Functional beverage production · St. Louis area
Functional drinks,
built to run.
Formulation, scale-up and production support for functional beverages: energy, hydration, gut health, focus and more. From first bench sample to a full-scale run on your co-packer's line.
Services
Built for functional beverage production
Functional drinks live or die on whether the actives hit their targets in every can. I help get them there, from someone who has run the line and written the programs.
Functional formulation
Active ingredients dosed to target, with overages, solubility and stability worked out before the first batch.
Scale-up & co-packer production
Process development and batching instructions that make a full production run match the pilot, every time.
Quality & food safety
Food safety and quality systems that protect your product and your brand, with checkpoints built in from formulation through every production run.
Packaging & vendor connections
A clear read on what your packaging can and can't do, plus strong connections to the vendors and suppliers who can deliver it.
From bench to production run
01
Concept & benchmark
Define the function, the target doses and the price point, and see where it lands against brands already on shelf.
02
Formulate
Actives, sweeteners, flavor and cost, checked for solubility, interactions and feasibility before anything gets mixed.
03
Pilot & scale up
Bench and pilot batches, then the process work that keeps actives on target at full scale.
04
Production-ready
Specs, batch records and quality checkpoints so your co-packer runs it right, every time.
The ideation tool
PourSpec
Functional formulation ideation, built by a beverage developer. Sketch a formula, check that the doses work and see where it lands in the market, all in one place.
- Build formulas with dose and solubility checks
- Benchmark against real functional brands on the market
- Flavor library with pairing guidance
- Ingredient cost estimates per serving
Disclaimer: PourSpec is an ideation tool, not a finished formula. All formulations must be reviewed and approved by a qualified food scientist or beverage formulation professional before production.
800+
market brands to benchmark against
400+
ingredients with dose guidance
pourspec.com
Access is by invitation while PourSpec is in early release.
About
David Meyers, Founder
My background is on the manufacturing side of the beverage industry, leading process and product development where formulas, packaging and production lines meet. I've spent my career turning ideas into products that run reliably at scale, and fixing the ones that don't.
That work has covered the full picture: developing and improving processes, building quality and food safety systems, managing technical teams, and finding cost savings across ingredients, packaging and supply. It's given me a practical sense of what works on a production floor, and what only works on paper.
I started Swift Pour Beverage Consulting to bring that experience to the brands developing functional drinks and the co-packers producing them. I work closely with each client, give straight answers and stay involved until the product is running the way it should. Based in the St. Louis area and working with clients anywhere.
Let's build your functional drink.
Tell me where you are: an idea, a bench sample or a production run that isn't hitting its numbers. I'll reply within two business days.