Paper Food Boxes

Eco-friendly and stylish! We at ZEE Custom Boxes AU offer Paper Food Boxes at wholesale prices, made with high-quality materials and available in custom sizes and styles to suit your needs.

We also provide free design support, fast turnaround times, and shipping at no additional cost. Get top-grade printing and packaging solutions.

Food Safety Specification — What Australian Food Packaging Must Meet

Food contact packaging in Australia needs to comply with the relevant Australian and New Zealand food standards, covering the materials in direct or indirect contact with food — board grades, adhesives, printing inks, and interior coatings. For most food packaging applications, this means specifying food-grade SBS board with food-safe adhesive formulations and inks from suppliers with food contact certification. For applications involving greasy, hot, or moist food products, the interior barrier specification becomes critical.

Paper Food Boxes are produced using board and adhesive specifications that meet the relevant Australian food contact requirements. Material certification documentation is available for orders where food safety audit programmes or retail buyer compliance frameworks require traceability evidence.

Board Choice and Interior Coatings for Different Food Types

Dry and ambient food products — packaged biscuits, dry snacks, boxed confectionery — use standard food-grade SBS board without an interior barrier coating. Products with moderate fat content — pastries, sandwiches, moderate-fat baked goods — need an aqueous greaseproof coating on the interior surface. High-fat fried food products — chips, fried chicken, heavily oiled items — require a robust barrier specification to prevent oil penetration within the service timeframe. Hot food products benefit from a heat-resistant interior specification.

Kraft board is an option for dry food applications where the natural aesthetic aligns with the product positioning — wholefood brands, artisan bakeries, organic producers. For food service applications where speed of branding and cost efficiency matter more than premium aesthetics, flexographic printing on standard kraft corrugated is the standard. Related format: Custom Macaron Boxes Packaging.

Branded Food Boxes in Hospitality and Food Retail

Custom branded food packaging creates a mobile brand impression that extends well beyond the point of purchase. A branded takeaway box carried through a shopping centre or delivered to a customer's door is seen by multiple people. For food businesses investing in brand recognition, the packaging is marketing spend that also does a functional job — which is rare.

Full-colour CMYK printing allows logos, brand colours, and any required food labelling information to be incorporated into a single printed design. For food service applications where mandatory allergen and nutritional information needs to appear on the packaging, our design team incorporates the text content into the artwork layout at no additional charge. If you also need Custom Burger Packaging Boxes, we can quote both formats together.

Common Formats for Australian Food Service and Takeaway

• Burger boxes in corrugated or SBS board — single-wall fluted base for heat retention, full-colour lid print for brand visibility at the table
• Cone sleeves for hot chips and fried food — food-safe paperboard in standard taper dimensions with flexo or offset branding
• Hot dog and long-food cartons — elongated tuck-end formats in food-grade SBS with greaseproof coating
• Macaron and premium patisserie boxes — SBS with windowed lids and internal card dividers for product protection and presentation
• Gourmet food retail cartons — SBS or kraft for packaged products in specialty retail and deli channels

Quoting Your Food Packaging

1. Food type and service context — hot food, ambient packaged, greasy items, refrigerated
2. Dimensions and quantity — product or box measurements and order volume
3. Interior coating requirement — we confirm the correct specification in the quote
4. Design — free artwork including any mandatory food labelling text
5. Production — 7–14 business days, food contact certification provided on request