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Packaging for Olive Oil & Edible Oils

Oxygen and light are the two enemies of an oil, and both of them get in through the packaging. Bag-in-box, high-barrier pouches and labels that survive an oily bottle.

What this industry is really buying

An extra virgin olive oil is a perishable product that most people treat as a pantry staple. Oxygen oxidizes it, light accelerates the reaction, heat accelerates it further, and by the time it tastes rancid the consumer has already blamed the brand rather than the clear plastic jug it came in.

Bag-in-box is arguably the best format available for oil: an EVOH bladder excludes oxygen, the printed case excludes light entirely, and the bladder collapses so no headspace forms as the oil is used. For foodservice, where a five- or ten-litre pack may be open for weeks, the difference is not subtle.

For retail formats we supply high-barrier pouches, labels for glass and tin, capsules and pour fitments. The label detail that matters most here is the adhesive: oil migrates, and a label that was fine on a dry bottle will lift at the edges after three weeks on a bottle that has been poured from.

What a olive & edible oils package has to get right

  • EVOH bladders that exclude oxygen through a long open period
  • Complete light barrier, which glass and clear PET cannot provide
  • Fitments and pour spouts rated for viscosity and fill temperature
  • Label adhesives that resist oil migration at the bottle edge
  • Foodservice case sizes from three to twenty litres
  • Harvest-dated and single-estate label runs in small quantities
Products

Packaging for olive & edible oils

The families this sector orders most often — and any of them can travel on the same purchase order.

Bag-in-Box (Wine & Oil) for the olive & edible oils industry

Bag-in-Box (Wine & Oil)

Metallized and EVOH bladders from 1.5 to 20 litres with vitop, press-tap or spout fitments, plus the printed case that carries your label.

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Pressure-Sensitive Labels for the olive & edible oils industry

Pressure-Sensitive Labels

Wine, spirits, food and personal-care labels in textured, film and metallic stocks with cold foil, hot stamping, embossing and tactile varnish.

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Stand-Up Zipper Pouches for the olive & edible oils industry

Stand-Up Zipper Pouches

Doypack pouches with zipper, valve, window or spout, in high-barrier or recycle-ready mono-material structures, printed up to ten colours.

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Aluminium Capsules & Corks for the olive & edible oils industry

Aluminium Capsules & Corks

Polylaminate and aluminium capsules, natural, technical and agglomerated corks, screw caps and branded closures, matched to your label programme.

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FAQ

Questions from olive & edible oils buyers

Line down or artwork due tomorrow?

Call (323) 395-2880 and ask for expedite. If the tooling exists, we can usually pull a run forward; if it does not, we will tell you honestly what the fastest real date is.

For an open pack, decisively — the bladder collapses so no air replaces the oil you pour, and the case blocks light completely. Dark glass slows light damage but does nothing about the headspace that grows every time you use the bottle.

Because oil migrates down the glass and under the label edge, and a general-purpose permanent adhesive is not formulated to resist it. We specify an oil-resistant adhesive and, where the bottle is handled wet, a film face rather than an uncoated paper.

Yes. Harvest-dated labels are a classic digital print job: no plates, quick turnaround, and you can carry the vintage on the label without committing to a year's inventory.

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