Custom Pizza Boxes & Pizza Packaging
A pizza goes into its box at around 400 degrees and comes out twenty minutes later at somebody's front door. Everything that happens in between is a battle between steam and crust. Too little venting and the base goes soft, too much and the pizza is cold on arrival. We produce a lot of pizza packaging at ZEE Packaging and that balance is the whole job.
Steam Against Heat Retention
A pizza box has to solve two opposing problems.
- Vent holes let steam out, which keeps the base crisp
- Too much venting and the pizza loses heat before it arrives
- Corrugated flute traps air, which insulates without sealing
- The lid is where condensation forms and drips back down
- Kraft breathes better than a heavily coated stock
- Longer delivery times need more venting, not less
Most soggy base complaints a pizzeria receives come back to the box rather than the oven.
It Has To Hold A Pizza Flat
The structure carries real weight across a wide span.
- The base must not sag when carried by one hand at the edge
- B flute corrugated as the minimum for anything twelve inch or above
- Corner strength matters, since boxes get stacked in a bag
- A locking lid that stays shut when tilted
- Stackable, because riders carry several orders at once
- Grease resistant treatment, since cheese oil soaks straight through
- Standard clamshell the everyday pizza box for delivery and takeaway
- Deep pan version extra height for thick crust
- Slice box single portion pizza packaging
- Half fold box folds down for smaller storage
- Window box shows the pizza, used in premium pizza packaging
- Multi pizza carrier for larger orders
Sizes We Print Regular
Every pizza box is built to your menu, though these run often:
- 9" for a personal size
- 12" for a standard medium
- 14" for a large
- 16" for an extra large
- 18" for a sharing or party size
- 7" x 9" for a single slice format
Measure your actual pizza rather than your pan, since dough spreads during the bake.
Board And Food Safety
- Food grade certified stock, always, without exception
- B flute corrugated as the baseline, C flute for larger sizes
- Kraft corrugated, which suits this category and breathes well
- White corrugated where you want vivid brand print
- Grease resistant treatment as standard
- Litho laminated where you want full colour retail print
Print on a pizza box gets more exposure than almost anything else in food. It sits on a table for the whole meal and appears in a lot of photographs.
Kinder Material Choices
- Recycled corrugated, standard across these grades
- FSC certified board, certificate available on request
- Soy based ink through the whole run
- Grease resistant coating instead of a poly lining
- No plastic pizza saver where a board version works
- Right sized pizza packaging so the box matches the pizza
How An Order Runs With Us
- 100 unit minimum, so a single pizzeria can order properly
- Free 3D mockup and flat proof before anything prints
- Free dieline drawn by our own designer
- Physical sample on request to test with a real pizza
- Urgent turnaround at 5 to 8 business days
- Free shipping worldwide with nothing hidden
Frequently Asked Questions
How many vents do we need?
It depends on your average delivery time. Longer journeys need more venting, and we would rather ask about your radius than guess.
Will grease soak through?
Untreated board will mark. A grease resistant coating handles cheese oil and keeps the box recyclable, unlike a poly liner.
Which flute for a 16 inch?
C flute, or B flute at a minimum. A large span sags in the middle when somebody carries it by one edge.
How much do pizza boxes cost?
Rough estimate is $0.25 to $0.70 per unit for a 12 inch plain box, $0.40 to $1.00 with print and $0.60 to $1.60 for a 16 inch or larger at moderate quantity. Print coverage moves it. Shipping is included in our price. This is estimate only, so ask our team for a exact quote.
Do they stack in a delivery bag?
We design them to. Riders carry several orders, so a box that does not stack squarely causes real problems.
Can you do a window box?
We can, though we would flag that windows fog badly with a hot pizza. It suits collection better than delivery.
Is the board food safe?
Always. We only run food grade certified stock for anything holding food.
