So you’ve chosen us for your food-grade freezer labels. Whether you’re going for do-it-yourself sheet labels or fully custom printed rolls, there are a few things to settle before they go on the packaging — there is a little art to freezer label application.
All our freezer labels are made to stick whatever the temperature or moisture content of your coolers and freezers (in fact, every one of our DIY sheet labels is freezer grade). But before you start applying them, work through these four.
Work through these and the label will still be on the pack six months later.
Two answers decide almost everything else: what the label goes on (corrugated, vacuum pack, deli container, pouch) and how cold that surface is when you apply it. Labelling at room temperature and labelling something already frozen are different jobs and take different adhesives.
Think past the freezer door. A deli container sitting on ice sees far more standing water than a carton of deep-frozen fish; chilled market-fresh product sweats every time it is handled. Tell us the wettest and the coldest it will ever get — we spec for the worst case, not the average.
With those two answers we can narrow the material down and quote it. You get samples to try on your own packaging, a proof if we are printing the artwork, and the finished labels on their way. Start at get a quote or order free samples first — most people do.
Pressure sensitive means pressure: press the whole label down, do not slap it on. Wipe frost and melt-water off with a terry cloth first — no adhesive keys through a film of water — and give it 12–24 hours of dwell time before the pack takes rough handling.
Different conditions take different materials. You will end up with a lot more moisture on deli containers stored on ice than on cardboard boxes of deep-frozen fish sticks — not just from melt-water but from condensation — so the deli label needs extra moisture resistance. Once we know the constraints we can prep blank freezer stock if you would rather print it yourself, or custom labels if it is a big run or you just want the help.
Applied properly, you will never have to worry about a freezer label falling off or being abraded away by rough handling. If one goes missing it is because somebody took it off — and with these they will have to put some serious effort into it. For the why behind all of it, see learn more about freezer labels and pick your adhesive.
Pre-printed labels on rolls or sheets — your artwork, our press, no minimums. Send us the specs and we’ll quote it.
Get a quote →Print your own durable sheet labels on an ordinary office printer — every sheet we stock is freezer grade.
See sheet labels →Your custom label experience should be an enjoyable one.
Real people who will talk through your packaging with you, not a ticket queue.
Quotes back quickly, samples in the post, and same-day shipping on stock items.
Adhesive rated well below freezing and stock that shrugs off frost and moisture.
No minimums — print 50 or 50,000 without paying for a run you don’t need.
Tell us the packaging, the application temperature and how the product is stored — we’ll do the rest.