RTD
RTD & Functional Beverages
Lower Production Costs.
Improve Beverage Quality.
Steric is designed for RTD cocktails, functional beverages, energy drinks, enhanced waters, juices, teas, coffees, cannabis beverages, and other liquid consumer products.
- Improve flavor and consistency
- Reduce production waste
- Expand ingredient sourcing options
- Improve operating margins
- Turn variability into competitive advantage
Improve Flavor Balance
Steric can help smooth harsh edges, rebalance sweetness perception, soften bitterness, and improve integration between flavor components. This is particularly valuable in:
RTD cocktails
Functional beverages
Energy drinks
Sparkling beverages
Botanical and terpene-based products
Consistent Flavor at Scale
Steric helps producers achieve greater consistency in flavor, aroma, and mouthfeel across commercial production.
Reduce Production Costs
Recover more value from every batch by reducing waste, improving yield, and minimizing unnecessary rework.
Increase Profit Margins
Steric integrates into commercial operations with minimal disruption and no capital-intensive production changes
No Reformulation Required
Improve finished beverages without changing ingredients, recipes, or existing production processes.
No capital investment
Steric integrates into commercial operations with minimal disruption and no capital-intensive production changes.
Designed for Manufacturers
Built for producers, co-packers, and beverage brands seeking greater efficiency, product quality, and manufacturing flexibility.
STERIC RECOVERY VALUE ESTIMATOR
What could one improved batch be worth?
Use a few basic numbers to estimate the potential value Steric may help recover from an unexpected, sub-par, or off-spec beverage batch.
This is a directional estimate only. The right next step is a short discussion about which pilot samples would be most useful to evaluate.
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Let's discuss how Steric can help your business
Increase Batch Consistency
Ingredient variability is one of the biggest operational challenges in beverage manufacturing. Steric helps producers reduce sensory variation between runs and improve consistency across larger production volumes.
Multi-facility production
Co-packed beverages
Seasonal ingredient variation
Flavor drift during scale-up
Line extensions using shared bases
Recover Value from Sub-Par Batches
Not every batch performs as expected. Products may be technically acceptable but fail sensory review due to imbalance, harshness, muted aroma, or inconsistency.
Upgrade batches before downgrade decisions
Reduce product waste
Improve sell-through potential
Recover margin from existing inventory
Avoid unnecessary disposal or blending losses
Improve Lower-Cost Inputs
Many beverage producers face margin pressure from ingredient inflation and sourcing instability. Steric may allow producers to achieve more premium sensory outcomes while using more economical ingredient strategies.
Greater sourcing flexibility
Reduced dependence on premium ingredients
Better utilization of bulk product
Improved private label economics
Support Innovation & Product Development
Steric also provides R&D teams with another tool during product refinement and commercialization.
Use cases include:
Greater sourcing flexibilityNew flavor development
Alternative ingredient exploration
Reduced sugar initiatives
Non-alcoholic product optimization
Functional beverage balancing
Rapid sensory iteration during formulation
Designed to Integrate into Existing Production Lines
Steric also provides R&D teams with another tool during product refinement and commercialization.
Steric is designed to fit into beverage operations with minimal disruption to existing production workflows. The system is typically positioned downstream of blending and finishing operations and upstream of bottling, canning, or final packaging.This allows producers to treat finished or near-finished liquid immediately before packaging, when the product profile has already been fully developed and evaluated.
Typical Integration Points
Steric can be incorporated into:
- Inline transfer systems before bottling or canning
- Bright tank to packaging workflows
- Final staging and finishing lines
- Batch recirculation systems
- Tote and bulk transfer operations
- Pilot and R&D production environments
Operational Advantages
Because the process operates post-production, producers can evaluate the finished beverage first and determine whether refinement is needed before packaging decisions are finalized.
This creates operational flexibility for:
- Batch correction before packaging
- Consistency adjustments between production runs
- Refinement of co-packed product
- Optimization of private label products
- Faster release decisions
- Reduced product downgrade risk
Let's discuss how steric can help your business
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Proven results & measurable success
Our clients have saved millions by streamlining their blending process and reducing input costs by up to 40% with lesser quality substitutions. They’ve also expanded their brands with new product variations and salvaged flawed products that would otherwise be unsellable.
Increased Marketability
Smoother, more refined products that stand out in a competitive market.
Cost Savings
Save flawed batches and reduce the need for excessive aging or ingredient corrections.
Improved Consistency
Ensure each bottle delivers the same high-quality experience, batch after batch.
