Packaging for Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) is a high-value product, with great international prestige and increasingly appreciated by consumers seeking quality, health, and sustainability. Its packaging not only protects it but also conveys prestige, differentiates the brand, and ensures preservation.
In this article, we explain which formats are most commonly used, their advantages, and how to choose the right packaging whether you sell wholesale (B2B) or to the end consumer (B2C).
Why is packaging so important for EVOO?
Olive oil is highly sensitive to light, oxygen, and heat—factors that directly affect its freshness, flavor, and properties. Therefore, packaging must:
- Protect against oxidation
- Reduce light exposure
- Preserve aromas and nutrients
- Guarantee food safety
- Communicate quality and brand value
Most used packaging in the olive oil sector
- Ideal for: premium brands, retail sales, exports.
- Advantages: maximum barrier against oxygen and light, quality perception, recyclability.
- Common formats: 250 ml, 500 ml, 750 ml, 1 L.
At ThePackStock you can find green and amber glass bottles, perfect to highlight the quality of gourmet EVOO.
- Ideal for: mid/high-range oils, family formats, and export.
- Advantages: very lightweight, resistant, 100% recyclable, excellent light protection.
- Common formats: from 250 ml to 5 L.
Highly appreciated by international customers who value product preservation and ease of transport.
- Ideal for: large formats destined for HORECA and B2B channels.
- Advantages: lightweight, impact-resistant, economical, recyclable.
- Common formats: 1 L, 2 L, 5 L.
At ThePackStock we offer transparent PET and green PET options, which maintain product quality while reducing logistics costs.
- Bag-in-Box
- Ideal for: bulk sales to restaurants or distributors.
- Advantages: the inner bag system reduces oxygen contact as it is consumed, extends shelf life, and facilitates storage.
- Common formats: 3 L, 5 L, 10 L.
Differences between B2B and B2C packaging for EVOO
- B2B: Priority is given to logistics efficiency (stackability, resistance, unit cost) and large formats such as 5 L PET or Bag-in-Box.
- B2C: The focus is on brand image, practicality, and sustainability. Dark glass bottles with pourer caps or decorated metal tins are the best option.
Conclusion
Packaging is the first introduction of your extra virgin olive oil. Choosing between glass, metal, PET, or Bag-in-Box depends on your customer, sales channel, and brand image.
At ThePackStock, we offer a wide range of olive oil packaging: dark glass bottles, PET containers and metal tins, always with quality assurance and adapted to the needs of producers, distributors, and brands that want to stand out in the EVOO market.
👉 Explore our collection of olive oil packaging at ThePackStock and find the one that best suits your product.
