Why the gas decides whether the project works
Anyone can quote you a machine. The questions that actually decide a sparkling-drink project are usually these three: can the cylinder travel with gas in it, can it be packed with the machine, and what happens when the customer finishes it. Get those wrong and you have a product that works in the warehouse and not in the market.
What we supply
Food-grade CO₂ in four formats, with either a screw-in or a quick-connect valve:
| Format | Typical use |
|---|---|
| 420 g / 0.6 L | Counter-top machines — 360 mm with the valve, 61 mm across, TR21-4 or G21-4 to ISO 17879 |
| 157 g | Slimmer counter-top and portable units |
| 74 g | Compact and travel formats |
| 8 g capsule | Single-serve, handheld — the FIZZGO / SODAP route |
The 0.6 L cylinder is the one most projects standardise on, because it is the size that gives a household a sensible number of drinks before anyone has to think about refilling.
TPED and DOT — what it actually buys you
Being certified under both TPED (Europe) and DOT (United States) is what allows a cylinder to be shipped with gas inside instead of travelling empty and being filled at the destination. In practice that removes a whole local supply chain your distributor would otherwise have to build before they could sell the product at all.
It also lets us pack the cylinder in the same carton as the machine — one SKU, one shipment, one customs line. For a brand launching in a new country, that is the difference between a product and a programme.
The part most suppliers skip: after the first sale
A sparkling appliance is bought once and used weekly. If the customer cannot get gas, the machine ends up in a cupboard and your reorder rate is whatever the initial shipment was.
So cylinder supply and exchange sit inside our business rather than beside it: the same company that makes the bottle and the machine also handles the gas, which means the sizes, the valves and the paperwork are designed to match from the start. The exact shape of an exchange programme depends on your market — bring us the market and we will tell you what is possible there.
What to send us
- The market. TPED and DOT cover a lot, but not everything — say where it ships.
- The machine. Ours or yours; the valve has to match and we need to know which.
- The format. Counter-top, portable or capsule.
- Whether you want the gas in your carton or on a separate line.
- What your customs and food-contact rules ask for. We will answer with what we hold.
Documents that ship with the gas: the CO₂ certificate of analysis (CoS) and MSDS, plus the TPED and DOT cylinder certification. Scans of the documents we hold are on the Why 4° page.
Where this fits
We describe our machines as counter-top water dispensers — a standard appliance your buyers already stock — with sparkling as the plus-one. The CO₂ system is what makes that appliance keep earning after the first sale, which is why we treat it as part of the product rather than as an accessory.
- Read next: the CO₂ systems in our range.
- Read next: the certificates importers ask for.
- Read next: private label — machine and gas under your own brand.