Product
Recipe and roast profile
Grade selection, roast level, oil type and seasoning dosage tuned to your target consumer and price point.
Private label & OEM
Your brand on the shelf. Our factory behind it.
For retail chains, supermarket own-labels and snack brands that want a makhana line without building processing capacity in India. White label and contract manufacturing run on the same line — the difference is only whose brand goes on the film.
- Artwork-to-pouch printing in-house
- Destination-compliant label copy
- Custom seasoning development
- 3,000 units per SKU starting MOQ
What a private label programme covers
Product, packaging and paperwork arrive as one deliverable — you receive shelf-ready cases, not raw material plus a problem.
Pack
Printed pouches and cartons
Stand-up pouches, pillow packs, jars and gift cartons printed to your dielines with barcodes and lot coding.
Compliance
Label and dossier
Nutritional analysis, allergen declaration, shelf-life study and certificate pack for your importer of record.
Format and MOQ reference
| Pack format | Fill weights | MOQ per SKU | Typical channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stand-up pouch, printed | 20 g / 40 g / 80 g | 3,000 units | Supermarket, convenience |
| Stand-up pouch, labelled | 50 g / 100 g | 1,000 units | Market entry, trials |
| Pillow pack | 15 g / 25 g | 5,000 units | Impulse, vending, HORECA |
| PET jar | 150 g / 250 g | 2,000 units | Premium retail, gifting |
| Gift carton, multi-flavour | 4 × 40 g | 1,000 sets | Seasonal and corporate |
Development timeline
- 01
Brief & NDA
Target market, price point, flavour direction and reference products shared under NDA.
- 02
Sample round
Two to three seasoning prototypes couriered for approval, adjusted once on feedback.
- 03
Artwork & dielines
We issue dielines; your designer supplies print-ready files. We review label compliance.
- 04
Print & pilot run
Pouches printed, a pilot batch produced and photographed for approval.
- 05
Full production
Batch produced, metal-detected, weight-checked and lot-coded.
- 06
Export & handover
Cases palletised, documents issued, container shipped to your port.
Everything a buyer usually asks
Short, direct answers to the questions we get most often from importers, distributors and brand owners.
Do you offer private label and OEM manufacturing?
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. You send us your brand artwork and we handle everything else: grade selection, roasting and seasoning to your flavour brief, pouch printing, nutrition panel and label compliance for your market, barcoding, cartoning and export. You own the brand entirely — we do not sell your artwork, recipe or pack design to anyone else, and we are happy to sign an NDA and an exclusivity agreement for your territory before development starts.
What is your minimum order quantity (MOQ)?
For loose bulk makhana the practical minimum is 500 kg for air freight and one container load for sea freight — around 6–8 MT in a 20ft container and 14–16 MT in a 40ft high cube, since makhana is very light and cubes out before it weighs out. For private label retail packs the MOQ is 1,000–5,000 units per SKU depending on pack format, driven by the printed-film minimum rather than by us. First-time buyers can start with a smaller trial shipment while a relationship is being established.
What are your lead times?
Samples reach you in 3–5 working days by courier. A confirmed bulk order is ready to ship in 10–15 days; repeat private label orders take 20–30 days, and a first private label run ships 5–7 weeks from artwork sign-off because pouch printing and tooling are added. Sea transit then depends on the lane — roughly 6–14 days to the Gulf, 19–26 days to Europe, 20–26 days to the UK, 26–34 days to the US east coast, and 8–12 days to Southeast Asia. Air freight lands anywhere in three to seven days.
How do you pack makhana for export?
Bulk shipments go into food-grade laminated or PP bags with an inner LDPE liner, usually 10 kg or 20 kg per bag, palletised and strapped. Because makhana absorbs moisture, we dry to 5–7% moisture and can add nitrogen flushing or vacuum packing when the transit is long or the destination is humid. Retail packs are made in metallised or transparent laminate pouches from 20 g to 500 g, with zip-lock, stand-up or pillow formats, printed to your artwork with your market's mandatory labelling already in place.
Private label and OEM FAQs
What is the MOQ for private label makhana?
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Private label starts at 3,000 units per SKU for printed pouches, or 1,000 units where we apply printed labels to stock pouches. Flavour development runs on a separate trial batch of 200–500 units.
Do you supply the packaging or do we?
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Either. We can print rollstock and pouches to your artwork in India, or receive your nominated packaging at our facility. In-house printing is faster and avoids inbound freight on empty packs.
Can you meet EU, UK, US and GCC labelling requirements?
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Yes. We build label copy with nutritional panels, allergen statements, ingredient declarations, lot coding and date formats matched to your destination regulation, then have artwork reviewed before printing.
Which flavours are available for private label?
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Standard profiles include Himalayan salt, peri peri, cream and onion, tandoori masala, black pepper, cheese and caramel. Custom seasoning matching to a reference sample is available on development batches.
How long does a private label programme take from artwork to shipment?
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Typically six to nine weeks: two weeks for artwork and dielines, two weeks for pouch printing, one to two weeks for production and QC, then freight booking.
Do you sign confidentiality and exclusivity agreements?
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We sign NDAs at the recipe development stage and can offer market or channel exclusivity on a custom flavour profile against an agreed annual volume commitment.
Continue exploring
Premium grades
Grade choice for premium own-label lines.
Organic & GI tagged
Certified organic private label options.
Quality & certifications
Audit and certificate documentation.
Industries we serve
Retail chains, OEM buyers and manufacturers.
Export process
How production connects to shipment.
Request quote
Start a private label costing.
Bring the brand. We will bring the factory.
Send your target pack format, flavour direction and annual volume. We reply with a costing per unit, MOQ and a development calendar.