Ice Cream & Kulfi Packaging Pouches

Ice cream and kulfi packaging lives in a harsher world than most flexible-pack categories. The pouch is frozen to -25°C, pulled out into 35°C ambient air, refrozen, transported in mixed cold-chain quality, and finally handed to a customer expecting a clean, intact, well-printed pack. A laminate that performs at room temperature in a sample test can crack at the seal six weeks into a real distribution cycle.

We manufacture custom-printed ice cream and kulfi packaging pouches at our Madhyamgram facility — 2-layer freezer-flexible laminates, pre-made center-seal and three-side-seal pouches, and slit FFS rolls — in formats from 50 ml kulfi candy sleeves to 1 L family-pack brick wrappers.

Common sizes we manufacture

Frozen-dessert SKUs span a wider format range than most categories. The five sizes Indian retail expects:

50 ml kulfi candy sleeve

Single-serve kulfi candy on a stick or as a moulded format. Three-side-seal pouch is the workhorse format. Pearl BOPP finish for premium SKUs sold through modern retail; Milky LDPE for value-tier and regional kulfi.

100 ml kulfi single

Single-serve kulfi or small softy cup. Three-side-seal or center-seal pouch. The crossover size where brands move to Pearl BOPP for the shinier shelf presence.

250 ml small cup

Single-serve ice cream cup or large kulfi. Often produced as a center-seal pouch used as a heat-shrunk cup wrap, or a flat lid for a moulded plastic cup.

500 ml tub or brick

Family-share format. Used as the printed outer wrap on a moulded tub or as a brick-style pouch around a moulded ice cream bar. Heavier laminate gauge for stack tolerance and freezer-cabinet wear.

1 L family brick

Take-home family-pack format. Brick or tub wrap, printed up to 8 colours. Pearl BOPP is preferred when the brand sits in modern-retail freezers competing on shelf gloss.

Custom sizes between these are quoted on request.

Choosing the laminate: Milky LDPE vs Pearl BOPP

Most ice cream and kulfi pouches use a 2-layer PET-based laminate — 3-layer constructions are overkill for the cold-chain environment, because the freezer itself stalls the oxygen and aroma issues that 3-layer structures are designed to solve. The trade-off lives between two 2-layer recipes.

PET + Milky LDPE. Cheaper per Kg of film. The milky-pigmented LDPE blocks UV, gives a clean opaque background for print, and stays flexible at freezer temperatures. The trade-off is per-piece weight — Milky LDPE is heavier than Pearl BOPP at equivalent thickness, so the same pouch design carries more grams of film. For value-tier and regional kulfi SKUs where per-Kg cost wins the spec sheet, this is the right pick. The matching product line is our [milky LDPE laminated roll](/products/milky-roll).

PET + Pearl BOPP. Higher per Kg of film. The Pearl BOPP layer is lighter and gives the pouch a noticeably shinier, more premium appearance on a freezer shelf. Pouches come out lighter per piece, which can offset the higher per-Kg film cost when you cost out per finished SKU rather than per Kg of film bought. Pearl BOPP is the standard choice for branded ice cream SKUs in modern retail and for premium kulfi brands.

Which one is better depends on what your costing is anchored to. Brands buying film by the Kg often pick Milky LDPE. Brands costing per finished pouch — and prioritising freezer-shelf appearance — pick Pearl BOPP. We quote both on the same MOQ, lead time, and print spec.

Pouch formats available

Three-side-seal pouch

The simplest and cheapest format. Sealed on three edges. Used widely for 50 ml and 100 ml kulfi candy sleeves and small ice cream wraps.

Center-seal pouch

Sealed along a back fin. The default format for kulfi singles, small cups, and as the heat-shrink wrap on moulded ice cream bars. Cleaner front panel for brand graphics.

Laminated FFS roll

For brands running an in-house Form-Fill-Seal line. We slit the laminate to your machine's web width with the right inside-layer LDPE or BOPP grade for your sealing jaws. Faster line speed, lower per-pouch cost, higher upfront setup — used by established ice cream and kulfi brands at higher monthly volumes.

Print on a freezer-cabinet shelf

Ice cream is a high-impulse category — the customer chooses in two seconds at a freezer-cabinet door under bright in-store lighting. Print needs to do three things on a freezer pouch.

• Survive condensation. Rotogravure print sits between the PET and the inside layer, so the ink is sandwiched inside the laminate. Condensation on the outside surface cannot reach the print.
• Read through the cabinet door. Spot colours and high-contrast graphics read better through glass than fine line art. Big, saturated brand colour at the top of the pouch dominates the shelf.
• Reflect cabinet light cleanly. Pearl BOPP and gloss finishes outperform matte under the cool fluorescent or LED lighting most freezer cabinets use.

We support up to 8-colour rotogravure printing in a single pass on both Milky LDPE and Pearl BOPP laminates.

MOQ and lead time

• Laminated rolls (for FFS or pouch conversion) — 300 kg per SKU per design.
• Pre-made three-side-seal and center-seal pouches — 300 kg per SKU per design.
• First-run lead time: 20–30 working days from artwork sign-off (most of this is cylinder engraving).
• Repeat order lead time: 10–15 working days because cylinders are ready with us.

Indicative only — the formal MOQ and lead time for your order are stated in the quotation we issue.

Why brands choose us

• Both 2-layer recipes from one supplier. Milky LDPE and Pearl BOPP laminates produced in-house — switch between the two between SKUs without changing suppliers.
• One roof. Printing, lamination, slitting, and pouching all in-house at our Madhyamgram facility — tighter QC and faster turnaround than a multi-vendor chain.
• Up to 8-colour rotogravure for sharp brand graphics that read through a freezer-cabinet door — spot colours, gradients, and the product hero shot in a single pass.
• Trusted by ice cream and kulfi manufacturers across East and North India.