How do you launch freeze-dried mango under your own brand, and what does it take from 500 kg?
500 kg per SKU, your artwork, and a production slot of 20–30 days. That is the whole entry ticket for a private-label freeze-dried mango line with FruitBuys: about 10,000 pouches of 50 g, filled and sealed in Vietnam in your printed foil pouch, labelled for your channel and shipped with the full export dossier. Freeze-dried mango is one of the easiest fruit snacks to build a brand on. The ingredient line reads “mango”, the colour is a natural golden yellow, and the first bite snaps and melts like fresh ripe fruit. The work that decides whether the launch pays is in the pouch, the print run and the timeline, so that is what this guide covers.
What can 500 kg put on the shelf?
| Pouch size | Pouches from 500 kg | Where it sells |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | about 10,000 | Core snack pouch, convenience, online |
| 100 g | about 5,000 | Sharing pack, grocery, e-commerce |
| 500 g | about 1,000 | Club store, café and bakery trade |
| 1 kg | about 500 | Food service, ingredient resale |
Freeze-dried mango is light, so a modest weight fills a lot of retail units. A 500 kg run can stock a first listing or an online launch in two or three sizes, and the same specification scales to a full 20 ft programme without changing the product your customers already know. Other pouch sizes are packed to order.
Which cut and variety should a retail pouch start with?
Slices for the snack pouch, cubes for everything that goes into a bowl. A 6–7 mm slice is what shoppers expect to see through a window pouch: a whole, golden piece that looks like the fruit it came from. Cubes of 5–10 mm suit cereal toppers, trail mix and lunchbox cups, and bites of 10–15 mm sit between the two for snack mixes.
FruitBuys runs Keo mango as the standard variety: firm flesh that cuts clean and holds its shape through packing. For a snack pouch built on flavour, Cát Chu is available on request: sweeter and more aromatic, with a ripe-mango scent that reaches the shopper the moment the pouch is torn open. It is the variety brands pick when the pouch is eaten straight from the bag and the second purchase depends on the first bite. Lock one variety for the programme and every reorder tastes like the pouch your customers already reordered. Cut-by-cut guidance for cereal, chocolate and yogurt is in choosing the right freeze-dried mango format.
Digital or rotogravure: which print run fits your launch?
| Digital print | Rotogravure print | |
|---|---|---|
| Lead time | 7–10 working days | 15–20 working days |
| Cylinder cost | None | One-time per design |
| Variants in one run | A 500 kg run can split across several artwork variants | One design per cylinder set |
| Best for | First runs, market tests, seasonal or regional designs | Repeat volume on a fixed design |
Start digital, move to rotogravure once a design sells through. Digital lets a brand test two or three designs, or one design in two languages, inside the same 500 kg without paying for cylinders it may never reuse. Window pouches in a high-barrier laminate are available for retail private label, and they sell on sight: the shopper sees a whole golden slice before buying. The trade-off is light. The foil is what blocks light, so fruit behind a clear window under store lighting loses colour faster than fruit in a full-foil pouch. Keep the window small and low on the pack for online and fast-turning shelves, and choose full foil for long retail distribution, where the slice has to look as golden on the last day of its date as on the first.
Every pouch is filled and sealed in a dehumidified packing room at source, held below 35% RH, gently vacuumed so it sits flat, with a food-grade desiccant sachet inside. That sealing standard is what keeps the slice crisp through a Florida summer or a Dubai warehouse. Bulk-to-retail packing, carton loading and shelf life are covered in packaging and shelf life for freeze-dried mango.
Can the pouches go straight into Amazon FBA or a retailer’s DC?
Yes. FruitBuys prints your UPC and FNSKU on the pouch and applies FBA carton and pallet labels to your instructions, so the shipment can move from the port to the fulfilment centre without a relabelling stop. The same applies to retailer distribution-centre labels: send the label spec with the purchase order and it is applied before the carton is sealed.
What does your label need, and who supplies what?
| Item | FruitBuys supplies | Your team approves |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient line | “Mango” (100% freeze-dried mango, no additives) | Front-of-pack wording |
| Nutrition panel | Baseline values formatted for the US, EU, UK or GCC, ready for artwork; the panel on your first commercial lot then goes into your compliance file | Final panel on artwork |
| Claims | A claim check against your market’s thresholds | Which claims you print |
| Shelf life | 12 months at ≤25 °C, RH ≤60%; 18–24 months in cool storage at ≤18 °C, RH ≤50%; an 18-month best-before set in the contract for cool-chain programmes | Best-before format and printed date |
| Origin and documents | Product of Vietnam; C/O, phytosanitary certificate and lot COA with every shipment | Importer details on pack |
| Facility file | HACCP, ISO 22000, US FDA Facility Registration, BRC (qualified processing facility); Halal certification available on request | Supplier approval |
Your brand owns the specification, the artwork and the label. FruitBuys owns the fruit, the process and the export file behind it, and locks one qualified processing facility to your programme for the contract year, with audit access for your QA team. Which claims the panel supports (high potassium and source of fibre on a per-100 g label, “0 g added sugars” and single ingredient on a US pack) is set out in freeze-dried mango nutrition facts and label claims.
For a new pouch format or a best-before beyond 18 months, FruitBuys runs an accelerated shelf-life study on your final pouch as a value-added service, so the date you print is tested on the pack that goes on the shelf.
How long from approved sample to sailing?
| Step | Time | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Reference sample | 3–5 working days by express courier | You approve cut, colour, crunch and taste |
| Artwork and print | 7–10 (digital) or 15–20 (rotogravure) working days | Runs alongside production, not before it |
| Production | 20–30 days per 20 ft after deposit | Fruit intake, freeze-drying, filling into your pouches |
| Pre-shipment sample | 200–300 g from your packed lot, couriered within 24–48 hours | You approve the lot before loading and before the balance payment |
The critical path is production, not printing. Send artwork when you pay the deposit and the pouches are ready when the fruit is. How the pre-shipment sample and retained samples protect the match between sample and bulk is covered in RFQ and sample approval checklist.
Can the line go beyond plain mango?
Yes, as ODM. FruitBuys develops custom dry-seasoning blends from 500 kg per SKU, and on mango a sea-salt or chilli-lime finish turns a fruit snack into a sweet-and-spicy one, the flavour profile snack aisles in North America have been making room for. It gives a brand a second SKU that competes on taste rather than on price per bag. The ingredient line then lists the seasoning, so the “single ingredient” message moves to your plain-mango SKU. For drinks, smoothie and dairy brands, freeze-dried mango powder in your own pouch or bulk bag is the other route: see freeze-dried mango powder or spray-dried and the freeze-dried mango powder product page.
Can you mix mango with other freeze-dried fruits?
Yes. A mango fruit mix is packed at one partner facility, under one specification and one export file. FruitBuys freeze-dries strawberry, red dragon fruit, banana and pineapple in Vietnam to the same carton and quality standard as mango, so a mixed pouch does not mean a second supplier.
- Mango + strawberry: gold and red, sweet-tart, the easiest mix to sell on sight.
- Mango + red dragon fruit: gold and magenta, striking through a window pouch.
- Mango + pineapple: an all-tropical, brighter and tangier pack.
- Mango + banana: softer, creamier and kid-friendly.
- 3–4 fruit tropical mix: a range-defining SKU next to your single-fruit pouches.
How a mix is held to specification:
- Ratio by weight written into the specification; your R&D sets it, and equal parts is an easy starting point for a tasting panel.
- Each fruit dosed by weight into every pouch, within ±2–3% of the target ratio, with the total fill checkweighed.
- Matched cut sizes, so small dense pieces do not settle to the bottom and the first handful looks like the photograph.
- Each fruit released against its own specification for moisture and water activity before blending.
The ingredient line lists the fruits in descending order of weight, for example “Mango, strawberries”, and still carries no added sugar. A mix SKU and plain-mango SKUs can ship in the same container on the same carton standard.
What if your first order is smaller than 500 kg?
Start on bulk and pack it yourself. Freeze-dried mango ships from one 5 kg carton, in foil bags gently vacuumed with desiccant, so a brand can repack a test run in its home market, sell it, and move to private label from Vietnam once the pouch has proven itself. Brands that already know the volume but want lower risk on design use one digital run split across several artworks, which spreads the 500 kg over the tests they want to run. The wider sourcing picture is in the freeze-dried mango supplier guide.
Start your private-label programme
Send your channel, pouch sizes, single fruit or mix, target volume per SKU, artwork status and destination port, and we return a pouch and print plan, a production timeline and a sample schedule in one reply, with samples from stock in 3–5 working days. Full product data is on the freeze-dried mango product page; how FruitBuys runs the chain is in the freeze-dried mango supplier guide.
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FAQ
What is the minimum order for private-label freeze-dried mango?
500 kg per SKU, about 10,000 pouches of 50 g. Bulk starts from one 5 kg carton.
How long does a private-label order take?
Production runs 20–30 days per 20 ft after deposit. Pouches print in 7–10 working days (digital) or 15–20 (rotogravure) alongside production.
Can I split one order across several designs?
Yes. A 500 kg digital-print run can be split across artwork variants.
Can you make a mango fruit mix?
Yes. Mango with strawberry, red dragon fruit, pineapple or banana, two to four fruits per pouch, each dosed by weight within ±2–3% of your ratio, from 500 kg per SKU.
Do you label for Amazon FBA?
Yes. UPC and FNSKU are printed on the pouch, and FBA carton and pallet labels are applied to your instructions.
What shelf life can I print?
12 months at ≤25 °C and RH ≤60%, and 18–24 months in cool storage at ≤18 °C and RH ≤50%. Programmes that move through cool storage print an 18-month best-before agreed in the supply contract, which leaves room for the sea leg, the importer’s warehouse and a retailer’s intake window. For a new pouch format or a date beyond that, FruitBuys runs an accelerated shelf-life study on your final pouch so the printed date is backed by your own pack.
