The materials, compliance references and lab tests every food and beverage brand should consult before pulling a label run. Curated for sauces, jams, beverages and cold-storage SKUs where condensation failure equals shelf rejection.
The Recommended Three
Curated for first-batch buyers in food & beverage. Each one ships free as a sample in the Food & Beverage pack.
The no-label-look on a bottle of San Pellegrino, on a jar of pesto, on a kombucha — food’s premium default film.
Anything freezer-bound, cold-brew bottled, or hot-fill jam. PET takes −40 °C to +120 °C without flinching.
Beverage bottles, condiment jars, sauce squeezes — the lower-MOQ workhorse for small brands.
Avoid These
Compiled from buyers in this industry who told us what they wish they’d known earlier.
In application
Each entry is a real customer order with the material, run length, and the conditions it had to survive.
Tested to -18 °C, four cycles, zero peel.
Doesn’t soak. Doesn’t ghost. Doesn’t lift.
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What “food-safe” legally means, and which of our materials carry it.
Why standard vinyl fails after seven freezer cycles.
Squeeze, glass, jar — sizes the trade orders.
A simple 48-hour test that catches 80% of failures.
+90 °C survival — the materials that hold up.
Premium clear vs low-MOQ workhorse, by use case.
Press Run
The F&B Beverage Pack ships free, in 3–5 days, with three of our top materials for bottle wraps and jar seals.
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