Food box mockups in real-time 3DSized for the food, shown open or shut
Build a food box mockup around how the food is sold: in a delivery bag, over the bakery counter or on a store shelf. Type the inside size, add your artwork and open the lid.
Food boxes and what they hold
Each box below is matched to a kind of food. Sizes are inside dimensions: length × width × height.
| Box | Holds | Board | Inside size you can set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeout box | A boxed meal | Paperboard, 0.5 mm | 130–455 × 170–305 × 85–150 mm |
| Pizza box | Pizza and other flat bakes | Corrugated, 1.5 or 3 mm | 180–500 × 120–500 × 30–140 mm |
| Food tray box | Sandwiches, sides, finger food served open | Paperboard, 0.5 mm | 210–455 × 120–375 × 30–120 mm |
| Pasta box | Dry pasta, crackers and snacks | Paperboard, 0.5 mm | 100–300 × 30–120 × 80–380 mm |
| Cereal box | Cereal and other dry goods | Paperboard, 0.3–0.6 mm | 30–250 × 20–150 × 50–350 mm |
| Tea box | Tea bags or loose tea | Paperboard, 0.3–0.6 mm | 30–250 × 20–150 × 50–350 mm |
| Bakery box | Pastries and slices of cake | Paperboard, 0.5 mm | 230–460 × 180–460 × 90–110 mm |
| Cake box with handle | Cakes and bakes carried by hand | Corrugated, 1.5 mm | 200–500 × 170–400 × 80–250 mm |
Sizes are inside dimensions in millimetres; the editor also works in inches.
Takeout, bakery or shelf
Start from where the food is sold. Each place asks something different of the box.
Delivery orders
Boxes that travel in a bag and get opened at a desk or a door: lunch orders, pizza and sides.
The bakery counter
Boxes filled in front of the customer and carried home by hand.
The store shelf
Printed paperboard cartons that stand side by side and sell from the front panel.
Food boxes to start from
Open any of these in the editor and change its size and print.
Takeout box
A four-corner paperboard tray with a hinged lid. A front flap on the lid folds down over the outside of the front wall.
Pizza box
One-piece corrugated box with a hinged lid. The front wall is rolled over and locked, and the lid tucks in.
Food tray box
An open tray with four glued corners and no lid, for food served open.
Pasta box
A seal end carton: a paperboard tube with both ends glued shut.
Snack box
The Pasta box set to 152 × 51 × 216 mm (6 × 2 × 8.5 in), a slim carton for the shelf.
Bakery box
A lock-corner paperboard tray with a hinged lid, 90 to 110 mm tall.
How to make a food box mockup
Pick a food box
Choose a box from the list above by how the food will be sold.
Set the inside size
Open Size and type the length, width and height that fit the food, in millimetres or inches.
Add your artwork
Click Upload artwork and place your design on the dieline: brand on the lid and front, ingredients or a menu on a side panel. Switch from Outside to Inside to print the inside.
Open it and export
Move the slider to Open or Closed, then click Render & export. Choose Image for a JPG or PNG, with Background set to Transparent if you want no background, or Dieline for the print file.
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Every box opens in the same live 3D editor.
Food box styles, closures and fold stops
Check the style number, the closure and the fold stops of a box before you open it in the editor.
| Box | Style | How it closes | Fold stops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeout box | ECMA B4020.53 | Hinged lid; a front flap folds down over the outside of the front wall | Flat, Open, Closed |
| Pizza box | FEFCO 0426 | Hinged lid tucks in; the front wall is rolled over and locked | Flat, Open, Closed |
| Food tray box | ECMA B4020 | No lid: an open tray with four glued corners | Flat, Closed |
| Pasta box | ECMA A1010 | Both ends glued shut | Flat, Open, Closed |
| Cereal box | ECMA A20.20.03.03 | Straight tuck end: both tuck flaps go in behind the front wall | Flat, Open, Closed |
| Tea box | ECMA A20.20.03.01 | Reverse tuck end: top lid on the back wall, bottom lid on the front wall | Flat, Open, Closed |
| Bakery box | ECMA B1506.53 | Lock-corner tray with a hinged lid | Flat, Closed |
| Cake box with handle | Its own dieline, no standard number | A top flap tucks in at each end; the handle rises out of the top | Flat, Open, Closed |
The fold slider snaps to these stops, and the Food tray box and the Bakery box have no Open stop, so they are shown flat or closed.
Food box mockup FAQ
Short answers about choosing, printing and showing food boxes.
Can I design my own food packaging?
Yes. Pick a food box here, type the inside size, click Upload artwork and render the image in your browser. Then export the dieline as a PDF or SVG for your printer.
What are some ideas for food in a box?
Match the food to the box: pizza in the Pizza box, a hot meal in the Takeout box and food served open in the Food tray box. Pasta and other dry goods go in the Pasta box, cereal and snacks in printed paperboard cartons, loose tea in the Tea box and pastries in the Bakery box.
Can ChatGPT create mockups?
An AI image tool can draw a picture of a box, but not at your inside size with a dieline that matches it. Here the 3D box is built from its dieline, so the image you render and the file you print agree.
Is a food box mockup the same as food-safe packaging?
No. A mockup shows how the box will look. Food-contact approval comes from the board, ink and coating your supplier uses, so confirm it with them.
Which food box should I use for takeout?
Use the Takeout box, a tray whose hinged lid has a front flap that folds down over the front wall, for meals, the Pizza box for pizza and the Food tray box for items served open. The Pizza box is corrugated, 1.5 or 3 mm thick here; the Takeout box is 0.5 mm paperboard.
Where does the nutrition and ingredients text go on a food carton?
Usually on a side or the back panel of a carton such as the Cereal box. Text has to be part of the artwork you upload, so set it in your design file first, and check local labeling rules with your printer.
Can I show the food box open?
Yes. Move the fold slider between Flat, Open and Closed and render the box with the lid open; the Bakery box and the Food tray box stop at Flat and Closed. Switch the flat editor to Inside to print what shows when it opens.
Can I make a food box mockup for free?
Browsing the boxes and turning them in 3D is free. Log in with an email code or Google to upload artwork, save projects and render images. Exporting a rendered image or a dieline needs a free account; rendering and downloads are free right now.