Well Jim if you feel very strongly about this product, heres an option for you because i know the minimums of most contract manufacturing places is usually 1-10 million capsules or if its a powder product the minimum is 5000 pounds of a single run (single type/single flavor). Most people know I own Trueprotein with Doug, the unknown is the other half of our business is Primarch Manufacturing and we manufacture a slew of the name brand products in the industry....both capsulized and powder.
If you feel very strongly about the product and everything looks kosher, Doug and I will give you the same deal we have given 2-3 startups in the industry. If it is worthy, We will manufacture it for you and we will pay for all costs of that manufacturing, jugging, heat sealing, and digital labeling either together (or out of Doug and my pockets, providing we get paid back that amount somewhere down the road in the long run). All you would have to do is to do the marketing of said product. If it is a worthy product Doug and I will sign all nondisclosure and noncompeting agreements you want us to sign. And we would be looking at a partnership or percentage of sorts.
This would be a way to get your product on the shelf or out there distributed at the least amount of cost to yourself.
Something to think about anyway......