Food-grade packaging · MOQ 500 pcs
Tuck-top patisserie boxes, window boxes, gable carry boxes, meal-kit trays, compartment inserts and date or chocolate gift boxes for the Ramadan and Eid peak. Every one is built on direct-food-contact board with a grease-resistant barrier chosen for your product, and quoted against your own size and print.
Range
A bakery, a chocolatier and a meal-kit subscription need different things from the same box: grease resistance, a visible product, or compartments that keep components apart. We quote all three against one board, coating and print specification so the comparison is honest.
One die-cut sheet, tabbed and locked without glue. The format bakeries, patisseries and takeaway counters reorder, because it assembles in seconds and stores flat until then.
A tray with a rim, plus die-cut dividers, so components arrive separated instead of crushed into each other. Inserts are cut to your own products, not to a stock grid.
A rigid gift box that carries the branding, with a food-safe tray inside that carries the food. The structure most Gulf and Southeast Asian confectionery brands order for the seasonal peak.
The same one-piece construction as the box above, with a die-cut window and a film or paper specification so the product sells itself on a shelf or in a delivery photo. The window film is the component most likely to meet your market's packaging rule, so it is quoted as its own line.
The large-format end of the range: folding board for counter sales, E-flute corrugated where the box has to protect the bake on a delivery run, and a reinforced base so the lid stays square. Board grade and reinforcement are quoted per size.
Structure 01
A tuck-top box is a single die-cut sheet that folds and locks without glue. That matters in food packaging for two practical reasons: no adhesive or tape is held against the product, and the box travels and stores flat, so a bakery with a small back room can keep six sizes on a shelf.
Grease resistance comes from the board and the coating, not from the print. An aqueous barrier coating or a PLA dispersion is the plastic-free route; a separate liner board is the alternative when the product is genuinely oily. Which one you need is decided by the food, the temperature and the dwell time — so we ask, and then we test with a sample of your product.
Structure 02
The failure in meal-kit packaging is rarely the box. It is a sauce sachet that leaks into the dry components, or a tray that collapses under a stacked pallet. We design the tray with a rim, a fold or a separate compartment so each component stays where it was packed.
Inserts are die-cut board by default, because board is inexpensive, recyclable and can take a grease-resistant liner where one component is oily. Where a component needs a real physical barrier, we quote a food-safe insert as its own line rather than burying it in the unit price.
Structure 03
Dates, chocolate and seasonal sweets are the second annual packaging peak for Gulf and Southeast Asian brands, after the Q4 gifting season. Production slots for the gift box and the food-contact tray should be booked well ahead: artwork needs to be locked 4–6 months before the season, and foil, embossed and velvet-tray formats need a physical sample before that.
The structure is normally a rigid gift box with a die-cut tray inside, so the food never touches the printed or foiled surface. That separation is what makes a premium-looking gift box food-safe in practice: the outside carries the branding, the inside carries the food.
Structures
Every one is quoted against the same board, coating and print specification, so you can compare them like for like rather than by price alone.
| Structure | Where it is used | Construction | Food-contact note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuck-top patisserie box | Cakes, pastries, doughnuts, cookies, takeaway counters | One-piece die-cut board, self-locking base, no glue | Grease-resistant coating or a separate liner board |
| Window box | Products the customer should see before opening — macarons, biscuits, truffles | Printed board with a die-cut window | Coated board; window film specified for your market |
| Gable / carry box | Takeaway meals, lunch and picnic sets, party portions | Handle is part of the die-cut; coated board or corrugated | Coating for grease, corrugated where the load is hot or heavy |
| Meal-kit tray | Recipe kits and subscription food boxes with several components | Board or corrugated tray with a rim | Liner where one component is oily or wet |
| Compartment inserts | Confectionery, spices and small components that must stay apart | Die-cut board dividers, sleeves and platforms | Food-safe insert board wherever the component touches it |
| Date & chocolate gift box | Ramadan, Eid and Christmas confectionery gifting | Rigid gift box outside, tray inside | The food sits in the tray; the printed outer box never touches it |
Compliance
Food-contact compliance is destination-specific. There is no single certificate that covers every board, coating and ink, so we work to the specification written into your quote rather than to a logo on a website.
We will supply the destination market's required declarations and migration test documents for the exact board, coating and ink in your specification. The document set is therefore issued against the specification in your quote — not a generic one that happens to have our name on it.
Ask for the current certificate for the exact material you are buying. Certificates change with the board grade, the coating supplier and the ink, so a document issued for a different board is not evidence for yours. Tell us the market you are selling into at brief stage and we will tell you which documents we can provide for that specification, and which requirements sit with the brand owner.
Where your market requires test reports from an accredited laboratory, migration testing is ordered and invoiced as its own line, because it is performed per product and per specification. We will not present a lab report as covering a material it was not tested on.
Ask for the current certificate for the exact board, coating or ink in your specification. We do not hold a single certification that covers this whole range, and we will not imply that we do.
Coatings & finishing
Decorating the outside is straightforward. Decorating anything the food touches is a different conversation, and we keep the two separate on the quote.
Lamination is applied to the printed outer surface, never to the food-contact side. That is how a food box can look like premium gifting while the inside stays a plain board surface.
Foil is decoration on the outside or on a tray margin. Where the food actually sits, the surface stays plain board or a food-safe liner.
We send the actual board, coating and liner combination in your specification, so your team can test it with the real product before the bulk run starts.
Pricing
The ranges below show what each specification lands in at each quantity tier. Your quote will be itemised against your own size, board or fabric, finishes and insert.
| Structure | Quantity | Indicative ex-works | Assumed specification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food-grade tuck-top box | 500 pcs | $0.70 – 0.98 @500 pcs | 20×15×8cm, factory minimum tier for a custom size and print |
| Food-grade tuck-top box | 1,000 pcs | $0.48 – 0.68 @1,000 pcs | The tier most bakery, patisserie and takeaway brands order |
| Food-grade tuck-top box | 3,000 pcs | $0.28 – 0.42 @3,000 pcs | Sweet spot for a multi-branch bakery or a fixed menu programme |
| Food-grade tuck-top box | 5,000+ pcs | $0.19 – 0.29 @5,000 pcs | Volume tier with a grease-resistant coating and an inner tray |
| Food-grade tuck-top box | 10,000+ pcs | $0.12 – 0.18 @10,000 pcs | Lowest unit cost; plan for pallet and container consolidation |
| Bakery box — cross-source check | Platform listing | $0.12 – 0.25 /pc | Published factory listings for bakery boxes, consistent with the high-volume tiers above |
| Grease-resistant coating or liner | Any quantity | Quoted as a line item | Aqueous or PLA barrier, or a separate liner board — priced on the area covered |
| Date & chocolate gift box | 500 pcs | $1.50 – 2.30 @500 pcs | A rigid magnetic box rather than a folding one, so it is priced from the rigid box range the same way the homepage does; the compartmented insert is quoted as its own line |
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