Many beverage packaging projects stall at the same point: the brand knows its product and the factory has capacity, but nobody has agreed on a bottle size, a resin and a closure that work together. This guide covers those three decisions in order, and points to bottles we already mould in each combination.
1. Fix the bottle size first
Size constrains everything else, because it determines which mould already exists and which filling line the bottle will run on. Our standard beverage moulds cover:
| Volume | 一般的な使用方法 | Resin |
|---|---|---|
| 100 ミリリットル | Shots, サンプル, juice concentrate | ペット, PP |
| 200 ミリリットル | Drinking water, small juice | ペット, PP |
| 250–300 ml | Single-serve juice, soft drinks, water | ペット, PP |
| 330 ミリリットル | Carbonated soft drinks, sparkling water | ペット |
| 350 ミリリットル | Fresh juice | ペット |
| 400 ミリリットル | Milk and yogurt drinks, soft drinks | PP |
| 500 ミリリットル | Water, ジュース, ready-to-drink tea | ペット |
| 1.5 L | Family-size juice and water | ペット |
| 2 L | Large-format water and soda | ペット |
Where a standard size is close enough, using an existing mould removes both the tooling cost and the lead time a new mould would add.
2. Match the resin to the fill process
ペット is the default for still water, ジュース, ready-to-drink tea and carbonated soft drinks. It is crystal clear, lightweight, and gives the strongest oxygen and CO₂ barrier of the common bottle resins. It suits ambient and cold fill, with hot-fill grades available up to about 85°C. See the PET bottle range.
PP handles higher temperatures and is the better choice for milk, yogurt drinks and any product filled hot. It is translucent rather than clear. PP is also the resin behind most bottle caps, because of its living-hinge performance. See the PP bottle range.
3. Choose the closure before the mould is cut
The neck finish is moulded into the bottle, so the cap has to be decided first — changing a neck finish later means cutting a new mould. Our beverage bottles take screw caps, フリップトップキャップ, sports caps and corks, with the neck finish matched to a standard (GCMI, SPI or PCO) so the closure can be sourced independently of the bottle.
Bottles available for your specification
- 500 ml clear PET water bottle
- 330 ml PET carbonated drink bottle
- 350 ml clear PET juice bottle
- 1.5 L PET bottle
- 2 L PET family-size bottle
- 400 ml PP beverage bottle
See how the bottles themselves are produced in our PET bottle manufacturing guide, or compare bottle closures across the full product range.
Send us your specification
Tell us your product, target volume, filling temperature and shelf-life target, and we will come back with a bottle size, a resin and a closure recommendation with a quotation. Request a quote.
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