custom chocolate covered dates gift box

Believing everybody knows chocolate originally comes from the cocoa beans that are the fruit of the wild cacao tree in the tropical rainforest of Central America. More than 1300 years ago, the Mayan Indians of Yorktan made a drink called chocolate with roasted cocoa beans. Early chocolate was a greasy drink, because fried cocoa beans contained more than 50% fat, and people began to add flour and other starchy substances to the drink to reduce its greasyness.

In the early 16th century, the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortes discovered in Mexico: the local Aztec king drank a drink made of cocoa beans, water and spices, which Cortes brought back in 1528 after tasting Spain, and planted cocoa trees on a small island in West Africa.

The Spaniards ground cocoa beans into powder, added water and sugar, and heated them to make a drink called "chocolate",  chocolate covered dates gift box which is very popular among the public. Soon its production method was learned by the Italians, and soon spread throughout Europe.

 

In 1642, chocolate was introduced to France as a medicine and consumed by Catholics.

In 1765, chocolate entered the United States and was praised by Benjamin Franklin as "a healthy and nutritious dessert".

In 1828, Van HOUTEN in the Netherlands made a cocoa press to squeeze the remaining powder from the cocoa liquor. The cocoa butter squeezed by Van HOUTEN is mixed with crushed cocoa beans and white sugar, and the world's first chocolate is born. After fermentation, drying and roasting, cocoa beans are processed into cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and cocoa powder, which will produce a rich and unique aroma. This natural aroma is the main body of chocolate.

In 1847, cocoa butter was added to the chocolate drink to create what is now known as the chewable chocolate bar.

In 1875, Switzerland invented the method of making milk chocolate, thus having the chocolate you see.

In 1914, World War I spurred the production of chocolate, which was shipped to the battlefield to be distributed to soldiers.

chocolate covered dates gift box, chocolate is made from a mixture of many ingredients, but its flavor depends mainly on the taste of cocoa itself. Cocoa contains theobromine and caffeine, which bring a pleasant bitter taste; the tannins in cocoa have a slight astringent taste, and the cocoa butter can produce a fat and smooth taste. The bitterness, astringency, and sourness of cocoa, the smoothness of cocoa butter, with the help of sugar or milk powder, milk fat, malt, lecithin, vanillin and other auxiliary materials, and after exquisite processing technology, chocolate not only maintains the unique taste of cocoa but also Make it more harmonious, pleasant and palatable.

Our team has also been specializing in custom chocolate covered dates gift box. Currently commonly used materials are artpaper, white kraft, brown kraft and cardboard, etc. Here, by the way, let me tell you the difference between ordinary white kraft paper and food grade white kraft paper

Kraft paper has been widely used in various food packaging chocolate covered dates gift box, but because the fluorescence content of ordinary white kraft paper is usually several times higher than the standard, only food-grade white kraft paper can be used in food packaging.

So, what's the difference between the two?

Distinguishing standard one: whiteness

Food-grade kraft paper only adds a small amount of bleach, the whiteness is low, and the color looks a little yellowish. Ordinary grade white kraft paper has added a large amount of bleaching agent, so the whiteness is very high.

Distinguishing Standard 2: Ash Control

Food-grade white kraft paper has strict control standards, and various indicators are assigned according to food-grade requirements. Therefore, the ash content of food-grade white kraft paper is controlled at a very low level, while the ash content of ordinary grade white kraft paper is higher in order to reduce costs.

Distinguishing Standard Three: Test Report

According to the requirements of food-grade packaging materials in my country, food-grade white kraft paper must pass QS inspection, while ordinary grades do not.

Distinguishing standard four: price

Although the price is not very different, it is also an important reference value. Food grade white kraft paper is more expensive than ordinary grade kraft paper.

After briefly introducing the materials, let us also talk about the box type used for chocolate packaging

At present, the main chocolate covered dates gift box types are: Top and base style, box with magnet closure, card box, etc.

There are three different forms of expression in the production of top and base gift box

The first type for chocolate covered dates gift box, the upper and lower buckle box world cover gift box is relatively simple in production. It consists of two parts, the upper cover and the lower bottom, which is convenient for standardized machine operation. The size of the upper cover is slightly larger than the size of the lower bottom. The upper and lower buckles For proper use, the best condition of the gift box is that the bottom can fall off slowly and freely. The upper and lower buckle box world cover can be designed as a cover to cover the bottom, or it can cover part of the bottom box.

The second type for chocolate covered dates gift box is to make a gift box with a surrounding edge. In addition to the upper cover and the lower bottom, there is an extra frame in the middle. The size of the cover box is the same as that of the bottom box. When the cover box and the bottom box match, there will be no offset and misalignment, and the production of the gift box with the edge of the world is more three-dimensional and more layered in terms of visual effect; It can also be designed so that the height of the upper cover is smaller than the height of the bottom cover.

The third kind of chocolate covered dates gift box conjoined heaven and earth cover gift box is made similar to the surrounding world cover box, the difference is that the back of the gift box is pasted with tissue paper, and the left and right sides of the gift box are usually connected with ribbons, which can be opened and closed freely.

The gift packaging box with magnet closure is that the box body and the box cover are not separated, just like a suitcase, and there is a shaft attached to the back. The clamshell box is a relatively common gift box, because it is opened in a clamshell, so it is called a clamshell box. . Another feature of the clamshell box is that magnets are normally required. Other box types generally do not need magnets, which can also be said to be the characteristics of clamshell boxes. Of course, this feature is also a lot of trouble, such as the selection of magnets is a very complicated matter.

Magnets also have single-sided magnets and double-sided magnets. Because single-sided magnets are cheap and have good suction, many gift box manufacturers will choose single-sided magnets; double-sided magnets are also called strong magnets. The suction is very good, but the price is expensive. It is generally used on some boxes with relatively high requirements. Among them, the size of the magnet is also determined according to the size of the box. If the box is relatively large, a larger magnet can be used to hold it. For the sake of beauty, the left and right pairs of magnets are generally used for clamshell boxes.

Of course, in addition to chocolate covered dates gift box, we also provide customized paper bags, stickers, ribbons and copy paper, shockproof paper.

The booming market has extended the application of cartons to various fields. In addition to printing exquisite pictures, the production of cartons also requires processing such as lining paper, die-cutting, forming and mounting paper.

The production quality of each process directly affects the quality of the final product. Therefore, each process is very important.

At present, many paper boxes in China are still produced by hand.

Lining paper

01 Equipment and accessories

The required equipment mainly includes a gluing machine and a flattening machine; the required auxiliary materials include latex.

02 Process points

① Check the production list and check the quality of the containerboard paper. The standard moisture content of the containerboard paper is 12%.

② To prepare the adhesive, the mass ratio of each component is: white latex: water = 3:1.

③ Glue the white paper inside, stack the cardboard paper on the platen in front of the gluing machine, and push the paper to the operators on both sides one by one according to the speed of the gluing machine, and the operator takes the box first The cardboard, and then the glue-coated inner paper, align with the two regular edges of the cardboard. When receiving the paper, the two should cooperate tacitly. A slight negligence may cause the paper to break or wrinkle.

④ Flattening, knock the liner-mounted cardboard paper into the flattening machine, set the pressure to 20MPa, and the time is 5 minutes.

⑤ After the production is over, self-check the quality, count the quantity and hang the production identification plate, and transfer to the next process for production.

The inspection items include: the cleanliness of the paper surface, such as overflow glue, adhesion and cleanliness, etc.

03 Precautions

① Pay attention to the effect of the adhesive ratio on the smoothness of the paper surface, and control the uniformity when applying the glue.

② When mounting the lining paper, it must be flat and in place, and the lining paper should not exceed the ruled edge of the cardboard paper.

③ The prepared adhesive should not be too thin to prevent the inner paper from wrinkling.

④ Wash your hands frequently to ensure that the paper surface is clean.

Forming and Laminating Paper

Forming and mounting paper is the most demanding and cumbersome process in the box-making process. Only by being serious and responsible in the production process can the quality be guaranteed.

01 Equipment, molds and accessories

The required equipment is a gluing machine and a punching machine.

The required molds include scraper, auxiliary block, punching die, plastic container, and brown brush.

The required auxiliary materials are 168 glue, double-mounted glue, rubber band, absolute ethanol, and cotton cloth.

02 Process points

① Check the production order and production samples to check whether the materials are qualified.

② Do the first article inspection and confirmation before mass production.

③ Assemble the box body.

Stack the die-cut cardboard paper on the table, and evenly apply glue to the small sides on both sides; lift up the four sides of the glued cardboard paper, press the big side against the small side, and tighten it with two rubber bands , Staggered angle 45 ° stacked on the pallet, self-inspection passed, hanging signs, after air-drying, transfer to the next process.

④ Mount the box body.

Apply glue evenly to the surface paper of the box body, and place the box shape accurately in the frame line on the back of the surface paper;

Put on the auxiliary block and bend the four sides downward at an angle of 90°;

Take out the auxiliary block, fold the bleeding edge inward, and use a bamboo scraper to flatten the four sides of the box to make it fully bonded;

Turn the box upright, and scrape the edges and corners of the four sides with your thumbnail;

Then put on the auxiliary block, wipe the facial tissue with a flannel cloth from the inside to the outside, if there is glue stain, wipe it clean with a flannel cloth dipped in a little ethanol;

Exhaust the air to make it tightly combined; punch holes to ensure that the holes are in proper positions.

⑤ The quality of the self-inspection is qualified, the sky and the earth cover are fastened, the quantity is counted and the identification plate is hung, and it is handed over to the inspection and packaged.

Inspection items include: forming effect, bonding effect, surface cleanliness, such as the flatness and consistency of the box body, firmness and cleanliness, brightness, etc.

03 Precautions

① When assembling the box body, the four corners of the carton must be tight and seamless, and the four corners and the top must be flush. Too much inside or outside will cause trouble for the mounting paper. It is strictly forbidden to transfer to the next process when the adhesive is not dry.

② When mounting the surface paper, be sure to wipe it with a flannel cloth to make it stick firmly, and make the surface smooth and free of air bubbles and glue stains.

③ When scraping the edge with a scraper, the four sides must be scraped in place to prevent the four corners from warping or wrinkles.

④ Keep your hands clean and the operating table clean to prevent unclean operations from sticking to the lining paper in the box.