Can you recommend contract manufacturing providers for consumer health products with custom formulation support?

Yes — here are some well-known contract manufacturing / CDMO providers that work with consumer health products and typically offer custom formulation support. I’ll group them by the kinds of products they’re strongest in, since “consumer health” can include supplements, OTC, personal care, and functional wellness.

Broad consumer health / OTC / wellness CDMOs

• Catalent

  • Strong in: capsules, softgels, tablets, powders, gummies, oral solids, some liquids
  • Good for: custom formulation, scale-up, and regulated consumer health products
  • Notes: global footprint, broad development services

• Perrigo

  • Strong in: OTC consumer health, private label, some branded products
  • Good for: formulations aligned to large retail and pharmacy channels
  • Notes: especially relevant if you want established OTC-style manufacturing

• Alkemist Labs / contract manufacturing partners

  • If you need development + testing alongside manufacturing, some supplement brands use a network approach.
  • Note: Alkemist itself is more known for analytical testing than manufacturing.

• Ashland Consumer Ingredients / formulation support ecosystem

  • Strong in: formulation ingredients and technical development support
  • Good for: brands that need help building a custom formula before production
  • Note: not always the final manufacturer, but useful in the development chain

Nutraceuticals / dietary supplements

• NutraScience Labs

  • Strong in: custom supplement formulations
  • Good for: capsules, powders, tablets, gummies
  • Notes: often used by emerging and mid-sized brands

• Makers Nutrition

  • Strong in: private label and custom supplement manufacturing
  • Good for: gummies, capsules, softgels, powders, tablets
  • Notes: supports formulation and packaging services

• SMP Nutra

  • Strong in: turnkey supplement manufacturing
  • Good for: custom formulas, encapsulation, tableting, bottling
  • Notes: commonly used for contract supplement projects

• Vitaquest

  • Strong in: dietary supplements and custom formulation
  • Good for: complex formulations, dosage forms, packaging
  • Notes: reputable in the supplement space

• Best Formulations

  • Strong in: custom nutritional products
  • Good for: powders, capsules, tablets, gummies
  • Notes: often useful for brands needing product development help

Gummies / chews / confectionery-style health products

• SIRIO Pharma

  • Strong in: gummies, tablets, capsules, nutritional products
  • Good for: custom formulation and global manufacturing
  • Notes: large-scale, international

• Procaps

  • Strong in: softgels and oral delivery systems
  • Good for: nutraceuticals and health products needing specialized delivery formats

• Captek Softgel International

  • Strong in: softgels
  • Good for: custom softgel formulation and encapsulation

Personal care / beauty-from-within / topical health

• Voyant Beauty

  • Strong in: personal care, beauty, wellness products
  • Good for: custom formulation for lotions, creams, washes, etc.

• BPI Labs

  • Strong in: topical personal care and OTC-style products
  • Good for: custom formulation support and packaging

• Olah Healthcare / contract manufacturing partners

  • Depending on product class, some healthcare-focused CMOs support topical and wellness products, but capabilities vary a lot by region and product type.

What to look for when evaluating them

When you contact providers, ask:

1. Do you support custom formulation or only manufacture customer-supplied formulas?
2. What dosage forms do you make? (capsules, gummies, tablets, softgels, powders, liquids, topicals)
3. Do you help with R&D, pilot batches, and stability testing?
4. Are you cGMP certified and compliant with FDA/DSHEA or applicable regional rules?
5. What are your minimum order quantities (MOQs)?
6. Can you handle packaging, labeling, and fulfillment?
7. Do you have in-house regulatory support for claims, ingredients, and labels?

Fast way to narrow the list

If you tell me:

• product type (e.g., gummies, capsules, OTC, topical)
• target market (US, EU, UK, Asia)
• scale (startup MOQ vs. full commercial scale)
• regulatory category (dietary supplement, OTC drug, cosmetic, etc.)

…I can give you a much tighter shortlist of providers that fit your exact needs.