Supplements & Nutraceuticals
Watching shelf life, lot control, and compliance decide whether your supplements ever reach the shelf?
We store your stock under controlled temperature where the product requires it, manage expiry and lot tracking so nothing ships out of date, and act as your Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies.
How we work with supplements
Nothing ships out of date.
We store stock under controlled temperature, where the product requires it, at the operating base in Europe, and manage expiry and lot tracking so nothing ships out of date. We act as your Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies, and we flag where novel-food rules may apply.
We manage expiry and lot tracking, and act as your Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies.
How we run it
Nothing ships out of date, nothing ships uncompliant.
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Controlled temperature where it is needed
Stock is held under controlled temperature, where the product requires it, at the operating base in Europe.
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Expiry and lot tracking
We manage expiry and lot tracking, so nothing ships out of date and every lot is accounted for.
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Responsible Person under GPSR
We act as your Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies as a consumer product.
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Novel-food flagged
We flag where novel-food rules may apply, so you know before it becomes a problem.
Where your product goes
Direct to customers, and to retailers and distributors.
Supplements sell direct and through the trade at the same time. The same lot-tracked stock serves both, from inside the EU, within its dated shelf life.
| Where | What happens |
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| Direct to your customer | D2C orders ship from stock already inside the EU, picked within its lot and expiry discipline. |
| Retailers and distributors | Trade orders go out as B2B freight from the same lot-tracked inventory, so what reaches a shelf carries the same control as what reaches a door. |
| Available inside the EU | Stock is already in and already cleared, ready to dispatch the moment an order arrives, direct or trade. |
How the operating base serves supplements
One bonded pool, feeding every order you ship.
Your stock can land in a bonded customs warehouse inside the EU, so duty and import VAT are deferred until each order ships. It is held temperature-controlled, where a product requires it, with expiry and lot tracking, and one bonded pool dispatches across every channel you sell through.
- D2C
Held under bond, your stock carries no duty or import VAT until a consumer order is released, then ships from inside the single market with OSS VAT handled across the 27.
- Marketplace
The same cleared pool preps and dispatches marketplace orders, with expiry and lot tracking so nothing ships out of date.
- D2C + Marketplace
EFC can act as your Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies as a consumer product, and flags where novel-food rules may apply.
IN OPERATION
Every unit is tracked by lot number and expiry date, stored under controlled conditions, and dispatched with nothing out of date.
THE BASE FOR THIS SECTOR
How the European base serves Supplements & Nutraceuticals.
For supplements and nutraceuticals the base runs OSS VAT across the 27, the bonded pool, and full fulfilment across the direct-to-consumer and marketplace channels.
- Bonded customs warehouse Direct-to-consumer Stock can be held in a bonded customs warehouse, so duty and import VAT are deferred until each order ships.
- OSS VAT across the 27 Direct-to-consumer One-Stop-Shop VAT is filed across the 27 EU member states from a single registration, so cross-border sales settle through one return.
- Full fulfilment Direct-to-consumer Full fulfilment covers B2C and B2B pick and pack, assembly and kitting, returns and RMA, repairs, marketplace prep, and tailor-made work.
- Duty and import VAT deferred Direct-to-consumer Duty and import VAT are deferred until the goods are sold, so unsold inventory carries no border tax.
How it plays out
Two situations, run this way, end to end.
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The situation
A supplements brand discovering date problems at the moment of dispatch, when the shortest-dated stock had quietly become the oldest on the shelf.
What runs
We can store temperature-controlled, where a product requires it, and manage expiry and lot tracking on every line.
What changes
Nothing ships out of date, and every lot can be accounted for when anyone asks.
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The situation
A brand selling direct and into the trade at the same time, unsure which of its products even qualified for consumer compliance in Europe.
What runs
We act as Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies, and we flag where novel-food rules may apply.
What changes
The brand knows where each product stands before it is listed, not after it is challenged.
What you can count on
Safe. Proven.
Temperature-controlled, where a product requires it, with expiry and lot tracking managed, and Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies.
What you can count on
- Safe
- Proven
- Compliant
What buyers ask
What Supplements & Nutraceuticals brands ask before they move stock into Europe.
What storage conditions does EFC hold supplements under?
EFC can hold supplements temperature-controlled, where a product requires it, in its European centres, matched to what the product needs to keep through its dated shelf life.
Who checks EU labeling and date requirements before our supplements ship?
EFC checks labels and dates against EU food information requirements, Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, today as part of the operation, and runs expiry and lot tracking so nothing ships out of date.
How does EFC make sure the shortest-dated stock goes out first?
EFC picks supplements on expiry-first discipline, so the shortest-dated lot in date leaves before newer stock, not after it. That is how stock with selling days left reaches the customer instead of expiring on the shelf.
Who covers the consumer-compliance side for supplements, and what about novel-food rules?
EFC acts as your Responsible Person under GPSR where the product qualifies as a consumer product, and flags where novel-food rules may apply so you know before it becomes a problem. EFC does not clear a novel-food product; it tells you where the question arises.
How is VAT handled when we sell supplements direct to customers across the EU?
Because EFC ships your D2C supplement orders from stock already inside the EU, each sale is a domestic dispatch rather than an import into the customer country, the case the EU One-Stop-Shop VAT scheme is built for. The operation runs from an EU base so cross-border consumer sales sit on one VAT logic.
When is duty due on supplement stock we hold in Europe?
EFC handles customs once when stock enters the EU, so duty is not charged per parcel on the way out. A unit held in stock and not yet sold has not triggered a per-order border charge.
Does EFC serve retailers and distributors too?
EFC ships trade orders as B2B freight from the same lot-tracked inventory, so what reaches a shelf carries the same control as what reaches a door.
How do we start with EFC for supplements?
EFC starts from what you sell, then shows you how the storage, the lot control, and the compliance get handled. Tell us your product to begin.
Supplements & Nutraceuticals
Talk to us about getting your supplements onto European shelves.
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