For Sweet shops, bakeries and food gifting businesses
Packaging for mithai, bakery and food gifts
A resource for sweet shops, bakeries and gifting brands: boxes, liners, food-safe films and packs that keep products fresh and look good as gifts.
Ask about food packagingLatest guides
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Packaging a chocolate brand in India: boxes, liners and bags to specify before you order
Starting a chocolate brand in India? What to specify for boxes, shaped liners, bags and stickers, the FSSAI rules behind each, and what to ask suppliers.
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Food-safe packaging for premium tea gifts: what must touch the tea, and what can stay decorative
Which layers of a loose tea gift box touch the tea, which food-contact papers, films and tins to ask for, and how to keep the outer box decorative.
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Stand-up zipper pouches for honey sachets: the film structure to ask your supplier for
Packing honey or sauce sachets in a stand-up zipper pouch? The layers, zipper, tear notch, label rules and sample tests to put in writing before bulk.
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Printing the FSSAI number on a new food label: what to confirm before the first print run
Can you print the FSSAI number before the licence is approved? No. What to check on FoSCoS first, and how to avoid reprinting packs if the number changes.
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Taking a namkeen brand beyond your city: packaging that survives distributor vans and warm godowns
Selling namkeen in other states? How the pouch, the carton and the best before date must change for long routes, hot godowns, stacking and hill roads.
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Diwali 2027 is on 29 October: a sweet-box ordering calendar working back from Dhanteras
Diwali 2027 is on Friday 29 October, ten days before the 2026 date. A week-by-week plan for sweet shops: artwork, boxes, liners, tape, storage and staff.
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FSSAI labelling changes on 1 July 2027: what sweet shops and bakeries must change
An FSSAI labelling amendment starts on 1 July 2027. What it changes for sweet shops and bakeries: bulk containers, small packs and sugar-free sweets.
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Staple pins are out: closing sweet and cake boxes for the 2027 festive season
FSSAI told food businesses on 12 June 2026 to stop using staple pins and wires. What it covers, closures that work for sweet and cake boxes, and a test.
Why this site exists
Mithai and baked goods are made with care, and the packaging decides whether that care reaches the customer. It has to be safe against food, keep the product fresh, look right as a gift and survive the journey.
Misht covers that whole journey for sweet shops, bakeries and gifting brands, from the counter to the courier.