Category Herbal Product OEM Development

When a botanical is also a Chinese medicinal material, the first question a licensed food factory in China asks is whether it has a lawful food basis. For most medicinal botanicals used in tea, that basis is the national food-medicine…

Small runs of custom branded tea bags can be feasible for corporate events, trade shows and product trials, especially when a stock blend is combined with simplified custom packaging. For a fixed event date, allow around three to four weeks…

Under functional herbal tea US regulations, a product is not classified only by whether it carries a Nutrition Facts or a Supplement Facts panel. FDA looks at the product’s overall presentation, including its intended use, labeling, marketing, form and how…

Herbal tea packaging health claims are not limited to one sentence on the back panel. A product name, front-panel wording, imagery and website copy can all contribute to a health or disease claim. In the US, conventional foods and dietary…

When comparing pyramid tea bag material options, note that PLA and nylon (polyamide, PA) are material families, not compliance conclusions. In the United States, the regulatory basis for a filter depends on the specific polymer, its other components, and the…

If you plan to order Chinese herb samples for lab testing before placing a bulk order, confirm the testing scope and required sample quantity with your laboratory first. There is no universal 100 g, 500 g or 1 kg rule.…

Private label herbal tea can follow two different routes. With a stock blend, you use an existing supplier formula under your own brand and packaging. With custom formulation, the formula is supplied, adjusted or developed specifically for the project. Both…

Chinese herb supplier qualification should confirm whether a supplier can support your actual order requirements. Check the legal entity, manufacturing and supply roles, product capability, certificate scope, quality system, testing, batch traceability and trial-order performance. Do not rely on a…

Herbal ingredient receiving inspection checks what physically arrived, not only what was approved before dispatch. Buyers should verify packaging integrity, moisture or contamination signs, labels, batch linkage, quantity, documents and visible product condition before release. A COA supports batch evidence,…

Botanical ingredient sample approval gives buyers and suppliers a shared reference for product form, cut, size and visible condition before a bulk order. It does not prove that the later shipment will be identical. The practical step is to convert…