Custom pet food packaging boxes for dog treats, chews, freeze dried meals and the like. What wrecks these boxes? Grease, mostly, and weight. So we pick the board and the inner bag to suit your product first, then print the ingredients and feeding guide and your brand all the way round.
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Dog treats are oily. Kibble is heavy. Cats, apparently, can open almost anything. Custom pet food packaging boxes have to cope with all of that and still look good enough that a shopper in a pet store picks yours over the bag sitting next to it.
We make these for small treat bakers, freeze dried food brands, supplement companies and subscription boxes that send monthly bundles to dog and cat owners. Most of them come to us after trying stock boxes and finding grease spots soaking through by week two. They sit alongside the rest of our food and beverage packaging.
What’s going in it? Baked biscuits and jerky chews, we’d put in a printed carton with a bag inside, since sooner or later that oil soaks into bare paperboard no matter what. Freeze dried raw is light as anything but it crumbles, so sealed pouch, sturdy carton around it. Dental sticks and supplements are small. A plain tuck end box on a shelf or a peg hook does the trick.
Weight matters for the bigger formats. A small bag of kibble in a single wall carton is fine. Stack six of those in a stockroom and the bottom box can start to bow. For heavier packs we often move to E-flute or B-flute corrugated, which still prints well but is much stiffer.
A pet food box carries a lot of text. Ingredients, guaranteed analysis, feeding amounts by body weight, storage directions, your address. Then you want a happy dog photo and the brand on top of all that. It gets crowded fast. Our designers set up the dieline free and help arrange things so the front stays clean and the dense info lives on a side or back panel (people really do read it, so keep it legible).
We don’t advise on what has to appear on the label, so check that wording with your own adviser. Our part is making sure it prints sharp, which means no tiny type on kraft board, where small letters fill in and blur.
Pet owners ask about recycling more than most shoppers. Kraft and corrugated cartons are recyclable in most areas, and we print with soy-based and water-based inks. If you use a plastic inner bag, tell customers to separate it. A simple line on the back panel helps.
SBS paperboard with gloss lamination is the better pick when you want bright photography of the food itself, and a window cutout lets people see the actual treats. Our guide to corrugated packaging is worth a read if you’re deciding between board types.
Yes, a die-cut handle or a gable top works well for larger boxes and treat bundles. Our custom gable boxes are a good starting shape for assortments.
Bare board will mark over time. An inner bag or a coated inner surface keeps the outside clean, so mention how oily the product is when you ask for a quote.
Standard production is 10 to 12 business days after proof approval, with free ground shipping across the USA. Rush is possible if you ask when you order.
Building a full product line? Take a look at custom fast food boxes, custom hotdog boxes, custom frozen food boxes and custom chinese takeout boxes. Everything in this range is listed under food and beverage.
