What Global Widget does

Global Widget, LLC is a Tampa, Florida-based vertically integrated gummy manufacturer that operates two interlocking businesses: a B2B private label and white-label contract manufacturing service marketed as GW Gummies, and a portfolio of more than 15 proprietary consumer brands in the CBD and health and wellness space, including Hemp Bombs, Nature's Script, and Perfect Paws Hemp. Founded in 2016 by co-CEOs Kevin Collins and Donald Biedrzycki (both former automotive dealership operators), the company serves health and wellness brands, sports nutrition brands, retailers seeking private label programs, and entrepreneurial companies looking for turnkey concept-to-shelf support.

The core offering is end-to-end gummy manufacturing — custom formulation by in-house food scientists, ingredient sourcing through a vendor qualification program that exceeds FDA requirements, automated production, in-house accelerated stability testing, on-site QC lab verification, and packaging — delivered through three Tampa facilities totaling more than 150,000 square feet with eight automated confectionery gummy lines, three high-capacity bottling lines, and stated capacity of up to five million gummies per day. Quality and regulatory positioning is unusually dense for a company of its size, with cGMP, FDA (21 CFR Part 111), NSF, USDA Organic, UL, GRMA, Kosher, Halal, and Florida Food Hemp certifications supported by an 11-person compliance and legal department.

Revenue is generated through three streams: custom private label contract manufacturing sold on quote-based multi-year engagements, ready-to-go white-label formulations, and direct sales of owned brands through 25,000+ U.S. convenience and brick-and-mortar retail locations plus DTC e-commerce. GTM is a hybrid of B2B enterprise field sales targeting brand owners and retailers, and DTC brand marketing for the owned portfolio. In 2021 the company acquired Hemp Foods America to extend upstream into hemp ingredient sourcing, and it is currently pursuing Novel Foods certification to enter the UK and European markets.

Name

Global Widget

Legal name

Global Widget, LLC

Website

https://globalwidget.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Global Widget is a Tampa, Florida-based vertically integrated gummy contract manufacturer and owner of 15+ CBD/wellness brands, producing up to 5 million gummies daily across 150,000+ sq ft of FDA-registered, cGMP-certified facilities for health, wellness, and sports nutrition clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Label Gummy Contract Manufacturing

NAICS

Health and Personal Care Retailers (456)

SIC

Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products (2833)

akta.pro primary industry

Chewing Gum & Mints (CRADABAC)

Keywords

• Private label gummies
• Contract gummy manufacturing
• Nutraceutical supplements
• CBD consumer products
• Health wellness manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Private Label Contract Manufacturing: Turnkey solutions for private label gummy manufacturing - from concept to production. The company crafts custom-formulated gummies for health, wellness, and sports nutrition brands, providing formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services under the customer's brand.
2. Ready-to-Go Formulations: Pre-formulated gummy products available for white label/private label use, allowing brands to quickly launch products without custom formulation
3. In-House Marketing Services: Marketing support services to help customers sell their products, including in-house marketing capabilities

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Global Widget is a vertically integrated contract manufacturer that produces private-label and white-label gummy supplements for health, wellness, and sports nutrition brands. Through its GW Gummies division, the company delivers end-to-end services spanning in-house formulation, custom flavor/color/shape development, automated high-volume production (up to 5 million gummies per day), in-house QC and accelerated stability testing, and product packaging. In parallel, Global Widget markets and distributes its own portfolio of more than 15 CBD and health/wellness consumer brands, including Hemp Bombs, Nature's Script, and Perfect Paws Hemp, through retailers and direct-to-consumer channels.

Product overview

Global Widget operates as a vertically integrated gummy manufacturing company offering private label solutions. The core offering is GW Gummies, a full-service contract manufacturing service for health, wellness, and sports nutrition brands, providing custom formulation, high-volume production (up to 5 million gummies daily), in-house lab testing, and packaging. The company portfolio also includes sub-brands Hemp Bombs, Nature's Script, and Perfect Paws Hemp, which are CBD-focused consumer products distributed through convenience stores, brick-and-mortar retailers, and direct-to-consumer channels. The company generates revenue through both B2B manufacturing services and proprietary brand product sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hemp Bombs: CBD brand under Global Widget, led by the sales team with Vince Gillen as VP of Sales overseeing brands including Hemp Bombs, Nature's Script and Perfect Paws Hemp.
• Nature's Script
• Perfect Paws Hemp

Products and services

• GW Gummies Private Label Contract Manufacturing End-to-end private label and white label gummy manufacturing service for health, wellness, and sports nutrition brands, covering custom formulation, in-house lab testing, high-volume automated production (up to 5 million gummies per day), and packaging. Customization options include flavors, colors, shapes, textures, and vegan, sugarless, gluten-free, and non-GMO variants.
• Ready-to-Go Formulations Pre-formulated gummy products made available for white label and private label customers who want to launch gummy SKUs without the lead time of full custom formulation development.
• Hemp Bombs Proprietary CBD consumer brand in the Global Widget portfolio, marketed alongside other health and wellness brands and distributed through convenience stores, brick-and-mortar retail, and direct-to-consumer online channels.
• Nature's Script Proprietary CBD and health and wellness consumer brand in the Global Widget portfolio, sold alongside other company brands through retail and direct-to-consumer channels.
• Perfect Paws Hemp Proprietary pet-focused CBD brand in the Global Widget portfolio, one of more than 15 brands across the company's CBD and health and wellness spaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• Capacity of up to 5 million gummies produced daily
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• U.S.-Based FarmerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal Widget establishes and maintains relationships with U.S.-based farmers and additional business partners to ensure quality sourcing methods that position the company as an industry leader. The company focuses on organic farms in the United States for natural material sourcing.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Balchem Corporation: Public specialty ingredient supplier serving nutrition, food, and pharma with encapsulated and chelated ingredient platforms. Comparable as an upstream supplier/manufacturer providing functional ingredients into the supplement industry GW serves.
• CV Sciences: Public CBD consumer products company (PlusCBD Oil). Adjacent as a competing branded CBD-supplement manufacturer serving similar health and wellness channels.
• Life Extension: Direct-to-consumer supplement brand with broad SKU range including gummy formats. Comparable as a premium branded supplement player that could alternatively be a GW contract manufacturing customer.
• Charlotte's Web: Publicly traded CBD wellness brand with proprietary hemp-derived products distributed through retail and DTC. Comparable as a branded CBD player overlapping with Hemp Bombs and Nature's Script, though without GW's contract manufacturing arm.

Direct peers

• Makers Nutrition: Private-label supplement and gummy contract manufacturer serving health and wellness brands. Directly comparable as a turnkey CDMO providing custom formulation, manufacturing, and packaging to supplement brands.
• Vitakem: Private-label supplement manufacturer offering custom gummy, capsule, and tablet manufacturing with in-house formulation and packaging. Closely aligned as a competing gummy CDMO targeting entrepreneurial supplement brands.
• ABH Pharma: FDA-registered contract manufacturer producing private-label gummies, softgels, and capsules for nutraceutical brands. Comparable B2B CDMO with custom formulation and turnkey capabilities similar to GW Gummies.

Broad incumbents

• Herbalife: Large global nutrition and supplement company with significant proprietary manufacturing. Comparable as a vertically integrated nutraceutical player with branded product distribution at greater scale than GW.
• Church & Dwight: Diversified CPG owner of supplement brands (e.g., Vitafusion) competing in gummy vitamins. Comparable as a broader CPG incumbent playing in the same gummy supplement end market that GW serves on a contract basis.
• Nature's Bounty (Nestlé Health Science): Major branded vitamins and supplements manufacturer within Nestlé Health Science. Overlap in vitamin/supplement gummy SKUs and contract manufacturing capabilities at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GlobalWidget
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-widget

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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