 Formula Adaptation service includes the defined development/sample process and production quotation. Included: One defined brief, starting from an existing DAT Supply formula; Adaptation of that formula: ingredients, actives, dosage, serving or compatible components; Ingredient and dosage assessment; Preliminary regulatory and technical review appropriate to development; One sample-production round with up to 3 flavours; Final formula and product specification; Production quotation. Not included: Production itself — quoted separately; A second development or sample round; A material change of product or formula direction; A guarantee that the original concept is manufacturable exactly as requested; A genuinely new formula with no suitable DAT Supply base, new-product R&D, scientific research, due diligence, bespoke testing or compliance work — handled as Custom Projects. It is paid upfront, at the end of your project brief.
Is the development fee credited against production?+–
An agreed percentage of the development fee can be credited against your first production order, depending on its volume.
What production minimum applies?+–
The Formula Adaptation production minimum per SKU — Gummies: 3,000 units per SKU; Gummy sachets: 3,000 packs per SKU; Powder sticks: 60,000 sticks per SKU; Jelly sticks: 60,000 sticks per SKU; Oral strips: 5,000 boxes and at least 75,000 strips per SKU; Pet soft chews: 3,000 units per SKU. Production is quoted separately once the formula and specification are approved.
How long does it take?+–
Sample lead time is approximately 4–8 weeks, depending on the number of sample iterations needed to reach a commercially acceptable result. Standard production lead time is approximately 8 weeks after formula/specification, artwork and payment are approved. Shipping/transit is additional.
Can you work with a standard formula at higher volume?+–
Yes — and it stays Private Label. Quantity alone never makes an order a Formula Adaptation: an unchanged catalogue formula stays Private Label at any volume, and a run above the published pricing ladder is a Private Label volume quote. Request one from the product page.
Do you handle export?+–
Standard Private Label covers the EU, the UK and the US. Delivery anywhere else is handled as an Export Project, from the applicable export minimum: once commercial fit is confirmed, DAT Supply scopes the market-specific documentation, compliance, freight and payment with you, and third-party, government, legalisation and testing costs are passed through where applicable. The formula still decides Private Label or Formula Adaptation.
How do I start?+–
Select "Start your Formula Adaptation project" to open the project brief in your DAT Supply account: choose the existing DAT Supply formula you start from, then the changes. Writing the brief costs nothing; the €1,750 fee is paid at the end of it, once the scope is confirmed.
Formula Adaptation
Adapt a DAT Supply formula to your product
The brief costs nothing to write. The €1,750 Formula Adaptation fee is paid at the end of it; production is quoted once the formula and specification are approved.