ABV

What ABV does

ABV, Corp. is a privately held B2B beverage formulation company headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. The company formulates bespoke flavors and creates complete beverages from scratch for other beverage brands, with stated capabilities spanning alcoholic, non-alcoholic, nootropic, cannabis, and functional beverage categories. ABV differentiates through a molecular-level flavoring process led by Certified Flavor Chemists, claiming a sample turnaround of as little as 10 days from receipt of unique ingredients — explicitly contrasted with an industry norm of 6+ months for new product development. The founding team has collectively generated over $600M in gross product sales throughout their careers, with lead flavor chemist Teng Zhao specifically responsible for products grossing over $500M at retail across alcoholic, carbonated, energy, adaptogen-infused, protein, and cannabis-related SKUs.

The company's core offering integrates two services: bespoke flavor formulation and turnkey beverage manufacturing. After client approval, ABV completes the production process and delivers finished liquid product to retailers, distributors, or the client's own facility, eliminating the handoff between separate flavor houses and contract manufacturers. The company describes itself as one of only a handful of U.S. firms that innovate flavors from scratch and produce finished beverages under a single roof, and claims experience in QA/QC, regulatory, and contract manufacturing. Customers are B2B beverage brands seeking rapid new product development, and the go-to-market is enterprise field sales with direct engagement to scope and quote each project.

ABV is founder-led by James Gracey, a serial entrepreneur with five prior ventures since 1998, supported by Patrick Horn (operations and supply chain, 15+ years in alcohol beverage consumer goods) and Teng Zhao (Certified Flavor Chemist and nutritionist). Revenue is generated through project-based custom formulation and manufacturing engagements on a quote-based model; no pricing, customer, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. The company has no disclosed external funding, no patents or trademarks on record, no named customers, and no public certifications — evidence of a very early-stage operating posture.

Name

ABV

Legal name

ABV, Corp.

Website

https://abvcorp.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ABV, Corp. is a B2B beverage company that formulates bespoke flavors and manufactures finished beverages for brands across alcoholic, non-alcoholic, nootropic, cannabis, and functional categories. The Walnut Creek, California-based firm uses a molecular flavoring process led by Certified Flavor Chemists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Beverage Formulation & Contract Manufacturing

NAICS

Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing (31211), Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (31193)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Alcoholic Beverage Bottling/Canning & Packaging Operations (AFAFABAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Functional Beverages (Vitamins, Probiotics, Nootropics, etc.) (CRADAHAL)

Keywords

• Beverage formulation services
• Custom flavor development
• Turnkey beverage manufacturing
• Contract beverage production
• Molecular flavor science

Headquarters

HQ city

Walnut Creek

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Beverage Formulation and Manufacturing Services: B2B company that formulates bespoke flavors and creates entire beverages for clients. Revenue generated through custom beverage development projects and turnkey manufacturing services delivering finished liquid products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ABV is a B2B company that formulates bespoke flavors and creates entire beverages from scratch for client brands. The company uses a molecular flavoring process developed by Certified Flavor Chemists to produce finished liquid beverages—including alcoholic, non-alcoholic, nootropic, cannabis, and functional beverages—and delivers them turnkey to retailers, distributors, or clients' own facilities.

Product overview

ABV is a B2B beverage company offering a unified service that combines bespoke flavor formulation with turnkey manufacturing. The core offering includes molecular-level flavor development and application to alcoholic, non-alcoholic, nootropic, cannabis, and functional beverages, followed by complete finished-product delivery to market. The company differentiates through its proprietary molecular flavoring process and Certified Flavor Chemists who can produce samples in as little as 10 days.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beverage Formulation Services
• Turnkey Beverage Manufacturing

Quantifiable outcome

• Sample turnaround as fast as 10 days after receipt of unique ingredients
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BevSource: B2B beverage development and co-packing company offering custom formulation, product development and full turnkey manufacturing for brands. Closely parallels ABV's combined flavor-design-plus-finished-liquid model for emerging and established beverage brands.
• Mane: Family-owned flavors and fragrances group with beverage and functional-drink flavor expertise. Comparable on scientific flavor development and B2B custom formulation across multiple beverage categories.
• Sensient Technologies: Public company with a flavors & fragrances group producing custom flavors, colors and sensory solutions for the beverage industry. Relevant comp for ABV's custom flavoring and beverage application work.
• FONA International: Independent flavor manufacturer offering custom flavor creation, taste modulation and beverage application services. Similar B2B model focused on bespoke beverage formulation for brand owners.
• Döhler: Global B2B provider of natural ingredients, beverage bases and turnkey beverage solutions for non-alcoholic drinks. Mirrors ABV's integrated beverage development and ingredient/formulation offering at a much larger scale.
• Synergy Flavors: Beverage-focused flavor house offering custom flavor development, extracts, and beverage ingredient systems. Directly comparable on formulation services for alcoholic, non-alcoholic and functional beverage customers.
• Bell Flavors & Fragrances: Long-standing U.S. flavor house producing custom flavors and beverage bases for beverage, dairy and nutrition customers. Directly comparable on B2B custom flavoring services with in-house beverage application expertise.

Broad incumbents

• Kerry Group: Global taste and nutrition company serving beverage and alcohol customers with flavors, functional ingredients and integrated systems. Relevant as a scaled incumbent addressing overlapping beverage formulation needs.
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF): One of the world's largest flavor and ingredient houses (formed through IFF + DuPont N&B combination, including Wild Flavors). Operates a much broader portfolio and R&D platform that overlaps with ABV's flavor and beverage application work.
• Givaudan: Global leader in flavors and fragrances with deep beverage customer relationships and proprietary taste research. Sets the competitive benchmark ABV positions against in the 'integrated flavor-to-finished-product' category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abvcorp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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