Portal Beverage R&D In Depth
Portal Beverage is an R&D studio dedicated to beverage formulation. our entire focus is on designing and validating drinks that your customers will love and and that can be confidently produced.
Strategy & Concept Development
We start by understanding your brand, audience, channels, and commercial goals. From there, we help you shape clear product concepts—positioning, claims, flavor direction, and function—that make sense in your target market.
Beverage Formulation & Prototype Creation
We develop and iterate formulations tailored to your brief.
This can include:
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Tea-based RTD beverages
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Functional and wellness drinks (adaptogens, nootropics, botanicals, etc.)
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Low- or no-sugar options
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Flavored waters, infusions, and other beverage formats
You’ll receive testable prototypes and detailed formulation notes so you can gather feedback internally or with consumers.
Sensory, Benchmarking & Optimization
We evaluate your product against category benchmarks and your own taste, aroma, and mouthfeel targets. We fine-tune:
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Flavor balance and intensity
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Sweetness and acidity
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Aroma profile
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Color and clarity
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Overall drinking experience
The goal is a beverage that not only tastes great but is consistent, distinctive, and aligned with your brand.
Feasibility, Scale-Up & Production-Ready Handover
While we don’t produce at scale ourselves, we design with real-world manufacturing in mind. We:
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Recommend ingredient systems suitable for scale-up
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Flag potential stability or interaction issues
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Provide documentation your co-manufacturers can work from (specs, formulation data, and guidance for trials)
We can also collaborate directly with your chosen production partner to help translate lab formulations into commercial runs.
Have a Beverage Idea You’re Ready to Develop?
If you’re exploring a new beverage, reformulating an existing one, or testing a completely new concept, Portal Beverage can help you move from “idea on a slide” to a robust, production-ready formulation.
Share your concept, timeline, and market, and we’ll recommend a tailored R&D pathway—whether that’s a rapid feasibility sprint or a full end-to-end development project.