Formats / Sachets
Private label sachets
PharmaEurope manufactures private label sachets in Europe. Sachets are filled and sealed in the European Union, at our plant, under ISO 22000:2018, GMP and HACCP. Your brand is printed directly on the paper layer of the sachet, so there is no separate label to apply.
In short: a sachet is one exact serving of powder, sealed the moment it's filled, built for a product that travels in a pocket or bag and has to be dosed without a scoop. The minimum is set at the mixing stage — with a low minimum order, the same threshold as our bulk powders — with production from 2 weeks.
4 to 12 gfill per sachet
from 300 kgusual minimum, per product
Made in the EUcertified EU plant
ISO 22000certified EU plantA sachet is one serving of powder, sealed at the moment it is filled: the customer tears the top and stirs it into water. It is the format for a product that has to be dosed exactly, carried in a pocket or a handbag, and sold as a course of separate servings rather than a jar with a scoop.
The parameters
A dash marks a value that depends on the formula; it is set in your product specification.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Structure | Three-layer laminate: paper / aluminium foil / sealing film |
| Printing | On the paper layer — your brand printed directly on the sachet |
| Fill weight | 4 to 12 g, depending on the bulk density of the blend |
| Manufacturing | European Union |
| Certification | GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000:2018; registered with the US FDA |
| Standard run | From 300 kg of finished blend (same threshold as our bulk powder format) |
| Counted in | Kilograms of finished mix; sachet count depends on your fill weight per serving |
| Production time | from 2 weeks |
| Response time | Within 24 hours, Monday to Friday |
| Shelf life | 24 months, confirmed in the Certificate of Analysis |
Finished sachets are filled and sealed on the sachet line at our plant, then cartoned on an IMA IC 150 cartoning machine before dispatch.
When a sachet is the right format
- When the serving is a few grams, not a few hundred milligrams. Collagen, electrolytes, magnesium, fibre, hot-drink powders — anything a capsule cannot carry at a useful dose.
- When the dose must be exact without a scoop. A jar asks the customer to measure; a sachet does not. For a product where the serving matters, that removes the most common way a customer takes it wrong.
- When the product travels. A sachet goes in a bag, a pocket or a hotel room. A jar with a scoop stays in the kitchen.
- When it is sold as a course or a subscription. Thirty sachets in a carton is a month, and the customer can see what a month looks like.
- The cost of the format. A sachet costs more per serving than the same powder in a jar, because you are paying for the laminate and the filling of every single dose. Where the customer is happy with a scoop and a jar, a jar is the cheaper product — and we will say so.
- When nothing should need shaking. If the serving has to dissolve in any bottle with nothing to shake or stir, the format is a private label drink cube, each one sealed in its own blister.
Why the sachet is three layers
A sachet is not a single film. Each layer does a job.
Paper on the outside
What your brand is printed on — directly, with no separate label.
Aluminium foil in the middle
The barrier. It stops light, oxygen and moisture, which is what a powder with flavours, vitamins or hygroscopic ingredients needs to survive its shelf life.
Sealing film on the inside
What welds shut, and what the powder touches.
What the powder decides for you
- Bulk density decides the sachet height. A light, fluffy powder needs a taller sachet than a dense one at the same gram weight, so the format follows the product rather than the other way round.
- Flavoured powders are moisture-sensitive, which is exactly what the foil layer is for. Flavour and moisture are covered in our guide to flavour systems in powders.
- Particle size decides whether it dissolves in a glass or clumps in it. Too fine and it clumps and sticks; too coarse and it sits at the bottom. This is set during formulation, not fixed afterwards.
- The serving size decides the sachet, and the number of sachets decides the carton.
Ready-made or your own formula
Ready-made powder formulas can be filled into sachets instead of jars. A developed formula is built to your specification: the blend, the flavour system, the serving weight and the sachet size are decided together, because in this format they are the same decision.
Certified manufacturing
Production runs under an ISO 22000:2018 certificate issued by BM Certification and valid to 7 January 2029. HACCP under Regulation (EC) 852/2004; the Food Supplements Europe GMP guide; and US FDA facility registration. Copies of the certificates with their numbers are sent to clients on request.
Filling and sealing sit inside the same certified scope as the blending, at the same site in our EU plant.
The ISO 22000 certificate covers that site as a whole; sachets are filled on the same certified line as our bulk powders rather than named individually in the printed scope.
What you receive
- Certificate of Analysis
- Product specification
- Raw material documentation
- Allergen statement
- Shelf-life statement
About sachet manufacturing
How much powder fits in one sachet?
A sachet holds four to twelve grams, depending on the bulk density of the blend. A light powder at the top of that range needs a taller sachet than a dense powder of the same weight, so the sachet size is set once the formula and the serving weight exist.
What is the sachet made of?
A three-layer laminate: paper on the outside, aluminium foil in the middle as the barrier against light, oxygen and moisture, and a sealing film on the inside that closes the sachet. Your brand is printed directly on the paper layer, so there is no separate label.
Can my brand be printed on the sachet itself?
Yes — the printing goes straight onto the paper layer of the laminate, so there is no separate label to apply. We design the artwork for your sachet, or take yours, and check it against the EU labelling and claims rules before the print run.
When is a sachet better than a jar?
When the serving has to be exact without a scoop, when the powder travels, or when it is sold as a course. When the customer is happy to measure at home, a jar is cheaper per serving and the better commercial choice.
What is your MOQ?
This format is quoted by the weight of the finished blend: from 300 kg, the same threshold as our bulk powder format, with production from 2 weeks. How many finished sachets that is depends on your fill weight — tell us the grammage and we will convert it.
Can you develop the powder, or do I have to supply a formula?
We do both. A ready-made powder formula can go into sachets, or a blend can be developed to your specification. In this format the blend, the flavour and the serving weight are decided together, because the sachet size follows the weight and the bulk density of the finished powder.
How long does it take?
From 2 weeks.
Where are the sachets made?
At our plant, inside the European Union. Filling sits inside the ISO 22000 scope, which reads manufacturing and packaging of food supplements.
How fast do you respond to a sachet enquiry?
We reply within 24 hours of receiving your brief, Monday to Friday.
What shelf life do sachets carry?
We set a standard shelf life of 24 months, confirmed in the Certificate of Analysis issued with the batch. Because the fill is sealed on contact with air, the laminate and the seal integrity matter to that date as much as the powder itself.
What equipment fills and cartons the sachets?
Sachets are filled and sealed on the sachet line at our plant and cartoned on an IMA IC 150 cartoning machine before the cartons are dispatched to your warehouse. The Cremer CF 1220 counter on the same site is for tablets and capsules, not for powder.
Does the ISO 22000 certificate cover sachets by name?
The ISO 22000 certificate covers our plant and is valid to 7 January 2029. Its published scope names tablets, capsules and powders; sachets are filled at the same certified site rather than named individually in that scope.
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