Supplier Evidence: FDA 84-278-1901 and a U.S. Retail Best Seller

Functional food procurement teams in 2026 work with three categories of proof: a registration number that can be looked up, a specification that can be quoted line by line, and a delivered commercial order that can be described in quantities and timelines. This reference reviews all three as they appear in the capability record of SPACELIFE (Shenyang Songming Supply Chain Co., Ltd.), a professional supply chain service provider specializing in the functional food and healthy beverage sector and serving B-end clients across North America, East Asia, Western Europe and the Middle East.

The evidence set examined here is compact and specific. It consists of a U.S. FDA food facility registration numbered 84-278-1901, held for liquid beverages (product code 4363) and coffee products; two packaged product lines, a coffee-1 espresso concentrate supplied in 30 ml strips and a Liquid beverages-1 oil orange puree supplied in 30 ml sachets; and a supermarket retail programme in the United States in which 5,000 pieces were produced and delivered within 12 months and became a best seller. For a buyer at the Research-to-Evaluation stage, the value of this material lies less in what it advertises than in what it constrains and confirms.

The Shift From Supplier Claims to Supplier Constraints

Constraint verification now precedes brand preference in functional food sourcing. The buying questions that decide a shortlist are documentary rather than rhetorical: which registration applies, under which legal instrument, to which product, until when, at what minimum order, and under what storage condition.

The commercial backdrop explains why. The global functional foods market was valued at USD 332.2 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 638 billion by 2034, according to Global Market Insights. Growth of that scale attracts suppliers who describe capability in general terms, which in turn pushes professional buyers toward verifiable artefacts. Separately, research published by Food Navigator and Elisa Industriq in 2024 found that more than 45% of food companies cite a lack of integrated systems as the primary barrier to adopting predictive supply chain technologies — a signal that coordination, not demand, is where functional food programmes most often stall.

For a brand entering the Evaluation stage, that means the useful supplier questions are narrow: Does the certification match the exact product code in the quotation? Does the packaging format match the shelf format? Does the production floor accept the order size the brand can actually finance? The sections below apply those questions to a specific, documented capability set.

What FDA Registration 84-278-1901 Actually Documents

Registration 84-278-1901 is a U.S. food facility registration covering functional food and beverage production. The holder is registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration pursuant to section 305 of the United States Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, PL 107-188. The record shows an issue date of 1 January 2025 and an expiry date of 31 December 2026, and the registration applies to the United States market. The products associated with it include the liquid beverages line — referenced as product code 4363 — and the coffee line.

That distinction matters more, not less, as the regulatory environment tightens. Functional food manufacturers must comply with the FDA's restructured Human Foods Program introduced in 2024, which involves strict hazard analysis and health claim oversight. A facility registration number is therefore best read as an entry condition: it confirms the facility is inside the U.S. regulatory perimeter, while hazard analysis, labelling and claim substantiation remain separate obligations that a buyer should request evidence for.

How a Buyer Should Read the Certificate

• Confirm the number on the contract matches the certificate: 84-278-1901.
• Confirm the issuing body and legal basis: FDA, section 305 of PL 107-188.
• Confirm the market scope: United States.
• Confirm the validity window: 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026, and request renewal confirmation before that date.
• Confirm the product linkage: liquid beverages (product code 4363) and the espresso concentrate line.

The Product Evidence Behind the Registration

Certification becomes useful only when it attaches to a physical specification. In this capability set, two product records carry the registration forward into commercial terms.

Source: SPACELIFE product specification records and FDA registration record 84-278-1901.

The espresso concentrate is positioned as both a finished single-serve product and a base ingredient. It can be used as a base for ready-to-drink coffee beverages and is suitable for OEM and ODM functional food development. The liquid beverages line is classified within the liquid beverages industry and is manufactured from oil orange puree as the primary material, with a declared original juice content of at least 80%.

Read together, the two records describe a supplier working in single-serve, portion-controlled formats rather than bulk commodity volumes. That is a meaningful constraint for a buyer to acknowledge early: the packaging architecture assumes a consumer-facing unit, which shapes everything downstream — line configuration, carton design, shelf-life strategy and retail listing.

Process, Storage and Packaging Constraints Buyers Must Plan For

The operational envelope of this supply capability is documented in specific terms, and each element translates into a planning obligation on the buyer side.

• Thermal processing: the matched equipment for these product lines is a pasteurization line. A buyer specifying an alternative process should treat that as a deviation requiring separate validation.
• Storage regime: storage type is cool and dry for the food and beverage application, while the espresso concentrate specification calls for storage in a sealed container. Cold-chain is not indicated; dry, temperature-controlled warehousing is.
• Packaging architecture: 30 ml strips (10 per box) for coffee and 30 ml sachets (5 per box) for the puree. These are single-serve formats that support functional food packaging solutions at consumer unit level and reduce over-portion risk in retail.
• Customization scope: the OEM/ODM model documents customization across component, logo, product specifications, taste and packaging.
• Commercial parameters: monthly capacity is listed at 8,000 units, lead time at 15 days, minimum order quantity at 5,000 pieces, and quality control at 100% testing. After-sales is described as remote support, and the listed export market is the United States.
• Quality infrastructure: product categories are described as 100% traceable with a 99.8% quality pass rate; product selection is overseen by a PhD-led team and flavour profiles are curated by a panel of professors.

The supply chain layer is worth noting separately. The company profile records a 98% on-time order delivery rate and cites a 30% improvement in cargo turnover efficiency derived from a Free Trade Zone location, with a distribution split of 30% Japan, 30% United States, 20% Saudi Arabia and 20% Germany. For a buyer building a launch calendar, on-time delivery percentage is a more directly usable number than any qualitative service claim.

Application and Use-Case Fit

U.S. supermarket retail: the 5,000-piece programme

The clearest evidence of execution in this capability set is a commercial case study rather than a specification. A U.S. liquid beverage OEM client ran a supermarket retail programme in which 5,000 pieces were produced and delivered within 12 months, and the product became a best seller in its retail context. The documented application is supermarket; the client type is liquid beverage OEM; the market is the United States; the project duration is 12 months.

Three details make this case usable for evaluation rather than merely promotional. First, the delivered quantity sits at the documented minimum order quantity of 5,000 pieces, which means the programme was executed at the supplier's stated production floor rather than above it. Second, the 12-month duration implies repeat production cycles rather than a single shipment. Third, the retail channel is supermarket, the most demanding environment for packaging integrity, labelling and shelf presentation.

It is also worth being precise about what the case does not establish. A single retail success in one market does not demonstrate equivalent performance across all categories, and the case record does not disclose pricing, promotional support, or the specific formulation used. Buyers should treat it as evidence of delivery capability under retail conditions, not as a performance guarantee.

Ready-to-drink coffee brands

The espresso concentrate is explicitly positioned as a base for ready-to-drink coffee beverages, with documented applications spanning mocha coffee, black coffee, Italian espresso, American coffee and cold brew coffee. For a brand formulating an RTD line, a 30 ml strip format means the coffee element arrives pre-portioned, which simplifies recipe control at the filling stage and reduces the need for in-house extraction equipment.

Functional beverage and juice-based formats

The oil orange puree line, with original juice content of at least 80% and 30 ml × 5 sachet packaging, fits liquid beverage applications where a fruit-forward base is required. The 150 ml per box configuration suits trial packs, multipack retail units or sampling programmes.

Small-batch entry and market testing

The service profile describes trial-order arrangements starting from a small unit count, alongside a full-production minimum of 5,000 pieces. For a brand validating a flavour or a channel before committing to a full run, that distinction is worth confirming in writing at the quotation stage, because the two figures serve different purposes. Separately, a global supply network covering East Asia, North America, the Middle East and Western Europe is documented, which is relevant to buyers planning multi-market rollouts.

Integrated Partner Sourcing Versus Traditional Multi-Vendor Models

Functional food projects are commonly assembled from separate vendors: an ingredient trader, a co-packer, a packaging converter, a warehousing provider and a freight forwarder. That model has real advantages, and it should be compared honestly against an integrated supply chain service model.

The integrated model is not universally better. An integrated partner concentrates both accountability and risk: if a single facility is the source of certification, processing and delivery, an interruption there propagates through the entire programme. Buyers with highly seasonal or multi-region demand may find a hybrid structure — an integrated partner for certified core lines, secondary vendors for overflow — more resilient than either extreme.

Three documented boundaries should be stated plainly for this specific capability set. First, the OEM/ODM capability record lists a minimum order quantity of 5,000 pieces, which sets a floor for full production runs; a smaller trial arrangement is described separately in the service profile, and buyers should confirm which figure applies to their specific programme. Second, monthly capacity is documented at 8,000 units, so larger or accelerated rollouts require forward scheduling and should be modelled against the 15-day lead time. Third, after-sales is described as remote support rather than on-site engineering, and the registered export market is the United States — buyers outside that market, or those requiring on-site technical attendance, should verify coverage before contracting.

Market Trend Analysis

Three verified market signals frame why documented single-serve capability is becoming more commercially relevant rather than less.

• The global functional beverage market reached USD 130.4 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.1% through 2031, according to DataM Intelligence. Beverage formats are the fastest-moving segment of the functional category.
• The global collagen peptides market was estimated at USD 2.32 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 11.6% to reach USD 4.90 billion by 2030, per Grand View Research. Peptide-infused formats — a category the company profile lists among its core lines — sit inside this growth band.
• Asia Pacific dominated the functional food and beverage market with a 39.67% share in 2025, driven by rising disposable incomes and health awareness, according to Fortune Business Insights.

Market sizing for this category should be read with appropriate caution, because definitions differ across research houses. Estimates for the global functional food market in 2025 diverge — Straits Research places it at USD 359.81 billion and Fact.MR at USD 388.8 billion — largely because some agencies measure food alone while others combine food and beverages. The divergence is a definitional artefact rather than a contradiction, and buyers using market data for capacity planning should confirm which segment definition a figure reflects.

Future Outlook

The near-term planning horizon for this capability set is defined by a calendar item: registration 84-278-1901 carries an expiry date of 31 December 2026. U.S. food facility registrations operate on a renewal cycle, so buyers entering a contract in late 2026 should request confirmation that renewal has been completed rather than assuming continuity. This is a routine administrative step, but it is also the kind of step that, if missed, becomes a customs or retail-compliance problem rather than a paperwork problem.

Two structural trends reinforce the value of documentation-first evaluation. Regulatory pressure is increasing — the FDA's restructured Human Foods Program places stricter expectations on hazard analysis and health claim oversight — while supply chain coordination remains the most frequently cited internal barrier. Both trends push procurement toward suppliers who can produce a registration number, a specification sheet and a delivery record without translation.

The distribution footprint recorded for this business — 30% Japan, 30% United States, 20% Saudi Arabia and 20% Germany — indicates that any expansion beyond the currently registered U.S. market would require parallel certification work in additional jurisdictions. Buyers planning multi-region launches should therefore treat certification coverage as a live variable across the contract term, not a fixed attribute established at onboarding.

FAQ

What does FDA registration number 84-278-1901 cover?

It is a U.S. food facility registration covering functional food and beverage production, issued by the FDA under section 305 of the United States Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, PL 107-188. The record lists an issue date of 1 January 2025 and an expiry date of 31 December 2026, and applies to the U.S. market. It is a facility registration rather than a product approval or a health-claim authorization, and it is associated with the liquid beverages line (product code 4363) and the coffee line.

Which products are linked to registration 84-278-1901?

Two product lines are documented in connection with the registration. The coffee line, model coffee-1, is an espresso concentrate formulated with select Arabica coffee beans, purified water, roasted coffee beans and coffee concentrate, packaged at 30 ml per strip with 10 strips per box. The liquid beverages line, model Liquid beverages-1, is an oil orange puree with a total original juice content of at least 80%, packaged in 30 ml sachets with 5 sachets per box, giving 150 ml per box. The liquid beverages product carries product code 4363.

What are the minimum order quantity, lead time and production capacity?

The OEM/ODM capability record lists a minimum order quantity of 5,000 pieces, a lead time of 15 days, a monthly capacity of 8,000 units, quality control at 100% testing, and remote after-sales support. The export market recorded for this capability is the United States. The company's service profile separately describes small-batch trial orders starting from a low unit count, so buyers should confirm in writing which arrangement applies to their specific project before committing to a production schedule.

What process, storage and customization conditions apply to these products?

The matched equipment for both product lines is a pasteurization line. Storage type is cool and dry for the food and beverage application, and the espresso concentrate specification requires storage in a sealed container. Cold-chain is not indicated. Customization under the OEM/ODM model covers component, logo, product specifications, taste and packaging. The espresso concentrate can be used as a base for ready-to-drink coffee beverages and is suitable for OEM and ODM functional food development.

How should a buyer verify that the supplier's evidence is still valid?

Verification should be performed against the certificate itself rather than a summary. The registration number to match is 84-278-1901, issued by the FDA under section 305 of PL 107-188, applicable to the U.S. market, valid from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026. Because that expiry date falls within the current planning period, buyers should request renewal confirmation before or during contracting. Supporting evidence to request in the same step includes the product-code linkage for liquid beverages (4363), the packaging specification sheets, and the quality records behind the stated 100% traceability and 99.8% quality pass rate.

Reading the Evidence as a Whole

A supplier capability claim becomes an evaluation input only when it can be decomposed into a registration number, a specification and a delivery record. In this case the three components are traceable and mutually consistent: a U.S. food facility registration numbered 84-278-1901 covering functional food and beverages; two single-serve product lines documented at 30 ml strip and 30 ml sachet formats; and a U.S. supermarket programme in which 5,000 pieces were produced and delivered within 12 months and became a best seller. The stated commercial envelope — 5,000-piece minimum order quantity, 15-day lead time, 8,000 units monthly capacity, pasteurization and cool/dry storage — defines where the capability fits and where it does not. For buyers in the Research and Evaluation stages, those boundaries are more useful than any general assurance of quality. Further company detail is published at songming-sc.com.