Custom Printed Ice Cream Cups.

A scoop is a sphere of roughly 55 to 65 mm, and it has to sit in the mouth of the cup instead of dropping down inside. Two cups with the same fluid ounces can have very different openings.

A tall, narrow cup holds the volume but won't take a scoop cleanly, so we don't make that profile for ice cream. We size by scoop count, one, two or three, and set the mouth to suit.

No, our double-sided PE coating stays flexible at freezer temperature. Standard linings can go brittle in the cold, and the first sign is a crack at the rim.

Coating both faces also seals the cup against melt inside and condensation outside when it comes out of the freezer. If you pick the compostable PLA lining, tell us how cold your storage runs so we can confirm it stays flexible for that use.

Stiff enough that the wall doesn't flex when someone scrapes the last of the scoop with a spoon. We use virgin-fibre food-grade paperboard as the base for that reason, with a rolled rim that firms up the top edge.

For larger sharing tubs we move to a heavier caliper. A full tub is a real weight to hold by the sides, and a lighter board bows in the hand.

We supply flat clear lids and raised dome lids, each sized to the rim of the cup it goes on. Flat lids suit takeaway tubs and freezer stacking, while domes leave room for sundaes and toppings.

Clear PET shows the product through the top, which helps takeaway sales. Lids have to stay put through a freezer, so we match them to our own rims, and tamper-evident options are available for pre-packed retail.

A full CMYK wrap is the most common order, printed with inks specified to survive cold and condensation. Gloss gives the high saturation that mass-market brands want, and matte suits artisan gelato.

A kraft outer works for organic ranges. Limited flavours don't need new tooling either, because we run short seasonal prints on the same base cup and hold Pantone colours steady across reprints.

Common steps are 5oz with a 3 in mouth, 8oz at 3.4 in and 12oz at 3.8 in. Most shops run somewhere between 4oz and 12oz, from a single scoop up to a sharing portion.

We quote the mouth diameter first because that is what the scoop has to fit, and height and volume follow from it. The cups nest tightly, which keeps a freezer well or back-of-house shelf from filling up with empty stock.

You can order from 500 cups per design. Quantities above 1,000 fall into better pricing tiers, and larger production goes up to 100,000.

A shop with several flavour designs can print each one at the minimum. Lids are quoted as a separate line, so you can order them in whatever ratio your takeaway trade needs.

Production runs 7 to 10 business days from proof approval, and rush brings that to 5 to 7 business days. For a season opening, order early enough that a sample round fits in first.

Samples take 5 to 7 business days and the fee is credited to the bulk order. Use them to check lid fit and freezer stacking before the full run is printed.