Hummus Labels
Hummus lives in a chiller rather than a freezer, which sounds easier and is not. A chilled tub sweats continuously, it is round and small so there is very little flat surface to work with, and the product has a short enough shelf life that the date on the pack has to be right every single time.
Condensation, not cold
A tub taken out of a retail chiller is wet within a minute, and it will go back in and come out again several times before anyone buys it. Paper facestock absorbs that, swells and lifts at the edges. Synthetic film absorbs none of it, which is why we build chilled dip labels on BOPP or polypropylene as a matter of course.
Oil is the second half. Hummus is a tahini and olive oil product, and both migrate. Whatever is on the customer's fingers ends up on the label, so the print goes under a laminate or varnish and the adhesive is chosen for a surface that may not be perfectly clean.
Round tubs and lid labels
A dip tub is a curve with a taper, and the usable panel is narrow. Two ways round it. A wrap-around label turns the whole side into one continuous surface, which is the tidiest answer if your artwork can use it. Or a lid label carries the brand and the flavour, read from above in a chiller cabinet, and a smaller side label carries the ingredient statement. The lid is also where a tamper-evident construction goes if you need one.
Tell us the tub and we will size for it. Getting a wrap length wrong on a tapered tub is the most common way these jobs come back.
Flavours and date codes
Dips are a flavour business with a short shelf life, and those two together mean a lot of small runs with variable information on them. Classic, roasted red pepper, caramelised onion, the seasonal one. We have no minimums, so each flavour is run to what it sells, on one base artwork with the flavour block changed. Use-by dates, lot codes and batch numbers print variable on the same pass, so you are not applying a second sticker on the line or writing dates by hand.
Custom printed or blank DIY hummus labels
Custom printed in full colour on our own press in Henderson when the range is settled, or blank sheet labels you print and date yourself if you are making to order for a deli counter or a farmers market. Free samples are worth taking: put one on a wet tub, leave it in a fridge for a week and see what the edges do. What your pack is required to declare, allergens included, is a question for your regulatory adviser rather than for us.
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Popular label formats
Rolls, sheets and die-cut shapes — paper, coated paper, waterproof poly and more.
Need custom hummus labels?
Tell us your product, size and quantity — we'll recommend the right material and send free samples.