Gateway Print and Label Solutions
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Custom Food Labeling and Packaging for Specialty Food Products
Custom food labeling and packaging help specialty food manufacturers stay compliant, respond to frequent changes, and build a strong brand image. Gateway provides end-to-end food labeling and packaging solutions to support nutrition fact and ingredient compliance with a broad selection of label and packaging materials, customized to your products and processes.
Manufacturers can choose on-demand, in-house printing using Epson ColorWorks printers for small batches, private labels, and frequent revisions. For higher-volume needs, we offer pre-printed food labels with managed warehousing and nationwide distribution to reduce label obsolescence, speed up product launches, and control total cost of ownership (TCO).
From custom pressure-sensitive food labels and barcode labels to shrink sleeves and flexible packaging, Gateway serves as a single-source provider for complete food labeling systems built around your products and production workflows.
How Specialty Food Manufacturers Manage Labels at Scale
We help specialty food manufacturers manage labeling and packaging, stay compliant, and scale efficiently through tailored solutions, end-to-end services, and nationwide distribution to support small batches and high-volume production.
Custom Food Labels
Whether you need one label or many millions we can help you. We tailor solutions to meet your needs.
Total Solutions
Gateway is your one-stop shop for all food product labels and packaging, simplifying procurement.
Nationwide Distribution
Partner with Gateway to leverage our nationwide network of production and distribution facilities.
Food Labeling and Packaging Options for Any Container Type
Food labeling and packaging formats must align with container design, production volume, and compliance requirements. We help specialty food manufacturers select custom formats using flexible materials, colors, styles, and scalable in-house printing that fit their operations.
Flexible Food Pouches
We offer lightweight, flexible pouch packaging, including stand-up and flat-bottom flexible food pouches, pillow pouches, bags, and bar wraps. We will meet your requirements for lead time and run volume while delivering high-quality flexible pouch packaging that will positively reflect your brand. Our goal is to make your custom food pouch packaging as sharp and professional as possible.
Shrink Sleeves
Turn to Gateway for full-body shrink sleeves, combo packs, and tamper-evident perforated sleeves. Our standard and custom-printed shrink sleeves ensure sharp images, even after heating the material and it conforms to the bottle or container’s shape. You can choose between rolls for automatic application or individually sheeted sleeves for hand application.
Custom-Printed Food Boxes
We supply soft-touch, corrugated, and eco-friendly box options in standard and custom sizes. With unlimited designs, you can create custom-printed food boxes that engage customers and showcase your brand. Our food box printing options allows you to choose the boxes for your application, whether protecting items during transportation or creating attractive packaging for retail sale.
Inkjet Printing On-Demand
Produce professional, engaging, full-color labels and packaging in-house. Inkjet printing on-demand replaces inefficient processes using pre-printed labels and packaging and the risk of obsolescence with a cost-effective alternative. Our solutions allow you to print custom food labels and packaging in a variety of sizes for personalized products, private labels, and small batches.
Food Pressure Sensitive Labels
We design our food pressure sensitive labels for adhesion, even in cold storage, high temperatures, and heavy-use applications. Our food pressure sensitive labels are also sharp and professional, giving your products shelf-appeal. Choose from a variety of pre-printed food product labels managed with our warehouse and distribution capabilities or print-on-demand solutions for generating custom pressure sensitive labels in-house.
Food Barcode Labels
Comply with your industry’s requirements for quality food barcode labeling. We offer BarTender and TEKLYNX software to generate clear, professional food barcode labels and tags. We’ll help you determine the optimal software for your business and integrate it with your IT environment for labeling automation and control. We also offer tools for compliance labeling, asset tracking, and other data management requirements.
End-to-End Food Labeling and Packaging Services Nationwide
We help specialty food manufacturers manage labeling and packaging operations across multiple locations while reducing bottlenecks, limiting waste, and supporting compliance.
Managed Warehouse
Our managed warehouse, distribution, and kitting solutions allow you to increase your operational efficiency. They ensure you have the labels and packaging materials at your locations anywhere in the United States when you need them. Our precise storage and inventory control system ensures optimal inventory levels, and our kitting process assembles all necessary components for minimal receiving and handling time.
Expert Consulting
Our team with decades of experience can help you identify the best materials for flexible food pouches, shrink sleeves, custom-printed food boxes, custom pressure-sensitive labels, and other custom food labels and packaging for your products. We have built a vast network of providers offering the full range of materials, adhesives, coatings, and packaging to make the best options available to you, factoring in your budget and your timeframe.
Total Solutions
Gateway offers total solutions for custom food labels and packaging. We manage pre-printing for food product labels and packaging and provide labels with the optimal label material, adhesives, and coatings. Gateway offers inkjet print-on-demand technology and label printing software that enable generating custom food labels in-house. Gateway also backs all of its solutions with industry-leading services and support.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I determine the right material for my flexible packaging project?
The right flexible packaging material is determined by how your product will be stored, handled, and used, whether refrigerated, frozen, shelf-stable, or served in a pouch. Value-added suppliers evaluate factors such as durability, mill thickness, resealability, and material type to recommend appropriate options. Leveraging supplier expertise helps reduce trial and error while ensuring packaging meets compliance, operational, and distribution requirements.
What label materials work best for refrigerated, frozen, or moist products?
For refrigerated, frozen, or high-moisture products, synthetic films like polypropylene (BOPP) and polyester (PET) work best because they remain flexible and resist condensation. Adhesives should be selected based on application temperature, storage conditions, and whether labels need to be permanent or removable. The right combination of label stock, adhesives, coatings, and inks helps labels maintain adhesion, durability, legibility, and compliance across cold storage, distribution, and retail handling.
Can you provide labels for food traceability?
Yes. We provide RFID and barcode labels that enable specialty food manufacturers to track products throughout the supply chain. These labels store critical information such as lot codes, production dates, and ingredient sources, supporting farm-to-fork transparency and recall readiness. When paired with barcode or RFID readers, traceability data can be accessed quickly to support compliance and product safety.
Discover What’s Possible with Gateway Custom Food Label Solutions
Gateway’s printing solutions, custom food labels, and services help hundreds of businesses label their products efficiently and cost-effectively while maintaining brand standards and engaging customers successfully. See what Gateway can do for your business.