Custom Cereal Boxes

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In the crowded breakfast aisle, your packaging has less than two seconds to win a customer. At Hexa Custom Boxes, we engineer custom cereal boxes that combine structural durability with high-definition graphic fidelity. Utilizing premium 18pt to 24pt SBS (Solid Bleached Sulfate) and recycled Kraft boards, our custom cereal packaging is built to maintain its sharp, rectangular silhouette even when stacked under weight.

We prioritize food safety by using FDA-compliant, low-migration inks and “scent-vault” coatings that prevent cardboard odors from affecting the flavor of your product. From standard family-sized boxes to “on-the-go” mini cartons, our custom printed cereal boxes feature easy-open tabs and re-closable “tuck-top” flaps for maximum consumer convenience. Elevate your morning brand with engineering that ensures every bowl is as crunchy and fresh as the first.

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Boxes MOQ

Starting From 100 Boxes

High Quality Offset Printing

High Quality Offset Printing

Custom Sizes & Style

Custom Sizes & Style

8-10 Business Day Turnaround

8-10 Business Day Turnaround

Free Shipping

Free Shipping

Recyclable

Recyclable

Discover our range of high-quality packaging materials designed to tailor your packaging order to perfection. From sturdy cardboard boxes to eco-friendly options, we have the ideal materials for your unique needs. Elevate your brand and protect your products with our customizable packaging solutions

Elevate your packaging with our premium add-ons. Choose from lamination, foiling, coatings, and other finishing options to create packaging that reflects your brand’s elegance and style. Tailor your order to your exact preferences for a distinctive and eye-catching presentation and make a lasting impression

Select from a range of packaging paper thicknesses, from 8pt to 28pt, to meet your specific needs. Rigid boxes demand greater thickness for durability and luxury, capable of supporting your product’s weight. Make a wise choice that aligns with your budget while ensuring your packaging exudes quality and resilience.

Experience worry-free shipping with our packaging solutions. Whether you choose ground or air shipments, we offer guaranteed insured freight options, ensuring your packaging orders arrive safely and securely. Relax knowing your products are in reliable hands from production to delivery.

Custom Cereal Boxes: High-Impact Retail Branding & Freshness Engineering

The front panel of a cereal box is the most valuable piece of real estate in the grocery store. At Hexa Custom Boxes, we specialize in custom cereal boxes that serve as a high-performance billboard for your brand. Standard boxes often suffer from “shelf-lean” or ink migration that taints the product’s flavor. Our custom printed cereal boxes are engineered with vertical grain integrity and food-safe barrier coatings to ensure your product looks premium on the shelf and tastes exactly as intended at the breakfast table.

1. Material Engineering: The Billboard Foundation

Cereal boxes need to be lightweight for shipping yet rigid enough to stand perfectly vertical on a shelf without bowing.

  • High-Gloss SBS Board: The gold standard for national brands. Its ultra-smooth, bright white surface allows for vibrant color reproduction and “pop,” essential for capturing the attention of both children and adults.
  • Recycled CCNB (Clay Coated News Back): An eco-friendly, cost-effective alternative that provides a smooth white printing surface while utilizing a recycled grey interior for a sustainable profile.
  • Natural Kraft (High-Strength): Perfect for organic or “Ancient Grain” cereal brands. Our sustainable cereal boxes communicate an artisanal, health-conscious message with a rugged, tactile feel.

2. Retail Strategy: Mastering the “Eye-Track”

We optimize your custom cereal packaging through advanced finishing to ensure it wins the competition for visual attention:

  • High-Definition Flexo & Offset Printing: We use heat-stable, non-toxic inks. Our process ensures that the photography of your cereal looks appetizing and true-to-life, with no color fading under grocery store LED lighting.
  • Aqueous Gloss Coating: This provides a protective barrier against fingerprints and moisture, ensuring your wholesale cereal boxes remain pristine despite frequent handling by shoppers.
  • Interactive Back-Panels: We offer high-contrast printing for games, puzzles, or “Farm-to-Table” stories. This increases “Table-Time” engagement, strengthening the emotional bond between the consumer and your brand.

3. Structural Features: Freshness & Functionality

  • Precision-Scored Fold Lines: We use computerized die-cutting to ensure every custom cereal box folds perfectly square. This prevents “leaning” on the shelf, which can make a brand look unprofessional.
  • Easy-Open / Re-Close Tabs: We engineer the top flaps with a specific “perforation-to-glue” ratio. This allows the consumer to open the box without tearing the board, while the “locking tab” keeps the internal bag secure.
  • Auto-Bottom Options: For boutique or start-up cereal brands, we offer “crash-lock” bottoms that allow for rapid hand-packing during the initial production phase.

4. The “Perfect Fit” Sizing Guide

The “Box-to-Bag” ratio is critical. A box that is too large creates “slack fill,” frustrating customers, a box that is too small leads to crushed cereal.

The Hexa Standard Cereal Sizes:

  • Single Serve (Mini): 4″ x 2″ x 6″ (The hotel and travel standard).
  • Standard Retail (12oz): 7.5″ x 2″ x 11″ (The high-volume consumer favorite).
  • Family Size (20oz+): 9″ x 2.5″ x 13″ (Engineered with 18pt board for extra vertical stability).

5. How to Order Your Custom Cereal Boxes

We bring your breakfast brand to the table in five streamlined steps:

  1. Select Your Volume: Tell us the net weight and density of your cereal so we can recommend the correct board caliper.
  2. Choose Your Substrate: Select SBS for maximum color vibrance or Kraft for an organic, eco-friendly look.
  3. Upload Your Art: We provide free Pantone® matching to ensure your brand’s mascot or logo is color-perfect.
  4. Technical Pre-Press: Our engineers check the “safe zones” for nutritional facts and UPC codes to ensure 100% legal compliance.
  5. Direct-to-Warehouse Delivery: Shipped flat to maximize your storage, standard delivery in 10-12 business days.

Ready to Wake Up the Breakfast Aisle?

Your cereal is a morning favorite, it deserves packaging that stands out. From high-definition Mascots to “Scent-Vault” safety, Hexa Custom Boxes is your partner in breakfast excellence.

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Our Capabilities

At Hexa Custom Boxes, we are committed to delivering exceptional packaging solutions customized to your needs. From innovative design to seamless delivery, we ensure excellence at every step, bringing your vision to life with precision and care.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Will the cardboard smell affect the taste of my cereal?
No. We use low-odor, food-grade inks and pH-neutral boards. This prevents “sensory migration,” ensuring that the delicate scent of your cereal isn’t compromised by the custom cereal box itself.
Do you offer window patches to show the cereal inside?
Yes. We can integrate die-cut windows with food-safe PET film. This allows customers to see the texture and quality of your product, which can increase first-time purchase rates by up to 30%.
How do your boxes handle stacking in a grocery warehouse?
We engineer our wholesale cereal boxes with high “Edge Crush Test” (ECT) ratings. By utilizing vertical grain direction in the paperboard, we ensure the boxes can withstand the weight of multiple master-cases without buckling.
Are your cereal boxes eco-friendly and recyclable?
Absolutely. Our SBS and Kraft custom cereal packaging are 100% recyclable. For brands aiming for a lower carbon footprint, we recommend our recycled CCNB board options.
Can you help with the mandated nutritional labeling layout?
While you must provide the data, our engineers will ensure the “Nutrition Facts” panel is placed according to FDA guidelines on the side panel, maintaining the correct font sizes for compliance.
What is the minimum order quantity (MOQ)?
We support artisanal and start-up cereal brands with MOQs starting at 100 units. For national distributors, we offer significant volume discounts at 5,000 and 10,000 unit increments.

Shower Gel Packaging

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Our Shower Gel Packaging will set your product apart both on retail displays and online stores. Every skincare line deserves to be treated with the delicate care inherent in our premium packaging. From newly launched products to those that are refreshed, our bespoke packaging showcases your unique brand identity. 

 We protect your precious goods with our sturdy boxes. With a broad array of eco-friendly materials, sizes, and styles, rest assured the shower gel boxes will still have an eye-catching foil stamp or even a sleek matte finish. The sustainable packaging solutions were designed with the conscious consumer in mind. Modernizing consumer interaction with products while elevating brand visibility, our bespoke boxes speak volumes for products packaged within.

Rigid Mailers

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When shipping your packages, have complete confidence in using our premium rigid mailers, which are as sleek and modern looking as they offer superb protection. Our mailers will not only keep your documents, clothes, cosmetics, or even small electronics safe and stylish, but our entire process ensures a proven and prestigious experience. Our premium rigid mailers can provide these results because they put on frost, which keeps them damage proof while in transit.

Be unique, and reflect your brand identity to the fullest with high quality prints and embosses or foils of your choice offered with our rigid mailers. Along with the eco-friendly materials providing sustainable solutions, our mailers are offered in all shapes and sizes providing pleasing looks along with structural integrity. Do not settle on mediocre supplies for your business, stand out with elegant, protective, and robust custom mailers.

Custom Rigid Candle Boxes

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In the ultra-luxury home fragrance market, the box is a permanent keepsake, not disposable waste. At Hexa Custom Boxes, we engineer custom rigid candle boxes using a 2mm to 4mm thick chipboard core wrapped in premium art paper or specialty textures. These boxes are delivered pre-assembled and do not require folding, providing immense “Top-Load” strength for stacking in high-end boutiques.

We prioritize “Visual Weight” by offering deep-embossing, magnetic closures, and luxury liners. Whether you are producing limited-edition ceramic vessels or heavy crystal jars, our wholesale rigid candle boxes provide a museum-grade presentation that protects your brand’s prestige.

Glitter Boxes

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Capture customer attention immediately with your products displayed in our eye-catching Glitter Boxes. They shine at beauty products, gifts, or even event favors, and their strength is only rivaled by the eye-catching shimmer finish that is impossible to overlook. With these boxes, you don’t have to compromise quality either because each piece is crafted from high-quality materials with sparkling glitter finishes that won’t shed or lose their luster over time.

 Design your custom Glitter Boxes to any shape and size, complete with inserts or dividers, and we will ensure to bring your vision to life. Besides offering complete customizability with predefined glitter boxes, your logo becomes the accent that brings style to the piece. Each box and packaging set is perfect for boutiques, limited holiday collections, or promotional campaigns. With these boxes, your items will not just be kept safe but will also be made exceptional.

Waffle Cone Sleeves

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In the high-velocity ice cream and dessert industry, the sleeve is your most mobile advertisement. At Hexa Custom Boxes, we engineer custom printed waffle cone sleeves that provide a sanitary barrier between the server, the consumer, and the cone. Utilizing lightweight, food-grade SBS (Solid Bleached Sulfate) or grease-proof paper, our cone sleeve packaging is designed with a “Precision-Taper” to slide onto standard waffle, sugar, or cake cones without slipping.

We prioritize “Drip-Management” by using specialized aqueous coatings that repel moisture, ensuring the sleeve doesn’t become “mushy” as the ice cream melts. From boutique gelato shops to national franchises, our wholesale cone sleeves are built to elevate the handheld dessert experience.

Custom Bagel Paper

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Your bagels can be both better presented and enjoyed with Custom Bagel Paper from Hexa Custom Boxes. Designed for everyday application in bakeries, cafes, and food counters, this paper keeps bagels warm, fresh and easy to handle, while looking clean and professional.

Constructed from food safe, grease resistant paper, it keeps oils and moisture from seeping through, keeping surfaces clean and hands. What may be even better is the ability to customize. Add logos, brand colors, or patterns, to make each wrap a subtle branding opportunity.

Hexa’s custom bagel paper is light, easy to wrap and is offered in a range of sizes to accommodate individual bagels and bulk orders. Hexa Custom Boxes aids in packaging even gourmet creations in a way that is thoughtful and consistent to your brand.

Custom Taco Wrapping Paper

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Hexa Custom Boxes helps you to have Custom Taco Wrapping Paper made from high quality, food-grade materials to ensure safe and secure sealing of your tacos, keeping them fresh and flavorful, whilst also giving you the option of personalization. Food trucks, restaurants, and catering services will find our taco wrapping paper to be an excellent choice, as it will provide them with safe, resistive, and durable barriers to food grease, keeping tacos intact and mess-free.

We also offer Custom taco wrapping paper that can be imprinted with brand logos, custom textual designs, and other colorful design options, helping you enhance the brand identity along with providing a memorable experience to your customers. High quality print Ensure your design stands out while maintaining the integrity of the food inside.

Our taco wrapping paper keeps the great taste and presentation going hand in hand. Business sustainability will be preserved, providing you with a brand promotion touch along with functionality. Whatever you specialize in, be it street tacos, gourmet creations, or fusion flavors, Hexa Custom Boxes provides you with tailor made services to make taco wrapping paper especially for you.

Delta 8 Pre Roll Pack

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Maintain comfort and flair using our premium Delta 8 pre roll packs that are appealing to the eye and durable. These high-quality packs shield your pre rolls from moisture, light and damage while providing excellent organization for your rolls. With custom printing options, you can add stunning brand designs and vibrant colors that will make you stand out.

Our Delta 8 pre roll packs have professional touch owing to the secure closures and light weight, ecological materials used. For those who prefer minimal branding as well as bold branding, we offer matte, glossy and metallic finishes. Ideal for dispensaries, retailers or personal use, these packs keep your pre rolls fresh, portable and ready to enjoy. Enhance your product presentation with packs that radiate quality.

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