Product Formats
Solara is the creator of the first full line of fast-melting tablets for the nutraceutical market: EZ Melts®. The same technology powers many of our customers’ products, giving them a market advantage that often holds for years.
- Sugar-free, dairy-free, non-GMO and gluten-free
- Dissolves in 30–90 seconds. No water, no chewing
- Natural flavors and sweeteners, unless requested otherwise
- Vitamins, minerals, probiotics, botanicals & NAD+ and NAD+ precursors (NR, NMN)
FAQ
It varies by ingredient. In general, the smaller the dose, the better the disintegration and taste profile. For a neutral-tasting ingredient, a small dose is under about 100 mg and a large dose can reach 250–350 mg per tablet. Difficult-tasting ingredients affect performance, but we are often able to overcome those challenges.
Between 30 and 90 seconds on the tongue, with no water and no chewing. Dissolution time depends on the formula and is verified during development.
Yes. Our fast-melt platform is sugar-free, dairy-free, non-GMO, and gluten-free. We use natural flavors and sweeteners by default, unless a customer requests otherwise.
Vitamins, minerals, probiotics, botanicals, and NAD+ precursors such as NR and NMN. Heat-sensitive actives do especially well because our process avoids high-heat manufacturing. Send us your concept and we will tell you honestly whether fast-melt is the right format for it.
We formulate and manufacture chewable tablets with a soft texture and smooth-dissolving character that closely mimics the fast-melt experience. Chewables can be sugar-based or sugar-free, both bring their own advantages.
- Gluten-free, non-GMO components
- Masks ingredients with undesirable taste
- Carries a higher amount of active ingredients
- Potentially lower cost than fast-melts (formula-dependent)
FAQ
When your formula needs a higher active load, stronger taste masking, or a lower cost per unit. Chewables carry more active ingredient per tablet than fast-melts and are often the practical choice for dense mineral or botanical formulas.
Taste masking is one of our core strengths. We combine flavor systems, sweetener selection, and texture work to make difficult actives genuinely pleasant. Prototypes are tasted and refined before anything scales.
Chewables typically use some sugar to achieve their texture and taste, which is one reason they cost less. If sugar-free is a requirement, we can offer certain alternatives that may be a best fit, or we will tell you another format that might serve your formulation better.
More than a fast-melt. Exact capacity depends on the actives, taste profile, and target tablet size; we confirm loading during formulation and share prototypes before scale-up.
Solara specializes in evaluating complex formulas intended for encapsulation or traditional ingestible tablets. Many of our customer success stories involve overcoming tough formulation and manufacturing challenges through our expertise.
- High doses of active ingredients per serving
- Expensive raw materials requiring precise, low-waste formulation
- Delayed release, localized delivery, or other unique mechanisms
- Difficult ingredients: hygroscopic botanicals and sensitive probiotics
FAQ
The ones most manufacturers turn away: high-dose formulas, expensive raw materials that demand low-waste precision, delayed or localized release mechanisms, hygroscopic botanicals, and sensitive probiotics. If it were easy, you would not need us.
Yes. Slow release systems come directly from our team's pharmaceutical background, including coating approaches and gradual-release caplets utilizing our Quick-Glide® and THAW® technologies.
Incoming raw materials are tested in-house in accordance with GMPs. Finished product testing is conducted at third-party labs validated by our QC team, including Eurofins and other leading independent laboratories.
Case by case. If the formula is straightforward and you supply all raw materials, we will evaluate it against our schedule. Every ingredient still passes through our full QC process, which can make us pricier than providers set up purely for tolling. We would rather be honest about that up front.
We manufacture bulk powders in finished product form. Most powder projects are straightforward, though challenges can arise from unique product characteristics or the hygroscopicity common in botanicals. Exactly the kind of problem we're built to solve.
- Green vegetable formulas
- Custom botanical blends
- Other powders for reconstitution
FAQ
Greens formulas, custom botanical blends, and powders for reconstitution, produced in finished form and ready for your packaging format of choice.
Hygroscopicity. Many botanicals pull moisture from the air, which affects flow, clumping, and shelf life. Our team formulates around it, and one botanical powder we developed helped a customer scale past $20M in sales within 12 months.
Jars, stand-up pouches, and stick packs, all handled in-house. See the Packaging tab for the full format matrix.
Typically 2 to 8 weeks, after a thorough review that can include formulation assessment, prototyping, and packaging evaluation. We quote carefully because we intend to deliver exactly what we scope.
From blister packs to bottles and folding cartons, packaging happens in-house at Solara - except for unique custom work, where we partner with packaging specialists.
- Blister packs in thermal-formed PVC or PVDC films
- PVDC moisture barrier for fast-melt technology
- Cold-forming aluminum films for temperature-sensitive projects
- HDPE bottles & jars, plus individual folding cartons (IFCs)
| Format | Blister Pack | Bottle | Jar | Stand-up pouch | Stick pack |
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| INGESTIBLE TABLETS | |||||
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Manufacturing Services
Building a brand of your own?
Solara offers contract development and manufacturing for select partners. Our science-led team can take you from formulation through finished product.