Ccobato’s HNB (Heat-Not-Burn) OEM/ODM Services & New Product Range for 2024

Risks & Opportunities Coexist

In recent years, the NGP industry has been rapidly developing. Vapes and e-cigarettes have developed rapidly in the early stage due to their rich flavors, low prices and not regulated by tobacco policies.

However, as global regulations on e-cigarette flavors tighten and traditional tobacco companies accelerate their deployment in HNB (heat-not-burn), the scale of the HNB industry is accelerating to catch up.

Facing the increasingly fierce competition in the market, companies with brand advantages and channel advantages have begun to expand more categories to meet the diverse needs of consumers and cope with the risks of a single category.

This not only increases the number of users and revenue, but also reduces expenditures through the reuse of brand marketing resources and channel resources.

New Opportunities: Heat-Not-Burn Herbal Stick

The EU HTP flavor ban comes into effect on November 23, 2022. Against this background, Big Tobacco has also launched heat-not-burn herbal products in response to the flavor ban.

In most countries, this product is not subject to tobacco and e-cigarette regulations and can be sold and advertised compliantly. Like flavored vapes, it can help consumers quit smoking while getting a flavor and nicotine experience.

Still, it’s not an easy task. Unlike vape and e-cigarettes, most of HNB’s patents are in the hands of Big Tobacco.

Fortunately, we found a unique technical route that allows us to produce Heat-Not-Burn sticks as well. Therefore, we have become partners with some big tobacco and well-know e-cigarette companies, providing them with OEM/ODM services.

Just like vapes, every brand and distributor has opportunities with its unique brand personality, good business reputation, vast customer resources, precise market positioning, excellent marketing strategies and other advantages.

The market is huge and requires the full cooperation of brands, distributors and manufacturers to make the cake bigger. And we are the manufacturer that provides you with basic services.

Heat-Not-Burn Herbal Stick is the latest trend. Although it has been around for many years, as technology matures and policies change, it is time for it to explode.

Why Choose Ccobato Heat-Not-Burn Herbal Stick?

After years of development in the HNB industry, everyone is no stranger to it. But technology is always advancing, and here are some new reasons for you to choose Ccobato Heat-Not-Burn Herbal Stick:

The choice of big tobacco and e-cigarette companies

As mentioned above, we are fortunate to be partners with some big tobacco and e-cigarette companies. Yes, the top companies that everyone knows. They are extremely strict in the selection of suppliers and will comprehensively assess the suppliers’ patents, reputation, management level, quality, price, production speed, social responsibility and other aspects. Our products have passed MSDS, TPD, Japan JFRL and other certifications. You can focus on marketing and channels and leave product production to us with confidence.

Technology patent pool that passed FTO analysis

Technology patents are a necessary condition for establishing a foothold in the market to ensure that products will not be taken off the shelves on a large scale due to patent issues.

In addition to the patent for the stick itself, we also obtained a technology patent for adapting electromagnetic induction heating devices. This enables the product to adapt to most mainstream devices and reduce operating costs.

Technical Route

Technical Route	Sponge Paste	Flake	Granular
Image
Patent Status	Ccobato company patent	Held by Big Tobacco	Industry common solutions
Cost	The process is simple, the equipment investment is small, and the cost is low	The cost of the production line is high, but due to the advantage of scale, the cost of the product is relatively low	Proven granulation solution, but higher production costs

Newly upgraded base material in 2024, clean and odor-free

Competitor products and our earlier Heat-Not-Burn Herbal Stick had issues with earthy odors due to the use of tea leaves as an ingredient. Fortunately, we have successfully resolved this issue. The new base material makes our products clean and odor-free. What you will experience will be a comfortable fruit aroma, as well as a sweet and cool feeling.

Compatible with mainstream heating device

Our products can be adapted to sheet heating device. At the same time, we can provide matching heating devices. If you are in this industry, perhaps you know that this is not an easy task.

In addition, we can also provide samples that are compatible with mainstream electromagnetic induction heating device. This solution has been patented and is the only solution on the market that has no patent issues, and has a high recognition rate (about 90%-100%). It is expected to achieve medium-scale production in August. The recognition rate is an important parameter, which is equivalent to how many sticks are available, otherwise it will be a waste product.

There are some sticks on the market that are suitable for electromagnetic induction heating device, but there are problems with infringement and low recognition rate, which pose a high risk. No one can afford patent complaints and mass customer complaints leading to product withdrawals.

Provide multiple versions to suit different markets

Due to differences in market conditions such as local policies, taxes, competitive environments, and customer needs, we provide tobacco version of heat-not-burn products and 6 versions of heat-not-burn herbal products to adapt to different market environments. Among them, for the heat-not-burn herbal series, optional flavors are e-cigarette flavor, flavors that imitate mainstream products, and optional additives are nicotine, nicotine substitutes (with similar effects to nicotine), and 0-nicotine.

For heated tobacco products made from tobacco, it uses our exclusive formula, which can highly restore the tobacco taste and give you an experience close to mainstream products. You won’t regret trying it.

Product Series and Target Customers

Pictures	Product Series	Properties	Regulatory Policies	Target Consumers	Features
	CHT	●Heated tobacco	●HTP is legal ●Nicotine heated herb product is not legal ●Heated herb product is not legal ●Heated herb product has the same tax rate as HTP	●HTP users ●Users who don't like the strange smell of mainstream HTP ●Former heated herb product users	●Strong tobacco aroma ●Complex smell is less ●For restricted fruity areas, popping beads is optional (light fruity, fruity can be adjusted according to needs)
	Unicco Black Gold (Nicotine Substitute Options Available)	●Heated herb ●No tobacco ●Contains nicotine (nicotine substitute options available) ●Tastes like mainstream HTP	●2014/40/EU area (flavored HTP & flavored tobacco are not legal) ●Heated herb product has a lower tax rate than HTP	●Former flavored HTP users ●Former flavored tobacco users ●Users who like cost-effective ●Users who don't like the strange smell of mainstream HTP	●Tastes like mainstream HTP ●The fruit flavor is light, it can be adjusted according to the needs ●Coolness can be adjusted according to the needs
	Unicco Fruit Flavor (Nicotine Substitute Options Available)	●Heated herb ●No tobacco ●Contains nicotine (nicotine substitute options available) ●Tastes like flavored vape	●2014/40/EU area (flavored HTP & flavored tobacco are not legal) ●Heated herb product has a lower tax rate than HTP ●Flavored vapes is not legal	●Former flavored HTP users ●Former flavored tobacco users ●Users who like cost-effective ●Users who don't like the strange smell of mainstream HTP ●Former vape users	●Newly upgraded substrate, clean feeling, no more earthy smell ●Puffing pleasure ●For restricted fruity areas, popping beadsisoptional (fruity or enough cool & sweet) ●Optional mint flavor ●Obvious sweetness ●Adjustable coolness ●The taste is biased towards vapes ●The original version is sweeter and more pleasant than mainstream HTP
	Ccobato (Nicotine Substitute Options Available)	●Heated herb ●No tobacco ●No nicotine (nicotine substitute options available)	●Nicotine product isnot legal ●Nicotine heated herb product is not legal ●Non nicotine heated herb product no tax or lower tax rate ●Nicotine heated herb product has the same tax rate as HTP	●Quit smoking users ●Smoking social environment users who do not wish to inhale nicotine ●Vape user ●Users who like cost-effective ●Users who don't like the strange smell of mainstream HTP	●Newly upgraded substrate, clean feeling, no more earthy smell ●Puffing pleasure ●For restricted fruity areas, popping beads is optional(fruity or enough cool & sweet) ●Optional mint flavor ●Obvious sweetness ●Adjustable coolness ●The taste is biased towards vapes ●Nicotine substitute options available (It provides a nicotine-like experience and is addictive)

Flavor Planning - Single Flavor

Single Flavor	CHT (HTP)	Unicco Black Glod (Nicotine Herb)	Unicco Fruit Flavor (Nicotine Herb)	Ccobato (Nicotine-Free Herb)
American original			√
British original			√
Light original	√	√
Strong original	√	√
Light mint	√	√
Strong mint	√	√
Coffee tobacco		√
Clove	√	√
Blueberry	√●	√●	√●	√●
Grape	√●	√●	√●	√●
Strawberry	√●	√●	√●	√●
Cantaloupe	√●	√●	√●	√●
Peach	√●	√●	√●	√●
Orange	√●			√●
Mango	√●		√●	√●
Lemon			√●	√●
Pineapple			√●	√●
Tangerine			√●
Mint			√●	√●
Rum		√●

Notes:
√ : This Flavor has been planned. No popping beads
√● : This Flavor has been planned. It has popping beads

Flavor Planning - Mixed Favors

Mixed Favors	CHT (HTP)	Unicco Black Glod (Nicotine Herb)	Unicco Fruit Flavor (Nicotine Herb)	Ccobaot (Nicotine-Free Herb)
Cherry Chocolate	√●	√●	√●	√●
Whiskey Coke	√●	√●	√●	√●
Apple Brandy	√●	√●	√●	√●
Strawberry Champagne	√●	√●	√●	√●
Blueberry Vanilla	√●	√●	√●	√●
Mango Watermelon	√●	√●	√●	√●
Banana Milk	√●	√●	√●	√●
Lychee Milk	√●	√●	√●	√●
Mango Peach	√●	√●	√●	√●
Strawberry Kiwi	√●	√●	√●	√●
Plum Soda	√●	√●	√●	√●
Mojito	√●	√●	√●	√●

Notes:
√ : This Flavor has been planned. No popping beads
√● : This Flavor has been planned. It has popping beads

Client Cases

The company’s own brand products have been sold in more than 30 countries and regions, including Japan, Hungary, and Germany.

As a manufacturer that provides OEM/ODM services, we sincerely invite brand owners and distributors in related industries such as vapes, tobacco, cannabis, tobacco accessories, heat-not-burn, consumer goods, e-commerce, supermarkets, etc. to discuss cooperation and development.

Here are some of our client cases:

Big tobacco campany

Big tobacco company have good brand reputation and extensive sales channels. They used their own brand advantages to test customized flavored heated herbal sticks containing nicotine in some key regions and achieved good results. Plans are underway to launch in more regions.

Well-known Vape brand

Well-known vape companies have their own unique brand statements, and they have a unique group of followers. Expanding product lines allows them to reach more customers. Customized vape flavors heat-not-burn herbal sticks can allow them to retain customers affected by the ban on e-cigarette flavors. Diversified product lines are becoming the choice of more and more vape companies. This way they can reuse marketing resources and channels.

Hungarian tobacco accessories distributor

The distributor from Hungary was originally a tobacco accessories supplier, so they were able to cover most local tobacco stores. Under the e-cigarette ban, they pushed heat-not-burn sticks into a large number of stores. In this highly competitive, high-tax market, we can still compete with Big Tobacco. They also customize sticks with unique local flavors to differentiate themselves from the competition. With their help, we also entered the famous LIDL supermarket in Germany.

Japan FMCG company

Japan is a difficult market for nicotine vapes and nicotine herbal sticks to enter. Here, FMCG company have collaborated with us to launch nicotine-free sticks with good results. Our products have entered Japan’s three mainstream convenience stores – Family Mart, 7-Eleven, Lawson, well-known drugstores, and Don Quijote, and the accumulated product distribution points in Japan exceeded 25,000.

Ccobato Company Profile

Established in April 2019, CCOBATO is a technology-based start-up company that insists on independent innovation in the field of HNB. CCOBATO is committed to building a world-class Heat Not Burn Total Solution platform, providing customers with heat-not-burn products One-stop service.

It has a R&D center and a 200 pieces/day nicotine-free HNB production workshop in Dongguan, and a 200 pieces/day nicotine-containing HNB production workshop in Laos. A raw material R&D base is set in Kunming, Yunnan.

You can also briefly learn about us through this 2-minute video.

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