Forty-six facilities run energy drinks — and this is the category where a brand is most likely to arrive with funding and no finished recipe. That makes one column matter more than the rest: whether the facility formulates, or only fills what you bring.
Published minimums first, smallest to largest, then alphabetical. Read the Services column: "Formulation" means they can build the recipe, "Filling only" means you arrive with it finished.
| Facility | Location | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abita Brewing Company | Abita Springs, LA | 2,000 cases | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +2 | Yes | Formulation, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| Atlas Canning | Odessa, FL | 140 cases | Can | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling +1 |
| MetaBrand | Edison, NJ | 2 pallets | PET, Glass, Can | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Private label |
| ProtoPackers | Riverside, CA | No minimum | Can, PET | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Sprecher Brewing Company | Glendale, WI | 1,500 cases | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +3 | Yes | Formulation |
| Universal Pure | Lincoln, NE | 20,000 units | PET | Not published | Filling only, Cold storage, Labelling +2 |
| Adirondack Bottling (Polar Beverages CM) | Scotia, NY | Not published | PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Back Pew Brewing | Porter, TX | Not published | Can, Keg | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +2 |
| BCG Copacking (Blue Chip Group) | Salt Lake City, UT | Not published | Can | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Packaging sourcing +1 |
| Berner Food & Beverage | Dakota, IL | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Best Bev | Waverly, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| BevPack LA | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Can | Yes | Filling only, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| Blue Marble Productions | Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Private label, Filling only, Formulation |
| Brick Box Brewery | Tucson, AZ | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Packaging sourcing, Private label |
| Brooklyn Bottling Group | Milton, NY | Not published | PET, Glass, Can | Not published | Filling only |
| California Custom Beverage | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, Can, Can sleek | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Private label +1 |
| Carolina Beverage Group | Fort Worth TX, NC | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Warehousing +1 |
| Castle Co-Packers | New Kensington, PA | Not published | PET, Glass | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Warehousing |
| Clinton's Ditch Cooperative Co. | Cicero, NY | Not published | Can, PET | — | Filling only, Private label |
| Coal’d Water Distilling Company | Dandridge, TN | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Filling only, Labelling |
| DrinkPAK | Santa Clarita, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only, Warehousing, Fulfilment +1 |
| Epic Canning & Bottling Inc. | Shreveport, LA | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing |
| Fire Maker Beverages | Atlanta, GA | Not published | Can | Yes | Filling only, Formulation, Design |
| Flavorcraft LLC | Louisville, KY | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +2 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Heartland Mobile Canning | Shorewood, IL | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Filling only |
| Kansas City Beverage Company | Kansas City, MO | Not published | — | Yes | Private label, Design, Fulfilment |
| MBA Beverage | Phoenix, AZ | Not published | Can, PET | — | Private label, Formulation, R&D +1 |
| MSI Express, Inc. | Portage, IN | Not published | — | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Packaging sourcing |
| MSL Indy (MSL Packaging & Fulfillment) | Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Can, Glass, PET +2 | Not published | Filling only, Labelling, Fulfilment +1 |
| New Caney Beverage | New Caney, TX | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +1 | — | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling +2 |
| Newport Bottling & Canning | Anaheim, CA | Not published | Can | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +1 |
| Noel Canning & Bottling | Yakima, WA | Not published | Can, Glass, PET | Yes | Filling only, Private label |
| Palate Pack | Lincoln, RI | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Private label |
| Portland Bottling Company | Portland, OR | Not published | Can | Not published | Filling only, Packaging sourcing, Warehousing |
| Power Brands | Sherman Oaks, CA | Not published | Can, PET, Glass +1 | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Design +3 |
| Quantum Canning | Frederick, CO | Not published | Can sleek, Can, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +2 |
| Red Boot Beverage | Des Moines, IA | Not published | Can sleek, Can, Can 16oz +2 | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Warehousing +1 |
| Refresco Tempe (ex-AZPACK) | Tempe, AZ | Not published | Can, Can 16oz, PET | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +1 |
| REV Copack | Pittston, PA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +2 | Yes | Warehousing, Fulfilment |
| Silver King Beverage Company | Salt Lake City, UT | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Filling only, Private label, R&D +3 |
| SIP Manufacturing | Lake Elsinore, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, PET +1 | Yes | Formulation, Private label, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| TexBev Co-Packing | Fort Worth TX, TX | Not published | Can sleek, Can, Can 16oz | Not published | Filling only, Private label |
| The Drink Ink | Las Vegas, NV | Not published | Can, PET, Glass | Not published | Formulation, Private label, Filling only +1 |
| VBC Bottling Co (Varni Brothers Corporation) | Modesto, CA | Not published | Can | Yes | Filling only, Warehousing |
| Westrock Coffee Company | Conway, AR | Not published | Can, PET, Glass | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Whitlock Packaging (Refresco) | Fort Gibson, OK | Not published | PET, Can, Tetra Pak +1 | — | Filling only, Private label |
Energy is where founders most often start from an idea rather than a finished liquid — a caffeine level, a flavour direction, a functional claim. That makes the Services column the one to read first. A facility marked "Filling only" expects you to arrive with a validated recipe, a supplier list and a spec sheet. One marked "Formulation" will build it with you.
The second thing this category rewards is caffeine and ingredient compliance. Caffeine content, functional claims and label wording are all regulated territory, and the facilities that handle energy routinely are the ones that have done the paperwork before.
The third is format. Energy has largely standardised on the slim and sleek can, which is good news: it is the most widely available line in the country, and the one with the most competition on price.
Forty-six facilities, against five in Massachusetts and five in Connecticut. A brand searching by state is choosing from a handful; a brand searching by category is choosing from dozens.
That matters because liquid ships and expertise does not. A brand in Texas will happily use a Wisconsin plant that knows energy formulation. The reverse is rarely true: nobody picks a nearby facility that has never run their category.
Sort this table by what you actually need. If you have a finished recipe, ignore the formulation column entirely and read the minimum. If you do not, the minimum is the second question — the first is who will help you build the liquid.
"Formulation" on a website can mean two very different things. Some facilities employ food scientists and will develop a recipe from a brief. Others will adjust a base formula they already own. Ask which, and ask who owns the resulting recipe — that second question is the one founders forget.
A published minimum in gallons is not a published minimum in cases. Several facilities here quote in gallons, which is a batching unit, not a case count. Roughly, 1,000 gallons is about 1,000 cases of 12 oz — but ask them to confirm in cases before you plan a launch around it.
40 of these 46 publish no minimum at all — you can't size them up without asking. Tell us your volume once and we'll ask them for you.
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