Private label capsules
Find a reliable, low MOQ capsule manufacturer.
Capsules are where you go when the ingredient is the story. There is no flavor system to build, no sweetener to justify and no sensory compromise, which makes this the cheapest route to a genuinely clean label and the natural home for clinical positioning and standardized extracts.
- Free to send a brief
- Reply in 2 business days
- Runs from 1,000 units
Best for
When capsules are the right call
- Single active heroes where the dose is the claim
- Clinical and practitioner positioning, where a gummy undercuts credibility
- Complex stacks with eight, ten or twenty ingredients
- Anything with a bitter, earthy or unpleasant active
What you give up
The honest trade offs
There is no experience to it, and in a category increasingly sold on how a product feels to take, that matters. Large servings become three or four capsules and adherence drops. Vegetarian capsules cost more than gelatin and behave differently with moisture sensitive powders.
We would rather tell you this now than after a deposit. Choosing the wrong format is the single most expensive early mistake a brand can make.
Low MOQ is not enough
What a reliable capsule manufacturer looks like.
A low minimum only matters if the product comes back right. These are the things we check before a capsule manufacturer ever sees your brief.
Tests blend uniformity, so capsule one and capsule sixty carry the same dose.
Has run your capsule type, vegetarian or gelatin, with powders like yours.
Stocks common actives in house, which is what keeps minimums low and lead times short.
Ships finished goods with a certificate of analysis covering identity, potency, micro and heavy metals.
Certifications
Certifications for your capsules.
Ask for the ones your retailers and customers expect. We match capsules projects only to manufacturers that hold the certifications your product needs.
- FDA registeredRegistered facilities
- cGMPCurrent Good Manufacturing Practice
- NSF certifiedFacility certification
- NSF Certified for SportBanned substance tested
- KosherWorld Kosher Services
- HalalCertified halal lines
- OrganicCertified organic production
- Non-GMOVerified ingredients
- VeganPlant based formulas
- Gluten freeCertified gluten free
- Third party testedCOA on every batch
- Made in the USADomestic manufacturing
Where it sells
Channels where capsules perform.
Format and channel should be decided together. A product that wins on Amazon can stall in mass retail, and the reverse.
Practitioner and clinical
Standardized extracts, third party testing and no added sugar are the expectations here.
Sports nutrition
Where the dose has to be real and nobody cares what it tastes like.
Amazon
Still the deepest category on the platform and the easiest to differentiate on formulation.
International
Travels and stores better than almost anything else on this site.
Categories
What brands make as capsules.
Existing formulas are available across most of these, ready for your label. Custom development is available on every one.
- Single ingredient standardized extracts
- Nootropic and cognitive stacks
- Men's performance and hormone support
- Women's hormone and cycle support
- Probiotics and digestive enzymes
- Metabolic and blood sugar support
- Joint and mobility
- Heart and circulatory
- Detox and cleanse protocols
- Amino acid complexes
- Kratom and kanna capsules
Ingredients
Ingredients we run in capsules.
A working list, not an exhaustive one. If it is not here, ask. Sourcing an ingredient a manufacturer does not stock is part of the job. Marked ingredients are trending into 2027.
- Ashwagandha
- Berberine HCl
- Ceylon cinnamon
- Turmeric and curcumin
- Black pepper extract
- 5-HTP
- L-tyrosine
- Taurine
- Alpha GPC
- CDP choline
- Bacopa monnieri
- Lion's mane
- Reishi
- Shiitake
- Maitake
- Cordyceps
- Tongkat Ali
- Fadogia agrestis
- DIM
- Fenugreek
- Boron
- Saw palmetto
- Stinging nettle
- Magnesium glycinate, malate, citrate and taurate
- Magnesium L-threonate
- Zinc
- Selenium
- Chromium picolinate
- Digestive enzymes
- Probiotic blends to 60 billion CFU
- Spore probiotics
- Akkermansia
- L-lysine
- Essential and branched chain amino acids
- Milk thistle
- Dandelion root
- Olive leaf
- Hawthorn
- Garlic
- CoQ10
- Alpha lipoic acid
- NAC
- NAD+ precursors NR and NMN
- Spermidine
- Urolithin A
- Collagen peptides
- Glucosamine and chondroitin
- MSM
- Boswellia
- Rhodiola rosea
- Panax ginseng
- Holy basil
- Saffron
- Siberian rhubarb
- Shatavari
- Myo-inositol
- Melatonin
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin K2
- B complex
- Methylfolate
- Iron bisglycinate
- Lutein and zeaxanthin
- Bovine colostrum
- Kratom leaf
- Kanna
Questions
Capsules, answered.
What is the minimum order for private label capsules?
1,000 to 5,000 bottles on existing formulas. Custom blends typically start around 5,000. Starting from an existing formula keeps minimums lowest. We will tell you honestly where a manufacturer's real minimum sits, which is often different from the number on its website.
How long does capsule manufacturing take?
4 to 8 weeks. The biggest variable is usually packaging and label approval rather than production itself, so we start that work in parallel.
How do I find a reliable capsule manufacturer?
Ask for the real minimum per SKU, a sample before a deposit, and a certificate of analysis from a recent batch, and check the points on this page. Or send us a brief, because that qualification is the work we do every day.
Can I start on a stock formula and move to custom later?
Yes, and for most brands that is the right order. Launch on a proven formula with your label, learn what sells, then invest in a custom formulation once the volume justifies it.
Do I get specifications and certificates of analysis?
Yes, with every quote. Our manufacturing partners are FDA registered and work to cGMP. NSF, organic, kosher, halal and vegan options are available depending on the line.
Will I know who makes my product?
Yes. You meet the manufacturer once the project is real, at the brief, sample or purchase order stage, and from that point you can vet them yourself: certifications, audit history and a visit if you want one.
Does it cost anything to send a brief?
No. Sending a brief and getting a quote through us costs you nothing.
Start a project
Ready to make capsules?
Tell us the product, the volume and the date it needs to be on a shelf. We will come back with a capsule manufacturer that fits, a real minimum and a lead time. Sending a brief costs nothing.