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    Kraft-face carton board

    Cartons that want the board itself to read as the material, not a printed background.

    A natural brown kraft-board gable-top carton printed with white wavy lines, fibre speckle visible.
    Best for
    Cartons where the brown board itself is the look.
    Structure
    Gable-top or brick construction with an unbleached natural kraft outer liner (brown board with visible fibre speckle) over the usual polymer layers.
    Print methods
    Flexo · Offset (1–2 spot inks read best; process colour muddies on brown)
    Finishes
    Matte varnish
    After use
    Same carton stream, with less bleaching in the outer layer.

    How it's built

    Outside to inside

    Exploded view of kraft-face carton board: unbleached brown board between polyethylene films.
    1. 1Polyethylene outer coat
    2. 2Unbleached kraft-face paperboard
    3. 3Polyethylene food-contact layer (ambient versions add a barrier layer)

    Look and feel

    Warm brown, matte, with visible fibre and darker speckle. It reads as material before it reads as packaging.

    Printing on it

    The brown base shifts every ink warmer and darker. Light colours need an opaque white printed first, and a thin white lets a little brown show through, which is half the charm. One or two solid colours beat photography here.

    Barrier and shelf life

    Same as the white-board version of the same format: chilled gable-top, or ambient with a barrier layer.

    Run sizes

    Cartons are formed, filled and sealed on the drink maker's filling line, so the carton is printed on the roll that line runs. Minimums are set by the carton maker and your filler, and they sit far above a box or label job. We design the artwork and prepare press-ready files for your carton maker or co-packer.

    After use

    Same carton stream, with less bleaching in the outer layer.

    Pairs well with

    Packaging ArtworkCustom QuoteSamples

    How we describe it

    “unbleached natural kraft-face carton board, brown fibre and speckle visible as the board itself”

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    Also in carton laminates

    A white aseptic brick carton printed in sage-green and cream bands, with a cut piece of the laminate showing the white board and silver foil inside.

    Aseptic brick carton laminate

    Shelf-stable ambient drinks: oat and nut milks, juice, broth.

    A slim terracotta aseptic carton with a sloped top panel and a white screw cap.

    Aseptic brick, slanted top

    Ambient drinks that want a pour spout and a shelf face at an angle.

    A dusty-blue aseptic brick with a cut piece of its laminate showing a pale, non-metallic inside.

    Aseptic brick, aluminium-free

    Ambient drinks where the carbon figure matters more than the longest possible shelf life.

    A white gable-top milk carton with a cobalt-blue lower half and cold condensation on its surface.

    Gable-top chilled carton

    Chilled milk, oat drink and juice.

    Two carton screw caps: a cream cap held open by its tether strap and a closed sage-green cap.

    Plant-based PE screw cap

    Closure for gable-top and slanted-top cartons.