Category & Certification — FAQ

Costs vary by product — typically a few hundred to a few thousand USD across screening fees, lab tests, and certification bodies. We provide a detailed quote at consultation.

It's a Korean filing that lets a brand sell under its own name without manufacturing in-house. We're licensed for both health functional foods and meat products.

Partners are selected on HACCP-certified facilities, with GMP-certified plants for health-functional-food dosage forms. Certification info is based on partners' public certificates and competent-authority registrations, and certificate copies can be requested before contract.

As a licensed Health-Functional-Food Distributor, we review ad copy from the concept stage against Korea's Food Labeling & Advertising Act and Health Functional Food Act. High-risk phrases such as "immunity boost" or "weight-loss effect" are flagged early and reworked into compliant alternatives.

Distribution-Only lets you sell and distribute under your own brand; Consignment resells another brand's goods. BDL is a licensed Distribution-Only entity for both HFF and meat products and can register the brand owner as the official seller.

End-to-end: product manufacturing filing, imported-food seller license (if applicable), pre-screening for HFF/general-food ads, self-declared labeling review, and shelf-life testing coordination.

HFF, special-nutrition foods, and pill-form general foods (strengthened in 2026) require pre-screening. AI-generated visuals, celebrity endorsements, and before/after imagery need separate substantiation.

Yes. Together with partner CROs we prepare safety and efficacy dossiers, submit to MFDS, and respond to review comments. Approval typically takes 12–18 months.

· Unverified (amber): nutrition values are AI estimates that have not passed a deterministic calculator. Final values come from an accredited lab report. · Source verification needed (gray): shown automatically when a citation contains a notice/approval number or when the link domain is outside our allowlist (MFDS, Foodsafetykorea, data.go.kr, law.go.kr, EFSA, FDA, Japan CAA); such links are hidden. · Both badges are applied by system rules, not manually, and are cleared after PM review and lab certificates.

Public documents registered by our admin are viewable directly in the 'Manufacturer verification & evidence' block of the formulation result. Each partner shows Verified / In progress / Unverified, and the public badge and wording update automatically when documents are added or verification is completed. Confidential originals are shared under NDA during consultation.