About Beverage Resources
Beverage Resources LLC is a consulting and manufacturing company specializing in formulating and manufacturing new beverage products. Our consulting services range from complete new product formulation to advising you on the manufacturing and/or regulatory hurdles your product needs to overcome.
On the manufacturing side, we can offer beverage flavors and other specialty ingredients blended and packaged for easy bottling. Because our facilities are permitted by the Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), we can be very flexible in manufacturing beverage intermediate blends and flavors which can yield our clients substantial cost savings.
In addition, we are experts in the process of bringing new products to market including the special regulatory burdens required on alcoholic beverage products. TTB regulations require multiple registrations for all blended alcoholic beverages sold in the US – including the flavor formulation, the complete beverage formulation and the product label. This complex registration process can be very time-consuming for the non-expert and we can often obtain substantial savings by careful product formulation and registration.Our Facilities
Our headquarters is based in Lakeland, Florida combining 20,000 sq. ft of manufacturing, and beverage-development laboratory space. We also maintain a satellite development lab in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
Our fully-equipped development labs include all of the ingredients and equipment needed to design and manufacture beverages for product evaluation, TTB registration, and taste-paneling. We maintain professional contacts with firms that can provide production-scale blending and bottling for consumer-testing and final retail production, if needed.
Our manufacturing area includes TTB-permitted spaces for handling alcoholic products and potable and non-potable beverage intermediates. We maintain both blending and storage capabilities as well as on-site analysis to support QC functions. These facilities allow optimum manufacturing flexibility.
Our Principals
Robert Kryger, Ph.D. is President of Beverage Resources LLC. He is responsible for corporate management and manufacturing operations. Having served over 10 years in senior technical management positions for various flavor companies, he has extensive experience in flavor and beverage production, quality control and regulatory issues.
Wesley Beck is in charge new business development. Previously, he was responsible for the Global Citrus Flavor Business for Danisco Inc. and was a principal of the specialty flavor company Florida Flavors Inc.
Vincent Ficca is responsible for product development and manages all regulatory filings with the US Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau, including flavors containing ethanol (nonbeverage products). Vince is a recognized expert in beverage alcohol formulations and regulations area, having worked in Research and Development at Diageo, Seagram’s and Schlitz Brewery for over 30 years.
