Olive oil packaging solutions: glass bottles, metal tins, PET containers, bulk formats, custom labels and export-ready cartons.
Packaging is rarely a detail in an olive oil contract. It decides how the oil survives the journey, what a retailer will put on a shelf, and what customs will accept. This page lists what we produce and what each format is good for, so the choice can be made before the negotiation rather than during it.
| Type | Formats | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Glass bottle | 250 ml · 500 ml · 750 ml | Retail, gifting, premium ranges |
| Metal tin | 1 L · 3 L · 5 L | Family formats, foodservice, long transport |
| Food-grade PET | On request | Price-sensitive retail, light-weight shipping |
| Bulk | Tanker · flexitank · drums · container | Bottlers, blenders, food industry |
Glass is inert: it changes nothing about the oil, and it is what a premium shelf expects. Its weakness is light, which degrades oil faster than time alone — dark glass and a closed carton answer that. It is also the heaviest option per litre, which shows up in freight cost on long routes.
Metal tins block light completely and resist handling. They are the usual answer for 1 to 5 litres, for foodservice, and for markets where the oil will travel far or sit in a warm warehouse. They print well, which matters for own-brand ranges.
Food-grade PET is light and cheap to ship, and it is produced on request rather than held in stock. It suits price-driven retail and large volumes where transport weight is the deciding cost. It gives less protection from light than metal, so it is a choice to make knowingly.
For quantities beyond packed goods, the vessel rather than the bottle becomes the question: see bulk Tunisian olive oil.
Labels are produced as standard in French, English and Arabic, and in other languages for a given market. A compliant olive oil label is not free text: it has to carry the category, the origin, the net volume, the lot number, the best-before date and the producer's identity, and each destination adds its own requirements.
We work from your artwork or produce the label with you. What we will not do is print a claim the analysis does not support — a grade, an origin or a certification has to match the documents that travel with the goods, or the shipment becomes a problem at the border rather than an asset on the shelf.
For a full own-brand programme — your name on the product, your artwork, your market — see private label olive oil.
Bottles and tins are packed in cartons sized for the format, then palletised for the shipment. The carton protects against light and shock; the pallet plan decides how much of a container you actually pay to move.
Carton count per pallet, pallet type and stacking are agreed per order, because they depend on the format, the destination and whether the load is mixed with bulk. Marking follows the requirements of the destination market, and the lot number printed on the goods is the same one that appears on the certificate of analysis — see olive oil traceability.
Storage advice is simple and worth repeating to your customers: a cool, dry place, away from light.
Four questions usually settle it:
Tell us the market and the positioning and we will propose a format rather than ask you to pick from a list. Quantities and terms are quoted per project.
Send us the format, the market and the volume you have in mind: we reply with what we can produce and what it implies.