Contract Manufacturer for Established Beauty, Wellness, OTC & Personal Care Brands
Chaé formulates, fills, and packages skincare, OTC, supplement, personal care, and specialty products for brands that have outgrown small-batch manufacturing — from a cGMP, FDA-registered facility in Walsenburg, Colorado, led by a chief formulator with 35 years in the lab.
Runs start at 5,000 units and scale past 1,000,000. Same formula, same standard, every batch.
What are you manufacturing?
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Skincare
Serums, creams, cleansers, masks, toners, and eye and neck treatments — plus lip, baby, men’s, and spa lines — built for premium routines and repeat purchase.
Why Established Brands Choose Chaé
A manufacturer has to be right on the fortieth run, not just the first. These are the four things that matter most once the honeymoon is over.
ToxicFree® Standards
Every ingredient is reviewed against ToxicFree® standards before it goes into a batch — and the standard doesn’t move when a deadline does.
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Full Product Development
Ricardo Bobian’s formulation team reviews your formula, makes samples, and helps choose packaging that actually runs on the line — then plans the SKUs that come after.
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Manufacturing Expertise
Skincare, personal care, OTC drug products, gummies and liquid supplements, household, pet, and equestrian — hundreds of products run through the same floor.
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Built for Growth
Repeat runs, added capacity, and line extensions — with a new multi-building campus under construction to keep up.
Review Your Fit5,000+ Unit Targets
You’re planning runs of 5,000 units or more, with reorders behind them.
Switching Manufacturers
Your current manufacturer is missing dates, minimums, or specs, and you can’t afford a gap. How a transition works
Demand Exceeding Supply
Demand is outrunning supply and you need capacity before the next stockout.
SKU Expansion
You’re adding SKUs, sizes, or formats to a line that already sells.
Product Development & Scale-Up Services
For existing products and qualified new development: from formula direction through pilot batches, testing, packaging, and the first commercial run.
Formula Review & Scale-Up
Before anything is formulated, we pin down what the product has to do, who it’s for, and what it has to meet.
Custom Formulation
Linda Chaé and Ricardo Bobian build or refine the formula — ingredient by ingredient — around your product and production goals.
Pilot Batch Review
You get pilot samples to judge texture, performance, scent, and packaging fit — and we adjust before a full run.
Stability & Testing Coordination
We schedule stability, accelerated stability, compatibility, and micro-challenge testing through third-party labs.
Budget & Packaging
Rita Young’s procurement team sources components against your budget and quantities, and flags supplier minimums early.
Product Commercialization
First commercial run, then reorders, line extensions, and distribution prep — on the same batch record from run to run.
Settle the formula, ingredients, and scale-up questions before the production path is locked.
Pilot batches and testing surface problems while they’re still cheap to fix.
Lock packaging, quantities, and the reorder plan before the first full run.
Inside Chaé Manufacturing
Formulation, batching, filling, packaging, and QC happen on one floor in Walsenburg — the floor Tyler Quartiero’s operations team runs for hundreds of products.
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“Good health is more than what goes in your body — it’s what goes on your body, too.”
Linda Chaé, Founder & Chief Formulator
Linda was formulating before Chaé had a building. The first batches were made in her kitchen; the first production tank was an old whiskey still. When her research into raw materials linked common personal care ingredients to endocrine disruption, infertility, and cancer, she made one commitment the company still runs on: Do No Harm.
That is where ToxicFree® came from, and why every ingredient that arrives in Walsenburg is reviewed before it goes near a batch. Thirty-five years on, she still leads formulation.
Read Linda’s storyFrom SKU Review to Reliable Production
Five steps and one point of contact: Brian Connor coordinates your order from the first review to the truck.
SKU Review
You send the product, target volume, timeline, and formula status. We tell you honestly whether it’s a fit.
Formula & Sample Review
The formulation team reviews the formula, makes samples, and checks the packaging is compatible at scale.
Production Planning
Brian writes the production traveler and work orders; Rita sources materials and components against the date.
Production
The batch runs with in-process checks and a full batch record, so run forty matches run one.
Delivery & Reorder
Finished goods are staged and shipped, and the reorder point is set before you’re anywhere near out.
Facility Capabilities & Production Capacity
Formulation, production planning, filling, packaging, QA/QC, and repeat runs — what the facility actually does, area by area.
Standards Behind Confident Production
cGMP with a 98% audit score. FDA registered. Registered for OTC drug products. ToxicFree® and Leaping Bunny certified. A PCQI-led quality department and a HACCP plan validated by an outside auditor.
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cGMP Compliant Facility
cGMP compliant facility with a 98% audit score and Excellent rating.
Sets the quality expectations and repeatable controls a brand needs when it is evaluating a long-term production partner.
View the full quality and standards breakdown for more detail on which standards apply to your product.
cGMP Compliant Facility
cGMP compliant facility with a 98% audit score and Excellent rating.
FDA Registered
Manufactured in an FDA registered Colorado facility.
Certified ToxicFree® Manufacturer
Verified by the ToxicFree® Foundation for cleaner ingredient standards.
Leaping Bunny Certified
Cruelty-free certification with no animal testing in product development.
Registered to Produce OTC Products
Registered to manufacture applicable nonprescription OTC drug products.
Rocky Mountain Pure Water
Certified Rocky Mountain Pure water system.
PCQI-Led Quality Department
Our Quality Department is led by a PCQI certified individual.
FSPCA PCQI Training Framework
PCQI training framework from the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance.
Independently Validated HACCP Plan
Our HACCP Plan has been validated by an independent auditor.
Gluten-Free Review
Ingredient review to help avoid hidden gluten sources.
How these standards carry into production
Documentation
Every batch gets a record: materials, lot numbers, quantities, process steps, sign-offs.
Testing & Review
In-house testing plus third-party labs for stability, micro-challenge, and release.
Ingredient Review
Ingredients are checked against ToxicFree®, retailer, and category rules before purchase — not after.
Quality-Focused Production
Line clearance and in-process checks on every run, so the thousandth unit matches the first.
Is Chaé the Right Manufacturing Fit?
A few quick answers before you send product details.
Do you work with startup brands?
Chaé primarily works with established and scaling brands, but also takes on qualified new-product development when there is a defined product concept, formula direction, production plan, and a realistic path to a 5,000+ unit run. If the project is still only an idea with no defined product, formula direction, or production plan, Chaé may not be the right fit yet.
What production volumes do you run?
Chaé Manufacturing is built for larger production runs starting at 5,000 units and scales to 1,000,000+ unit programs when the product, formula, packaging, timeline, and production requirements are a fit. Share your product category, target volume, packaging needs, and timeline so we can review fit.
Can you help if we are switching manufacturers?
Yes. Chaé can review established product lines, current production needs, formula status, packaging requirements, and timelines for brands looking to move into a more reliable manufacturing environment.
What types of products does Chaé Manufacturing make?
Chaé formulates, fills, and packages OTC, homeopathic, skincare, personal care, oral care, supplement, gummy, household, pet, equestrian, and specialty products.
Is Chaé Manufacturing certified and registered?
Yes. Chaé Manufacturing is FDA registered and operates with quality-focused production standards that include cGMP compliance, ToxicFree® certification, Leaping Bunny certification, registration to produce applicable OTC products, Rocky Mountain Pure Water, a PCQI-led Quality Department, PCQI training based on the FSPCA framework, an independently validated HACCP plan, and gluten-free ingredient review. Specific project requirements can be reviewed during the project review process.
Do we need every detail finalized before reaching out?
No. The review process is easier if you can share your product category, formula status, target run size, current manufacturer status, packaging needs, and timeline, but you do not need every detail finalized before starting the conversation.
Do you work with brands outside Colorado?
Yes. Chaé Manufacturing works with brands across the United States from its contract manufacturing facility in Walsenburg, Colorado. We make OTC, homeopathic, skincare, personal care, supplement, household, pet, equestrian, and specialty products for brands that need a reliable long-term manufacturer.
What happens after we submit the form?
Chaé reviews your product category, formula status, target production volume, packaging needs, current manufacturer situation, and timeline. From there, the team can determine whether the project is a strong manufacturing fit and what the next production steps would look like.
Request a Manufacturing Review
Tell us the product, current volume, target run, and timeline. We’ll tell you straight whether it’s a fit.
Walsenburg, Colorado 81089
Share Your Product Details
For established products, qualified new-product development, manufacturer transitions, and 5,000 to 1,000,000+ unit production targets.