Request a Bulk Ingredient Quote
Tell PFVN what you need, including the ingredient, product format, technical specification, certification requirements, quantity, packaging, destination and timing. The more clearly your requirements are defined, the easier it is to evaluate relevant supply options.
A complete RFQ gets a more useful response.
Commercial ingredient sourcing depends on both technical suitability and supply requirements. A request containing only an ingredient name may not provide enough information to determine which product, source, packaging or supply program is appropriate.
- Exact product and required format
- Intended food or beverage application
- Critical technical specification
- Conventional, organic or other program requirement
- Trial quantity and expected annual volume
- Preferred industrial packaging
- Ship-to location and requested timing
- Mandatory quality or documentation requirements
If you already have a purchasing specification or incumbent product specification, include the most important parameters in the form below. Requirements may differ substantially between juice concentrates, purees, frozen products, powders and specialty ingredients.
Need help defining the request? Read the bulk ingredient buyer guide, review quality & documentation requirements or browse the industrial application library.
Useful parameters depend on the ingredient format.
You do not need to provide every possible specification value, but including the parameters that are critical to your formulation or purchasing standard can significantly improve the quality of the sourcing request. Exact values should be based on your requirements rather than assumed from generic product data.
Juice Concentrates
Common considerations may include °Brix, acidity, pH, clear or cloudy appearance, color, pulp content, flavor profile and processing format. For certain programs, origin or juice type may also be important.
NFC Juices
Buyers may specify natural soluble solids, acidity, pH, pulp level, clarification status, pasteurization requirements and sensory profile. Package and required storage conditions should also be identified.
Fruit & Vegetable Purees
Useful parameters can include °Brix, pH, titratable acidity, viscosity, particle size, screen or finish, color and aseptic or frozen processing format.
IQF Frozen Products
Relevant details may include whole, sliced, diced or other cut format, target dimensions, grade, defect tolerance, variety, calibration and required frozen storage conditions.
Fruit & Vegetable Powders
Powder requests may specify moisture, particle size or mesh, carrier system where applicable, bulk density, color, solubility or dispersibility, processing method and packaging.
Specialty Ingredients
Citrus oils, cells and pastes can require format-specific parameters such as specific gravity, refractive index, optical rotation, pulp or cell profile, °Brix, viscosity or volatile composition.
Quantity and packaging are part of the specification.
Ingredient suitability is only one part of a commercial quotation. Minimum quantities, package configuration, palletization, storage requirements and freight can materially affect supply feasibility.
- Sample or development quantity
- First commercial order quantity
- Expected annual usage
- Preferred drum, pail, tote, carton, sack or bag-in-box format
- Aseptic, frozen, refrigerated or ambient handling requirement
- Ship-to city, state or province, postal code and country
- Requested first-delivery date
Tell us what your approval process requires.
Buyers may require documentation before an ingredient can enter formulation trials or supplier qualification. If specific documentation is mandatory, identify it in the RFQ so the requirement can be considered together with product availability.
- Current product specification
- Certificate of analysis requirements
- Ingredient statement
- Allergen information
- Microbiological criteria
- Country-of-origin requirements
- Organic or other certification requirements
- Other customer-specific quality documentation
Use your critical requirements to define the inquiry.
Fruit and vegetable ingredients are agricultural and processed products. Technical properties may vary by raw material variety, origin, crop, maturity, processing method, manufacturer and individual supply program.
PFVN therefore recommends evaluating the current specification for the actual product being quoted rather than assuming that a generic value applies to every source of the same ingredient.
If a parameter is critical to your manufacturing process, include the required range or limit in your inquiry. This may include °Brix, acidity, pH, viscosity, cut size, particle size, microbiological limits, moisture, certification, origin or another customer-defined requirement.
Send the product, specification, quantity, package and destination.
Include the technical parameters and quality requirements that are important to your application so the inquiry can be reviewed in the correct commercial context.