The Best 3PLs for Functional & Nutraceutical Brands (2026)

Bulu tops our list because it was built inside the exact category this page covers: the company got its start shipping its own vitamin and supplement subscription box before becoming a full 3PL. Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, it can kit up to 100,000 units a day out of 20,000 square feet dedicated purely to kitting, built for the sample packs, variety boxes, and subscription assembly that gummy, powder, and stick-pack brands run on. It names monitoring sensitive expiration dates as a core capability and has shipped millions of ready-to-drink cans and bottles for functional-beverage brands. Its roster includes GNC, Onnit, and JYM Supplement Science, and a client testimonial comes from BIOPTIMIZERS, an adaptogen and nootropic supplement brand, concrete proof this operator handles the format here. Reputation is solid at 4.8 across four reviews. Its single-warehouse footprint means multi-region buyers should confirm ground reach for their customer base.

Selery Fulfillment takes the second spot because its nutraceutical page reads like a checklist for this exact angle: it names gummies and chewables, powders and drink mixes, and sachets, stick packs, and single-serve formats as product types it handles, plus dedicated subscription-box service and wellness kits and promotional bundles built for sampling and variety packs. It backs that with stated batch, lot, and expiration-date tracking and temperature-controlled space paired with high-volume packing lines, the combination that keeps gummies from softening and powders from clumping while still hitting subscription ship dates. Founded in 2014 and running from six warehouse locations with Shopify, Amazon, and Walmart integrations, Selery has drawn public praise from investor Mark Cuban and carries a 5.0 average across four reviews plus a 90-day satisfaction guarantee. It does not publish named nutraceutical client case studies, so confirm current format experience and FEFO practices for your specific SKUs before signing.

Shipfusion is the large-scale pick for brands that have outgrown a boutique operator. Its dedicated supplements page details exactly the mechanics this angle needs: subscription boxes, kitting, product bundling, and marketing inserts for sample and variety packs, plus a stated FIFO and FEFO model for lot and expiry tracking. Its most distinctive feature for gummies and powders is weather-aware cold-chain shipping, temperature-controlled, FDA- and SQF-certified warehouse space combined with weather API logic that adjusts shipping to keep temperature-sensitive product intact in transit. Running four facilities across Chicago, Pennsylvania, Las Vegas, and Toronto, with the Toronto site Health Canada approved, it reaches most of the US and Canada within two days by ground, useful when a launch or influencer spike needs volume fast. Reputation is the deepest in this set, a 5.0 average across twelve reviews. Its scale suits brands past the earliest startup stage more than pre-revenue launches.

Square 1 is the pick built specifically for the humidity and temperature sensitivity this angle keeps running into. Its FDA-registered facility runs engineered climate control, 68 degrees Fahrenheit and 40 to 60 percent humidity, purpose-built for packaged food, beverage, and supplement products, exactly the conditions that keep gummies from softening and powders from clumping. It operates two dedicated divisions inside a 114,000-square-foot Springfield, Missouri distribution center, offering subscription-box fulfillment, lot tracking and expiration-date management, sourcing, and kitting alongside pick and pack. From its central location, orders reach Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Illinois in a day and much of the Midwest and South within two days, useful ground reach for a fast-growing DTC brand. Reputation is strong at 4.9 across three reviews, though that review count is thin, so run a paid trial before committing volume.

Awesome Solutions fits early-growth brands riding a launch or influencer spike before they have enterprise volume. The New Jersey operator has built more than 25 years around high-growth DTC health and wellness brands doing roughly 1,000 to 10,000 orders a month, the exact stage where a viral TikTok Shop moment or influencer partnership can spike demand overnight. It names lot tracking and FDA-aware handling for supplements, cosmetics, and food as a core capability, alongside subscription boxes, kitting, bundling, and cross-docking, and it integrates with Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Etsy, and eBay so a fast-scaling format brand can add channels without re-platforming. Same-day fulfillment out of its Piscataway facility helps absorb demand surges. Reputation is a clean 5.0 across six reviews. Its single, roughly 6,000-square-foot facility means brands should confirm capacity and expansion plans as volume climbs past the early-growth range.

Encore Fulfillment rounds out the list as a dedicated supplement-vertical operator rather than a generalist carrying a wellness tag. Its own site runs a named Supplement and Vitamin Fulfillment page covering multivitamins, herbal, protein, pre- and post-workout, weight-management, and antioxidant supplements, backed by a stated 99.9 percent order-accuracy rate and real-time inventory tracking. It offers dedicated subscription-box fulfillment plus custom packaging, inserts, and product bundling for kitted and sampled formats. The honest gap against the operators above it is specificity: Encore's public materials describe supplement categories broadly rather than naming gummies, powders, stick packs, or effervescents by format, and it does not publish lot or FEFO detail. Reputation is solid at 4.8 across five reviews from a single facility. Worth shortlisting alongside a more format-specific pick above, with format-handling and expiry-tracking questions asked directly before committing.