Custom food boxes are food-safe packaging containers. They keep the food safe from everything that can spoil its taste, flavor, and texture. These are grease-resistant, include custom tight locks, and have structural fluting to prevent spills from seeping out of a customer’s bag. You can find them in various FDA-compliant materials (kraft, cardboard, and grayboard). That's what customers expect from reliable custom food boxes!
Packaging that keeps edible items hygienic and secure, with no grease leaks or contamination. Moreover, they preserve their aroma, flavor, and freshness, and restaurants, cafés, food trucks, and other businesses can deliver each order with confidence. At TheRigidBoxes, we manufacture the most durable and attractive containers in various shapes, styles, GSM weights, and so much more. Fill out the quote today.
Food-Safe & Durable Materials That Protect Every Delicious Bite
Our manufacturing options use 100% food-safe materials to create personalized food boxes. Each material is approved by the FSC, FDA, and USDA regulatory authorities. Brands will get the most hygienic and eco-friendly packaging with high protective properties.
Any type of food, whether it's sour, sweet, spicy, or citrusy in taste, stays organized, safe, and damage-free during long transit rides. These materials include:
| Materials | GSM | What it's like? | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft | 250-600 GSM | 100% recyclable, rustic, earthy look. Made from paper fibers. Durable yet lightweight | Everyday packaging for takeaway meals, dry fruits, snacks, and bulk food orders. |
| Buxboard | 300-450 GSM | Dense, rigid paperboard that resists stacking pressure during transit | Custom fast-food containers, retail display packaging. |
| Grayboard | 1000-1500 GSM |
A thick inner skeleton of this material maintains the box geometry and protects items. Note: Only to be used with decorative wrapping paper because it easily absorbs grease and moisture. |
Premium gift hampers, high-end confectionery boxes. |
| Carstock | 300-500 GSM | It is thicker than the other materials and offers a smooth printing surface for vibrant branding and creative design. | Takeaway meals, gift boxes, and dry snacks |
| Cardboard | 800-1500 GSM (fluted layers A, B, C, E, F) | Sustainable material with various barrier protection features. Has shock-absorbent properties. | Heavy meal deliveries, frozen foods, and shipping boxes. |
Customize Your Meal Container in Unique Styles
Your packaging should look as attractive as the food you serve. The box style should aim to attract more customers and give each one a unique unboxing experience. We offer you multiple styles that you can choose to match your brand and menu choice:
Gable Boxes & Gable Bags: You can include built-in handles with auto-bottom or tuck-end bottoms. These are ideal for meal kits, picnics, and party favors.
Clamshell & Takeout Containers: This style is a one-piece hinged lid design that works best for quick-service burgers, sandwiches, and hot fast food.
Window Cut-Out Boxes: It comes with a clear window patch that gives customers a sneak peek of all the tasty food items.
Roll End Tuck Top & Two-Piece Boxes: Has double-thick walls that roll over and lock inward and includes two separate unattached pieces.
Slide Lock & Sleeve Boxes: There is a sleek, rigid inner tray that is perfect for gourmet food, tea sets, multi-item gift kits, etc.
Hexagon or Pillow: Gives a memorable style and presentable look on the retail shelves that you can use for holiday food gifts, party favors, small mini packets, and more.
Are you looking for something more special and distinctive? We can create any custom style you want for your food box. Whatever package you choose, we’ll create packaging that protects, transports, and dazzles your food.
Shape & Standard Sizes of Custom Containers for Every Meal
No one said that food packaging needs to look plain. You should try different sizes for your custom boxes that can hold your food items perfectly. Whether you're serving burgers, noodles, sandwiches, or fruits & vegetables, altering the shape can make the box look unique, functional, and presentable. High-end grocery stores, supermarkets, and even subscription boxes can turn to popular geometric shapes.
Standard Sizes
These sizes will help you understand which type of food items you can fit in each size. Note that these dimensions are for general rectangular boxes and don't include irregular or round shapes:
| Sizes | Dimensions | Used For |
|---|---|---|
| Small Boxes | 4 x 4 x 2 inches 6 x 4 x 2.5 inches 8 x 5 x 2 inches |
Individual food items, wraps, sandwiches, takeout meals |
| Medium Boxes | 8 x 6 x 3 inches 9 x 7 x 3 inches 10 x 8 x 4 inches |
Standard takeout, meal boxes, pasta, combo platters, etc. |
| Large Boxes | 12 x 10 x 5 inches 14 x 10 x 6 inches 12 x 12 x 2 inches |
Large pizza, catering trays, party platters, large salads, and more |
| Custom Size Boxes | Custom | Any |
Regular Shapes
We provide brands with a wide variety of normal geometric shapes of boxes such as cubes, round, square, cylindrical, triangular, rectangular, tubes, etc.
Theme-Based Box Shapes
Why don’t you spice things up and take advantage of different holidays, events, and occasions and personalize these boxes into exclusive purchases:
- Christmas
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Easter
- Anniversary
- Wedding
- Birthday
Or any occasion.
Find Personalized Boxes for Other Food Items
The Rigid Boxes provide restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and catering services with a wide range of familiar custom food boxes. If you have something delicious to serve, then we've got a box for it. You can customize them according to your brand in any size, style, shape, material, etc., and turn everyday packaging into something customers look forward to:
- Fast Food Boxes: burger, hamburger, nugget, and French fries
- Seafood Boxes: fish & chips, oysters, and shrimp
- Noodle & Asian Food Boxes: noodles, Chinese food, and sushi
- Other box types include takeout boxes, catering and meal boxes, food tray boxes, and custom speciality food boxes.
Add the Finishing Touches That Make Your Food Boxes Pop
Do you want your custom boxes to shine while protecting the food items from dust, moisture, and spoilage? That’s what the different coatings are here for. Moreover, they enhance small details and give the box a premium texture with a smooth touch.
- Gloss coating for a shiny look.
- Matte coating for a smooth & elegant feel.
- Embossing creates raised designs.
- Debossing for a subtle pressed effect.
- Foil stamping to add a luxurious metallic or colored touch.
- Spot UV gives a glossy sheen.
Custom Food Packaging Boxes with Unique Printing Techniques
Your logo, illustration, and design deserve better than a boring sticker or print slapped on a plain box. These advanced printing methods can turn your box into an eye-catching brand that showcases the logo, colors, and style in a unique manner.
Screen printing
For simple yet bold, vibrant colored designs.
Offset printing
Gives crisp details and true-to-color branding.
Digital printing
Captures complex shading and gradients with sharp typography.
Flexography printing
Offers rich, opaque, and solid colors on a large number of boxes.
CMYK color scheme
Provides high-resolution food photos and complex gradients.
PMS color scheme
Ensures the brand logo looks identical across boxes.
Small Details That Make Your Box Functional & Attractive
If you want to improve protection, convenience, and the overall customer experience of your custom food boxes, then use add-ons.
- Custom Inserts (paperboard, cardboard dividers, molded pulp inserts, EVA foams, etc.)
- Built-in handles for convenient handling.
- Use window cutouts to showcase the beautiful desserts, baked goods, sandwiches, etc.
- Reinforced corners to prevent tears, crushing, or damage to the box during transit.
- Keep your custom food boxes tamper-evident and sealed.
- Add wrapping papers such as wax, parchment, butter, butcher, tissue, etc.
Order Premium Food Boxes in Bulk with The Rigid Boxes
We are the most trusted rigid custom box manufacturers out there. You can count on us for any type of personalized food box in any shape, size, material, printing, and more. Our services include:
- Get premium, luxurious, durable materials with elite presentation.
- You can choose any box dimensions in different L x W x H.
- We have creative design professionals whom you can contact for assistance or mockups.
- It is easy to order any amount of custom boxes, as we don’t have any MOQ.
- There are various wholesale options, so get larger orders at a great value.
- Quick turnaround time with high-quality delivery within 8 to 10 days.
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Do you want a presentable and branded custom food box that your customers can’t resist? Get a custom quote and create the best box packaging with us.
