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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Planning Diwali and wedding gift boxes: timelines, choices and pitfalls
Work back from the festival date: box type, inserts, samples, print approval, packing and dispatch, and the mistakes that cause the last-minute rush.
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Is your mithai box food-safe? Choosing materials that can touch sweets
Board, butter paper, trays, foil and ink: what FSSAI packaging rules allow next to mithai, what to ask your box supplier, and two checks to do yourself.
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FSSAI labelling for sweet shops and bakeries: what must be on the box
Loose trays, packed boxes, use by or best before, the veg mark and your licence number: FSSAI labelling rules for sweet shops and bakeries, in plain words.
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Keeping mithai and baked goods fresh: what packaging can and cannot do
Milk sweets, dry sweets, namkeen and cakes spoil in different ways. How to pack, store and date each one, and a simple shelf-life test for your own shop.
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How to ship sweets and cakes by courier without damage
Which sweets and bakes travel well, how to build the inner pack and the outer box, how to handle heat and timing, and a test parcel to send yourself first.
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.