Start with the brief. Clarify the next step.

Coda is your point of contact for Australian product development. We turn your requirements into a product brief and manage the agreed work across manufacturer selection, quotations, samples, packaging and production preparation. External manufacturers develop and make the product, laboratories carry out testing, and import and labelling specialists handle their respective areas.

Yes. We help develop products carrying your brand name and logo. You can start with an existing formulation, customise selected features such as ingredients or fragrance, or commission a new formulation. Your product brief and sales plan guide the options we present, including what the manufacturer can supply, the cost and the minimum order.

Your product quotation will state the minimum order as a specific quantity. We distinguish the minimum manufacturing batch from minimum orders for containers and printed packaging, and explain how these relate to the number of finished units. Share your intended first order so we can propose manufacturing and packaging options suited to that scale.

Once the product, packaging and quantity are defined, we propose an estimated first-order total. The quotation sets out the Coda-managed work included, separately charged items and payment stages. Freight, customs and taxes are identified where they require separate settlement. Paid work starts only after you approve the quotation and scope.

We can plan a sample stage before production. We confirm with the manufacturer whether an existing sample is available or a new sample is needed for your ingredients, flavour or feel. Before work starts, we agree quantities, fees, included revisions and dispatch timing, and clarify whether brand printing or final packaging is included. Commercial production follows your approval of the sample and final specification.

We help communicate Australian manufacturing through suitable product and packaging labels. From manufacturer selection, we check the actual ingredients and Australian manufacturing processes, gather origin evidence and confirm wording against Australian and destination-market rules before a production order. If you want the Australian Made certification logo on a product exported to Korea, we explain product-specific eligibility and the application process, and coordinate packaging use after a licence is granted. Food sold within Australia is labelled under the applicable food labelling standard.

Coda connects the Australian manufacturer's document preparation with the work of your Korean importer and specialists. Before production, the team establishes the product classification, ingredients and Korean label, and identifies the facility registrations, test records and import documents needed for that product. The Korean importer and specialists handle the relevant authorities' registration, declaration and inspection procedures, including MFDS procedures where applicable, and customs clearance. We set out the required documents, responsible parties and preparation sequence for you.

We discuss formula usage rights and sales exclusivity with the manufacturer around your business plans. If you also want to own the formula or have it made by another factory, raise this during the development discussion. Before development starts, the rights the manufacturer agrees to provide, the documentation and the costs are set out in writing.