Chilled Packaging

A cardboard box with insulated liner inserts.

Custom temperature-controlled packaging

Chilled packaging protects food, medicines, and other perishable products during transportation, preventing spoilage.

At GWP, we design and manufacture sustainable, chilled packaging that protects your produce in transit and can significantly reduce your costs. A range of bespoke outer packs and insulated box liners gives you the confidence that your products will arrive with your customer safe and fresh.

Our custom temperature-controlled packaging is manufactured in the UK, providing excellent quality while minimising environmental impact.

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Free, expert advice
Competitive pricing

Benefits of our chilled packaging

Sourcing your bespoke chilled packaging from GWP, offers numerous benefits:

Insulative properties keep perishable goods between 2 and 8ºc for up to 48 hours.
Available in low and high quantities, scaling with your business growth.
Custom sizes minimise material use, transport costs and emissions.
Pack design and modular inserts allow for quick packing, improving productivity.
Add custom printing and logos to your chilled packaging.
Compliant with regulations, including Food Standards Agency and ISTA20.
Eco-friendly, plastic-free options are easy for your customers to recycle.

Temperature controlled packaging containing food on a kitchen counter

FAQs

A person opening chilled packaging containing food

What is chilled packaging?

Chilled packaging maintains the temperature of products that can spoil during transit. It is often also referred to as insulated, thermal, or temperature-controlled packaging. It’s commonly used in the food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and biotechnology industries, where products are required to maintain their quality and efficacy.

How does chilled packaging work?

Chilled packaging uses layers of insulation to maintain the temperature of products within. This insulation can include foil lining, layers of corrugated cardboard, or even wool.

What types of chilled packaging are there?

Popular chilled packaging options include insulated boxes, pouches, and liners. Companies such as Sealed Air (TempGuard) and Macfarlane Packaging (Coolimate) provide liners that can be used in compatible outer boxes.

Why should my business use custom chilled packaging?

Using custom chilled packaging can help reduce your long-term costs. Bespoke sizes improve transport efficiency, minimise material use, and also help protect products in transit (as they have less space to move around during handling, which is a frequent cause of damage).

Is temperature-controlled packaging recyclable?

GWP supplies temperature-controlled packaging that is easily recycled by end-users in UK kerbside collections. However, some options, such as wool, cannot be recycled.

Guides, case studies and further reading:

3 types of insulated food packaging to maintain freshness

Wool vs insulated cardboard liners for food packaging

Case Study: Russell & Atwell eco-friendly letterbox packaging

Why work with GWP Packaging?

We have over 30 years of experience designing and manufacturing bespoke, commercially successful packaging at GWP Packaging. Our experienced designers have a proven track record of helping both large and small food suppliers, working closely with you to create the optimum specification for your exact needs.

We also have a range of strategies to reduce your costs throughout your operations, including everything from reducing packing times to holding your stock at our warehouse. We also allow you to source all of your packaging – including outer boxes, inserts, tapes and more – from us. And we make extensive use of sustainable and FSC®-certified materials, too.

Please contact our friendly, knowledgeable, UK-based team to learn how we can help with your chilled packaging.

No obligation
Free, expert advice
Competitive pricing

What our customers say:

GWP always offers us an efficient, timely service with great results. If we need to talk to or see someone, it’s always possible, and nothing is too much effort. Being able to talk through concepts, see samples and tweak until we have exactly what we want has been indispensable in our operations; it means we can get the product just so and be confident that when we receive bulk delivery all will be as expected.

Liz Cuff | Marketing Manager | Tracklements

What our customers say:

GWP have been excellent in supporting us since our launch, and we would like to say a huge thank you to them and the handful of partners that have helped us over the past 18 months. We are both incredibly grateful and excited that more people will be able to discover what chocolate should really taste like!

Giles Atwell | Managing Director | Upside Down Chocolate

What our customers say:

GWP has been one of our main supporters over the past ten years, supplying us with boxes and providing other support as well. We really appreciate their help. The boxes make life so much easier for us when organising the various donations of food and essentials that we receive, as well as helping to transport these to our distribution centres as required.

Cher Smith MBE | Manager | Swindon Food Collective

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