Molded fiber food packaging Packaging designed around your food and your application
Bowls, trays, cups and inserts for direct food contact — with a declaration of conformity according to Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 for your molded part, barrier coating designed to your requirements (WVTR, OTR).
Designed around your food, tested on the prototype with your contents — design, tool and series production from a single source.
Why molded fiber
Molded parts made of virgin fiber, for direct food contact
We develop every package together with you, based on your requirements: conformity for exactly your molded part, barrier according to your contents, area of use according to your application.
Food contact
Food contact compliant
May come into direct contact with your food — as stated in the declaration of conformity according to Regulation (EC) 1935/2004, which we prepare for exactly your molded part.
Barrier
Barrier to your requirements
Coatings against moisture, water vapor and oxygen (WVTR, OTR): you specify which ones you need — tested on the prototype with your contents.
Areas of use
From the refrigerated counter to the microwave
Refrigerated counter, frozen storage, hot serving or microwave: we define the area of use for your molded part based on food, coating and contact time.
We define coating, wall thickness and closure with you — based on your specifications for food, temperature and contact time. We design the shape to your specifications, test it on the prototype with your contents and only then build the production tool. You will find the documents for your supplier approval in the download area.
Examples
Every food gets its own shape
Your packaging is created the same way as these examples — we carry existing dimensions and outer packaging over into the design (Switch packaging).
Counter & service
Bowls & trays
Meal trays, portion bowls and fruit trays for counter, service and delivery — with a molded fiber lid. Separate compartments keep snack and dip apart until serving.
Baking
Proofing baskets
Dimensionally stable with moisture and flour — the dough rises in the molded fiber, and baking is done without the basket.
Confectionery
Confectionery inserts
Pralines, bars, macarons and cookies directly in the compartment — stackable, ready to load immediately, also by robot.
Capsules
Coffee capsules
Virgin fiber capsule for common capsule systems. You test the fit in the machine and the run on your line with the sample.
Ice cream
Ice cream cups with lid
Molded fiber cups and lids with a functional coating for ice cream. We test dimensional stability and coating at freezer temperature on the prototype with your recipe.
Tea
Insert for tea assortments
Every variety sits in its own compartment. The box opens as a finished assortment, and every bag can be taken out in one move.
Food packaging made of molded fiber consists of molded bowls, trays, cups, lids, inserts and capsules made of virgin fiber, designed for direct food contact according to Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 — declaration of conformity per molded part. PAPACKS manufactures them in its own plants. We define functional coatings with you for each application; sealing paper from our partners closes the tray or cup. We clarify in the consultation what is possible for your food — dimensions, barrier and conformity are later listed in the data sheet for your molded part.
At a glance
Orientation in the first conversation
We develop custom food packaging together with you. Volume, format, timeline and tooling as guide values — the budget quote after the initial meeting for orientation.
Minimum quantity
100,000 units per year
From this annual volume, we develop your packaging as a shape of its own.
Molded part format
The shape follows your product
Bowls, inserts and cups up to 690 × 430 × 160 mm in Wet Molding — wall thickness 1 to 5 mm according to your specification and load.
Timeline
Around 12 weeks from your approval
First prototype: around 4 weeks after the kickoff. From your approval, tool making, pre-series and start of production follow in around 12 weeks. If barrier development is included, your budget quote states the schedule.
Tooling costs
We contribute
How we share your tooling costs depends on annual volume and term — in Wet Molding, up to full coverage. The terms and the five-year warranty on tools from our tool shop are set out in your quote.
From first conversation to series production
How your packaging is created
Four steps from the first question to ongoing production. If your food needs a barrier, a development phase is added: we define the requirements with you and test coating, molded part and your product together with you — you give the approval for series production.
01
Initial consultation
You tell us your food, moisture content, temperature at filling and on the shelf, contact time, closure, volume and target date. You receive feasibility, a budget quote and a timeline as a guide — the binding quote follows after development. Within a few days.
02
Samples and examples
Samples that match your project — similar molded parts from existing projects or standard products: you assess material quality, feel and look on a real molded part.
03
Design and prototype
Design and CAD based on your food and your line, prototypes for the test with your contents — coated for the barrier test on request and in quantity for your line trial — then your approval. Around 4 weeks after the kickoff.
04
Tool and series production
Production tool made in-house, pre-series and initial samples from the production tool, then ongoing series production — stacked on pallets, delivered according to your call-off schedule. Around 12 weeks from your approval.
The times are planning estimates; they depend on your approvals, the capacity of our teams and the scope of your project. Your project team at PAPACKS presents the detailed plan around 1–2 weeks after the kickoff. You receive the process and budget quote as a guide after our initial call — with development, tool and unit price; the binding quote follows after development.
Evidence
Certificates and documents for your approval
Certificates with certification body and scope, the declaration of conformity for your molded part — the documents for your quality assurance in one place.
Food contact
Conformity for each package
For your molded part, you receive our declaration of conformity according to Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 with scope — type of food, temperature and contact time, tested as delivered with coating. We define additional tests on the finished product together — through an accredited laboratory on request.
Declaration of conformity according to Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 — prepared individually for each molded part, with initial sampling from the production tool
Substances
Material declaration per molded part
We do not add PFAS in formulation, coating or process. The declaration of conformity for your molded part documents compliance with the PFAS limits that apply to all packaging with food contact (Art. 5(5) Regulation (EU) 2025/40) and the test for optical brighteners (BfR XXXVI).
Declaration of conformity for your molded part — prepared individually
Disposal
Recyclability per molded part
We have the recyclability of your molded part assessed product-specifically by cyclos-HTP — as delivered, with coating; we commission the report for your item on your request.
Test method: cyclos-HTP according to the ZSVR minimum standard and DIN EN 13430 — assessment per item on request
Production
BRCGS Grade A
Molded parts from our BRCGS-certified plant are manufactured according to the BRCGS Global Standard Packaging Materials, HACCP included. Your quote states which plant manufactures your molded part; your quality assurance receives the certificate with scope.
BRCGS Packaging Materials, Issue 7, Grade A · TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH — Download documents
Quality
ISO 9001:2015
Documented processes from inquiry to delivery; every batch traceable back to raw material receipt.
ISO 9001:2015 · TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH — Download documents
Raw material
FSC® Mix Credit
Virgin wood fiber from responsible sources: FSC® Mix Credit, a volume balance across the supply chain.
License FSC-C125098 · applies to items identified as FSC® Mix Credit on the invoice and delivery note — Download documents
Frequently asked questions
What customers ask before the first sample
Next step
Let's talk about your product
Step 1
Consultation
You tell us your food, temperature, contact time, closure and annual volume. You receive feasibility, a budget quote and a timeline as a guide — the binding quote follows after development.
Consultation →Samples
Request samples
Samples that match your project — similar molded parts from existing projects or standard products, so you can assess material quality, feel and look.
Request samples →Form
Send inquiry
Describe your project in the form — dimensions, annual volume, ideally with a drawing or sketch as a PDF — no appointment needed. We review your details and get back to you with an initial assessment and the next steps.
Send inquiry →