THE PROCESS
Let’s Do This!
Bringing a new product to life should feel exciting, not overwhelming. At Bradford Labs, we guide you through every stage, from first idea to finished offering, with a process that’s proven, transparent, and built for the pace of modern personal care.
WHERE TO START
Ideas Welcome.
Whether you’re building something entirely new, refining an existing product, or moving fast from concept to shelf, we meet you where you are. From custom formulation to technology transfer, Bradford Labs provides the expertise, infrastructure, and flexibility to move your product forward—faster.
Market-Ready Formulations
Our formulation library gives you a faster path to what’s next. Choose from tried-and-tested formulas ready for market, or use them as a strategic starting point for a customized product that reflects your brand, your consumer, and your launch goals.
Custom
Development
Starting from a blank slate? We partner with you to develop original formulations aligned to your brand vision, performance goals, and market positioning built to stand out and scale.
Tech
Transfer
Bringing an existing formula to a new partner? We ensure a seamless transition with rigorous validation, optimization, and scale-up, so performance and integrity stay intact.
OUR PROCESS
Contract Manufacturing Built for Speed. Designed for Scale.
Discovery & Concepting
We start by diving deep into your brand, goals and vision. We listen to your team and develop a go-forward strategy depending on whether you want custom development, market ready inspiration, or tech transfer.
Together, we explore your ideas, trends, ingredients and claims, helping you shape a concept into concrete products that align with your market ambitions. Our broad manufacturing capabilities allow for the development of a cohesive line with seamless integration across products.
Formulation and Prototyping
Our R&D experts develop custom formulas tailored to your needs, goals and regulatory requirements. We fine-tune textures, scents, and efficacy in our labs, delivering samples to test, tweak and perfect.
Stability, Quality Assurance and Regulatory
We conduct stability to ensure market success, with the ability to adjust testing depending on your global needs. We provide guidance on everything from retailer restrictions and global regulatory nuances to full FDA compliance, including for OTC products.
Manufacturing and Packaging
With facilities built for speed, scale and cross-format expertise, we bring your formula to life. Our teams coordinate filing, packaging and finished touches to deliver products that look as good on the shelf as they perform for your customers.
Ship and Launch
Bradford Labs helps you launch with confidence. Our logistics team will coordinate national and international shipments, and our Midwest locations provide easy access to many third-party logistics hubs.
Supporting your Success
Our partnership doesn’t end at delivery. We’re ready to support you with subsequent orders, transparent timelines, and we continue to work as a partner to negotiate ingredients and packaging costs on your behalf. We’re here as you grow, evolve and dream up what’s next.