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ProtoPackers (Your Way Manufacturing, LLC)

Riverside, CA

Takes startups or pilot runsPublishes a minimumLast verified 2026-10-02

Family-run short-run beverage co-packer in Riverside, California that blends, cans and bottles very small batches for prototypes, first runs, samples and new brands, starting from a single bottle. It also offers customizable white label drink formulas through its sister site DIY Beverages.

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What this plant can run

Process

Lit: the preservation processes they state. 3 processes stated in all.

CarbonationCanningBottling

Packaging

2formats stated

Aluminum cansPlastic bottles

Minimum order

Published

Advertises no minimum, from 1 bottle up to 10,000; co-packing programs start at $799 for 1 to 500 gallon batches, hero sample and trial runs start at $479, and white label runs start at 1 case of 24 cans or bottles

Certifications

GFSI certificateTakes startups or pilot runs

A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.

What they state

Plant locations
  • Riverside, CA
Process
CarbonationCanningBottling
Packaging
Aluminum cansPlastic bottles
Products
Carbonated drinksShots and concentratesFunctional drinks
Minimum order
Advertises no minimum, from 1 bottle up to 10,000; co-packing programs start at $799 for 1 to 500 gallon batches, hero sample and trial runs start at $479, and white label runs start at 1 case of 24 cans or bottles
Close paraphrase of what the plant states. Confirm it on the call; minimums change.
Food safety certification
Not stated in their published informationNo GFSI scheme found on their site; not proof they lack one.
Other certifications
Not stated in their published information
Regulatory scope
Not stated in their published information
Equipment
  • Aluminum can filling and seaming, any can with a 202 end, 5.5 oz cocktail cans to 19.2 oz crowlers (12 oz and 8 oz sleek most common)
  • PET and HDPE bottle filling: 2 oz and 3 oz shots, 4 oz to 20 oz RTD, 20 oz to 128 oz multi-serve, 20 to 38 mm closures
  • Carbonation from 2.1 to 3.5 volumes CO2 in cans and approved bottles
  • In-house 1200 DPI digital pressure sensitive label printing, BOPP stock, gloss or matte lamination
  • Inline inkjet date coding, white or black ink
  • Blending and mixing
Batch size or capacity
Co-packing batch size 1 to 500 gallons on custom low-speed filling equipment
Services
Pilot and small runsPrivate label catalogKitting and assembly
Works with
Startups and first runs
Also states
  • In-house digital label printing and finishing, from 1 label
  • Accepts shrink-sleeved, direct-to-can printed or screen-printed containers supplied by the brand
  • Custom pack-outs and variety packs
  • Blending and mixing
Type of company
Co-packerContract bottlerPrivate label
Founded
2021

How we checked

Verified 2026-10-02 from the manufacturer's published information (5 pages checked).

Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.

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