Electrolyte powder blend

White label electrolytes. Low MOQ, from ten tubs.

Nobody takes electrolytes every day. They buy them for a race, a heatwave or a hard shift — which is why this is the one product where a single serve sachet is not the step up, it is the right answer. Ten tubs is £158.

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Blank white electrolyte tubs and sachets on a concrete worktop with water and ice, ready for white label branding

Tubs and sachets, blank and waiting for your label.

White label electrolytes

Collagen is a habit. Creatine is a routine. Electrolytes are a moment.

Nobody stands at a kitchen counter measuring out electrolytes every morning. They take them during a race, after a hot shift, on a long ride, or the morning after. That changes what the product should look like, and it is the reason electrolytes are the one ingredient here where a single serve sachet is not the step up from tubs — it is the format that actually fits.

Ten tubs is £158 before VAT and delivery. Five thousand sachets is £1,300.

Why the format matters more here

A 300g tub is sixty servings, a scoop and a flat surface. That is fine at home. It is awkward in a gym bag, useless in a race belt, and impossible mid-shift.

A sachet goes in a pocket and pours into a bottle. It is also the format that sells across a counter, goes into an event goody bag, and drops into a subscription box — none of which a tub can do. If you are selling to gyms, clinics, clubs or events, sachets are what they will actually want from you.

What a low MOQ actually buys you

MOQ is minimum order quantity — the smallest run a manufacturer will accept, usually five thousand units in supplements. That figure exists because printed packaging is made in one long print run, and the run sets the minimum.

Tubs sidestep it. Filled from stock we already hold, your label applied, no print run behind the order. Ten is the number, and it is still the right first order even here — £158 to find out whether anyone wants them beats £1,300 to find out the same thing.

Seasonality is a planning problem

Electrolytes sell hardest in summer and around event season. Printed formats take six weeks from artwork approval, so a sachet run ordered in June arrives in August, which is most of the season gone.

If you want printed stock for summer, artwork needs approving in spring. Tubs ship in days, so they will cover you either way — which is another reason to hold tub stock alongside a printed run rather than instead of it.

What you get, whichever route you take

The statutory information for the product, set out ready for you to build your artwork around
Batch code and best before on every unit
A scoop in every tub and every pouch
Induction heat sealed
A proof before anything prints, and a full refund if you cancel before you approve it
Boxed and shipped tracked from Weston-super-Mare

The label is yours, and so is what it says

Hydration and performance wording is easy to get wrong. We supply the statutory template with the mandatory information positioned correctly. What you claim on top of that is your responsibility as the brand owner, the GB rules are narrow, and the wording of any permitted claim cannot be paraphrased.

We will tell you if something on your artwork looks like a problem. We will not write your claims for you. If you have no artwork at all, ask and we will introduce you to an independent designer, free.

Three routes, and for once the middle one wins

On most products tubs are the sensible start. Electrolytes are the exception, because a sachet is how the thing actually gets used.

Start here

Tubs

Prove it sells

£158.00

for 10 tubs at £15.80 each

Minimum: 10
Lead time: Days
Print run: None
Scoop: Included

Filled from stock we hold, with your printed label applied. The only format you can order in a genuinely small quantity.

Choose tubs

Cheapest printed run

Sachets

Single serve

£1,300.00

for 5,000 sachets at £0.26 each

Minimum: 5,000
Lead time: 6 weeks
Printing: Into the film
Tolerance: ±10%

One sachet is one serving. Bigger minimum than pouches, smaller cheque. Suits sampling, counters and subscription boxes.

Choose sachets

Best per gram

Pouches

Where the margin is

£5,145.00

for 700 pouches at £7.35 each

Minimum: 700
Lead time: 6 weeks
Printing: Into the film
Tolerance: ±10%

Printed film replaces the tub, the lid and the label, so cost per gram falls by roughly half. Splits five ways at 140 each.

Choose pouches

The order that surprises people

Sachets carry the biggest minimum and the smaller cheque. £1,300.00 against £5,145.00 for pouches, on the same powder.

So the real ladder is not 10, then 700, then 5,000. By what you actually pay it runs ten tubs, then five thousand sachets, then seven hundred pouches. Worth knowing before you assume the middle step is the affordable one.

Which format for your electrolytes?

Three questions and The Packer will tell you which route suits you, what it costs, and whether you are ready for it. He will happily tell you to start small.

Questions

If yours is not here, email orders@makemysupps.co.uk.

What is the minimum order for white label electrolytes?

Ten 300g tubs, which is £158 before VAT and delivery. Sachets start at 5,000 and pouches at 700, because both involve a print run.

What does MOQ mean?

Minimum order quantity — the smallest run a manufacturer will accept. In supplements it is usually five thousand units, because printed packaging is made in one long print run and the run sets the minimum.

Tubs avoid that. They are filled from stock we already hold and your label is applied, so there is no print run and no reason for a large minimum.

Why are sachets the obvious format for electrolytes?

Because of how the product gets used. Electrolytes are taken at a moment — during a race, after a hot shift, on a long ride — not measured out at a kitchen counter every morning. A sachet goes in a pocket, a race belt or a gym bag and pours straight into a bottle.

A 300g tub is 60 servings and takes a scoop and a flat surface. That is fine at home and awkward everywhere else.

Should I still start with tubs?

If you have not sold electrolytes before, yes. Ten tubs is £158 and tells you whether anyone wants them. Five thousand sachets is £1,300 and tells you the same thing far more expensively.

The difference with electrolytes is that you should expect to move to sachets sooner than you would on collagen or creatine, because the format genuinely fits the product rather than just costing less per gram.

How do I plan for seasonality?

Electrolytes sell hardest in summer and around event season. That is a stock planning problem rather than a product problem, and it is another argument for starting on tubs: printed formats take six weeks from artwork approval, so a print run ordered in June arrives in August.

If you want printed stock for summer, artwork needs approving in spring.

Is it flavoured?

Unflavoured only at the moment, in every format. Peach, Lemon and Mango appear on some product pages so you can see what is coming, but they cannot be ordered yet.

How long does it take?

Tubs ship in days from filled stock. Pouches and sachets are six weeks from artwork approval, because the film has to be printed before anything can be filled. The clock starts when you approve artwork, not when you order.

Can I cancel?

Yes, at any point before you approve your artwork, for a full refund. Once approved we originate and print, and the order can no longer be cancelled.

What goes on the label, and who is responsible for it?

We supply the statutory information for the product with the mandatory items positioned correctly, plus batch code and best before on every unit. You add your brand name, logo and any other text.

You are the brand owner and remain responsible for the compliance of what you sell. GB rules on what a supplement label may claim are narrow and the wording of any permitted claim cannot be paraphrased. Hydration and performance wording in particular is easy to get wrong. We will flag anything on your artwork that looks like a problem, but we will not write your claims for you.

I have no artwork. Can you help?

Ask and we will introduce you to an independent designer. The introduction is free.

Why are printed quantities plus or minus 10%?

Printed film runs never land on an exact count. Setup wastes material and the run stops on length rather than units, so a 700 pouch order delivers between 630 and 770 and that counts as a correct delivery. Plan your own stock on the lower figure. Tubs are unaffected, because there is no print run.