Ingredient selection & rationale
Evidence-based active selection with dose justification for every slot in the formula.
Service · Formulation Development
Custom nutraceutical & cosmetic formulation development
Your product idea deserves more than a generic formula off a manufacturer's shelf. We develop custom formulations built from the ground up, grounded in biochemistry, aligned with Australian regulatory standards, and designed to actually work.
Scope
What the engagement includes
Excipient & base design
Capsules, tablets, powders, gummies, liquids and topicals, with the base engineered for the format.
Compatibility & stability
Interaction screening before the pilot batch, not after the first customer complaint.
Regulatory format alignment
Built to TGA Listed Medicine and ARTG requirements from the first draft.
Halal-certified pathways
Ingredient screening for halal and plant-based product lines.
Phase 1 formulation dossier
A client-owned document you can hand to any manufacturer.
Protocol
How it runs
- 01
Discovery call
Thirty minutes to scope the brief, the market and the regulatory pathway.
- 02
Formulation
Literature review, dosage modelling and draft matrix, delivered as a dossier.
- 03
Manufacturer briefing
The dossier goes to your manufacturer with a structured technical brief.
- 04
Ongoing support
Sampling and iteration until the batch matches the brief.
For founders, brand managers and entrepreneurs developing a custom product, particularly halal or plant-based lines.
Questions
Questions we're asked before a brief
Do I need a finished concept before we start?
No. Most briefs arrive as an idea and a market rather than a specification, and no scientific background is assumed; every decision is explained in plain terms. Bring the concept, the competitors and the claims you want to make, and the discovery call turns them into a scope.
Do you manufacture the product as well?
No, and that is deliberate. We sit upstream of manufacturing and take nothing from it, so an active is chosen because the evidence supports it, not because a particular plant already stocks it.
Who owns the formula at the end?
You do. Full IP is assigned to you at handover, and that includes the reasoning behind every ingredient and dose rather than the final matrix alone. The formula is yours to take to any manufacturer.
Can you work on a product that already exists?
Yes. Reformulation and optimisation run through the same formulation step, whether the goal is a cleaner label, a better-absorbed form of an active, or a product that has stopped performing against its competitors.
Is stability testing included?
We design and specify the testing; an independent laboratory runs it. It is an optional add-on, quoted separately, so a brief that does not need it is not paying for it.
How long does it take, and how is it priced?
Indicatively around sixteen weeks end to end, though that moves with category, complexity and testing. Scope and price are fixed per phase and confirmed after the discovery call, with milestone payments rather than a lump sum.
Next step
Begin with a 30-minute discovery call
A focused conversation to understand your product and scope what's possible. No pressure, no pitch.