| Type of Face Stock | Characteristics and processing technology | Typical application scenarios | Precautions |
| Coated Paper | -Features: Excellent printability, vibrant colors, and low cost. -Process: Usually requires film coating (light film/sub film) to improve water resistance and friction resistance. |
-Packaging of paper boxes for dry food (such as snack and tea boxes) -Label of Baijiu and red wine (non ice water scene) -Plastic bottle body in room temperature environment |
The non coated version is prone to damage and warping when exposed to water or moisture. |
| PP synthetic paper (Polypropylene) | -Features: Excellent waterproof, oil resistant, tear resistant, soft, and smooth to the touch. -Craftsmanship: Available in white, transparent, and metallic colors, with surface treatments such as glossy, matte, and soft touch. |
-Beverage bottles: water bottles, tea drinks, juice bottles -Oily products: edible oil bottles, seasoning bottles -Daily chemical products: shower gel, shampoo bottle |
Transparent PP creating a "label free" appearance is currently the mainstream trend. |
| PE film (Polyethylene) | -Features: Extremely soft, can be squeezed and deformed with the container, and has excellent frost resistance. -Process: PE bottle body commonly used for blow molding. |
-Soft packaging: sauce squeeze bottle (such as tomato sauce), yogurt cup sealing film -Bottle body to be extruded: lotion, detergent |
High precision is required for printing and die-cutting. |
| PET film (Polyester) | -Features: High strength, high transparency, high temperature resistance (up to 150 ℃+), stable size, and a stiff feel. -Process: Metalization treatment can be performed. |
-Beer bottle (resistant to pasteurization and ice water bath) -Products that require high-temperature steaming (such as certain seasonings) -In situations where high durability is required for labels |
Relatively high cost, it is a high-performance solution. |
| Specialty Papers | -Features: such as kraft paper, pearlescent paper, and fiber paper, with a unique appearance and touch. -Craftsmanship: Most require film covering to protect printed patterns. |
-Craft beer -High end beverages (such as high-end milk and juice) -Organic and natural food |
High cost, mainly used to increase brand premium. |
| Washable off paper | -Characteristic: Special material, can completely dissolve and detach in alkaline water under specific conditions. -Craftsmanship: Designed specifically for glass bottle recycling. |
-Recyclable glass bottles (such as beer bottles and beverage bottles) | It is an important technology for achieving a circular economy in packaging. |
| Adhesive type | Characteristics and working principle | Typical application scenarios | Precautions |
| Permanent Acrylic Latex | -Characteristics: Strong universality, good weather resistance and aging resistance, with stronger adhesion over time. -Subcategory: • Universal type: suitable for most room temperature dry surfaces. • Low temperature type: Optimized for refrigeration and freezing environments, it still has good initial adhesion at low temperatures. • High temperature resistant type: can withstand pasteurization and steaming processes. |
-Universal type: Dry goods packaging at room temperature. -Low temperature type: refrigerated food, frozen ice cream, chilled beverage bottles. -High temperature resistant type: beer label, canned seasoning label. |
It is the most mainstream and economical type of adhesive. |
| Removable Adhesive | -Features: After pasting, it can be completely peeled off within a specified time (such as 6-12 months) without any residue. -Principle: Its viscosity will decay over time or under specific conditions (such as cleaning). |
-Promotion label (affixed to the original label) -Recyclable glass bottles (non washed bottles) -Packaging that needs to be opened repeatedly |
Not suitable for rough or highly curved surfaces. |
| Re positionable Adhesive | -Characteristic: A special removable adhesive that can be peeled off multiple times within a short period of time after labeling. | -Locations that require precise manual labeling (such as gift labels) | The initial adhesion is low, and the long-term permanence is not as good as permanent adhesive. |
| Food Contact Adhesive | -Features: Compliant with global food contact regulations such as FDA and EU 10/2011, ensuring safety. -Process: Used for labels that may come into direct or indirect contact with food. |
-Fruit and vegetable skin labels -Labeling of food packaging (such as bread bags) -Cheese and meat packaging labels |
Strict regulatory requirements require suppliers to provide corresponding compliance statements. |
| Liner paper type | Characteristics and processing advantages | Typical application scenarios | Precautions |
| Glassine backing paper | -Features: After super calendering treatment, it is semi transparent, tightly textured, tear resistant, evenly coated with silicone oil, and has stable release force. -Advantages: Suitable for high-speed automatic labeling and excellent die-cutting performance. |
-The vast majority of food and beverage labels -Especially for labels made of copperplate paper, PP, and PE materials. |
It is an absolute mainstream choice with the highest cost-effectiveness. |
| CCK base paper (Clay Coated Kraft) | -Characteristics: Coating clay on raw kraft paper, opaque, thick, smooth, and highly strong. -Advantage: Provides excellent support for heavy-duty or large-area labels, avoiding breakage on automatic labeling machines. |
-Large sized logistics labels and box labels -Heavy special paper labels -Occasions that require additional support. |
The cost is higher than that of Grassin paper. |
| PET Release Film | -Characteristics: Extremely thin, extremely tough, extremely stable in size, almost no deformation. -Advantages: Suitable for ultra-thin film labels (such as in the electronics industry) and occasions that require extremely high die-cutting accuracy. |
-Ultra transparent film label -Labels that require extremely precise die-cutting (such as hollow labels) |
The highest cost belongs to high-end solutions. |
