Private label prenatal vitamins: multivitamin and mineral tablets in blisters

Which prenatal vitamin formulas can I put under my own brand?

Three example formulas are listed: a multivitamin and mineral tablet with 20 actives, an iron complex tablet and an omega-3 fish oil softgel. Your brand takes a formula as listed, or the doses are changed to your specification. Amounts are those printed per tablet or softgel; the full composition, with excipients, is sent on request. "Prenatal" is the name of the product category, and the formulas below are named by what they contain.

The product name on your carton is set at the approval step. Neighbouring pages: private label multivitamins, private label vitamin D and private label vitamin B12. The wider list is on ready-made formulas.

What goes into a prenatal multivitamin tablet?

The example tablet above holds 17 vitamins and minerals and 3 further actives, 20 in all, in one tablet: vitamins A, D3, E, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, biotin, folic acid and B12; magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, iodine and selenium; and L-arginine hydrochloride, inositol and N-acetyl L-cysteine.

Your brand can take the tablet as listed, drop an active, or change a dose. A composition of your own is developed from a sample first, and the rights to a formula developed for you are set in the contract. Name the actives and the strengths in the enquiry, and our reply confirms which ones are listed and which are yours.

Can a multivitamin tablet go into a blister?

Yes: a tablet of any size goes into a blister. Tooling is in place on the Uhlmann B 1240 for six tablet sizes and three capsule sizes: ovals of 22 × 10, 20 × 9.5 and 16 × 8 mm, rounds of 13, 12 and 11 mm, and capsules of size 0 long, 0 and 00.

A tablet or softgel outside those sizes is also sealed in a blister: a forming set is made for it, and the cost and time of that set are confirmed in our reply. A run on a size or a blister design of your own starts from 25,000 cartons or 50,000 blisters, on terms agreed per project. A carton holds 1 to 4 blisters, each with one kind of tablet. More by form: tablets in blisters and capsules in blisters.

Which blister film suits a multivitamin and mineral tablet?

PVC, PVC/PVDC and cold-formed aluminium (alu-alu) are offered, and the film is chosen with you once the formula and the tablet size are known. Two things decide it: how readily the formula takes up moisture, and how deep the cavity must be.

On the Uhlmann B 1240 the cavity can be up to 24 mm deep in PVC and up to 10 mm in aluminium, so a tall tablet and an alu-alu film are chosen together. PVC/PVDC adds barrier to PVC, and alu-alu is the highest-barrier class of the three. A multi-active tablet has many ingredients, so a sample in the film is the check that matters; figures and sources are on blister films.

How do I show vitamin and mineral doses and %NRV on a prenatal label?

In the tables on this page each vitamin and mineral is shown per tablet in its unit and, next to it, the percentage of the nutrient reference value. The values come from Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex XIII, Part A, and the percentage is the amount divided by the reference value. Actives with no reference value, such as amino acids, are given in milligrams.

The portion is the one your carton recommends for a day, so the same tablet shows a different figure on a carton that says two tablets than on one that says one. The declaration sits on the carton, and you approve the artwork before print.

What rules apply to a prenatal supplement in my market?

The status of a food supplement and its permitted composition are set by the authority of the country of sale, and your importer confirms them before the artwork is approved. Where a product counts as a supplement and where as a medicine is set out by country in supplement or medicine in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.

Name the target market and the strengths in the enquiry, and our reply confirms the formula. The carton is laid out to the rules your importer gives us, or printed to your own artwork. Registration in the country of sale is filed by your importer with our documents; see export documents.

Can the prenatal vitamin carton be printed in Arabic or French, and can it be halal?

Yes to both. The label and carton are laid out and printed in the language of the country of sale, to its rules, and a printed leaflet goes into the carton, to your artwork. Steps: Arabic and French packaging.

Halal certification is arranged for each batch of your product when your market asks for it, by one of two routes: a certification company visits and issues the certificate, or an auditor is present while the batch is made. Raise it with your enquiry so the route is agreed before the run. More on halal supplements.

What is the lowest minimum order for private label prenatal vitamins?

The lowest start is a ready-made formula in stock packaging: from 100 units, with production from 2 weeks.

A blister run starts from 2,000 cartons printed for your brand, with at least 4,000 blisters, and takes from 2 weeks of production, on a listed formula or on your own. Shipping is added. A repeat order has the same minimum as the first.

The same formulas in a bottle are ordered separately: a ready-made formula from 100 units with production from 2 weeks, and your own formula from 500 bottles per product with production from 4 weeks. See minimum order quantity and lead times.

What documents come with each batch of prenatal multivitamins?

Each batch ships with a Certificate of Analysis and a specification. The carton carries the batch number, the production date and the expiry date; shelf life is 24 months as standard. Copies of the site certificates (ISO 22000, GMP and HACCP; FDA registered), with their numbers, go to clients on request.

For the destination file the export documents a market asks for are arranged: Certificate of Free Sale, Certificate of Manufacture, apostille and consular legalisation. See export documents.

How do I get a sample of a white label prenatal multivitamin?

Send an enquiry with your shortlisted formulas, the form, the quantity and the country of sale. For a ready-made formula you receive a sample of the existing product before you order, and the reply comes within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. The sample shows the real size of the tablet. Then come approval of label and carton artwork, production, sealing on the Uhlmann B 1240, cartoning on the IMA IC 150, and delivery EXW by default, FCA or DAP on request. Each enquiry gets its own quote.

Blister or bottle: which suits my prenatal multivitamin?

A tablet in a blister suits a brand that wants each dose sealed in its own cavity and a printed carton: from 2,000 cartons and at least 4,000 blisters, from 2 weeks. A bottle starts smaller. Which pack holds a product longer depends on the product, as the worked case on blister films shows. What each choice costs you in run size, time or risk:

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