Bowls

Paper bowls for salad, grain and hot sides

Round and square bowls from 500ml to 1300ml, in the same three coating systems as the cups — which means the bowl on your shelf can carry the same claim as the cup beside it, or a different one, and the paperwork will say which.

Specifications Ask about a claim

Formats: 2
Dimensioned sizes: 10
Barrier options: 3
Certification: flustix FPPC025

Round or square is not a design decision

A round bowl is stronger per gram of board and packs more efficiently in a round lid. A square bowl uses shelf space better and gives a flat print area, which matters when the bowl is also the brand surface. The difference that catches buyers is volume: a 1000ml round bowl exists in two shapes here — 150mm deep and 180mm shallow — and they are not interchangeable in a display fridge.

Both formats share the coating options, so a menu can move from round to square without re-testing the barrier.

Formats and dimensions

Every size below is a tooled size held in this range. Dimensions are nominal — confirm tolerances before artwork or lid tooling is committed.

Round paper bowls

Round bowls from 500ml to 1300ml for salads, grain bowls and hot sides, with flat or domed lid options.

Water-based dispersion Plastic-free claim supportable — covered by flustix FPPC025 on the water-based range.
PLA (compostable bioplastic) Compostable under EN 13432 in industrial conditions. PLA is a bioplastic, so it is not plastic-free.
PE (conventional) Conventional polyethylene barrier. Not part of any plastic-free claim.

Mingkai paper packaging round paper bowls — product view

Mingkai paper packaging round paper bowls — detail

Volume	Top Ø (mm)	Bottom Ø (mm)	Height (mm)	Packing
500ml	150	128	50	50 × 6
750ml	150	128	60	50 × 6
1000ml	150	128	75	50 × 6
1100ml	165	143	65	50 × 6
1000ml	180	160	50	50 × 6
1300ml	185	160	65	50 × 6

Two 1000ml bodies exist: a 150mm deep bowl and a 180mm shallow bowl. Choose by fill height, not by volume alone.

Used for Salad · Grain bowls · Pasta · Hot sides

Square paper bowls and boxes

Square footprint for salad and poke formats — more usable volume per shelf centimetre and a straighter print area.

Water-based dispersion Plastic-free claim supportable — covered by flustix FPPC025 on the water-based range.
PLA (compostable bioplastic) Compostable under EN 13432 in industrial conditions. PLA is a bioplastic, so it is not plastic-free.
PE (conventional) Conventional polyethylene barrier. Not part of any plastic-free claim.

Mingkai paper packaging square paper bowls and boxes — product view

Mingkai paper packaging square paper bowls and boxes — detail

Volume	Top Ø (mm)	Bottom Ø (mm)	Height (mm)	Packing
500ml	160	160	33	50 × 6
750ml	160	160	47	50 × 6
1000ml	177	177	52	50 × 6
1200ml	177	177	60	50 × 6

Used for Salad · Poke · Dessert · Meal prep

Bowls, and the two claims people confuse

Compostable and plastic-free are different certifications with different evidence.

Compostable means EN 13432, not “made of plants”

EN 13432 requires disintegration, biodegradation and ecotoxicity limits, tested on the finished article. A bowl made with a bio-based coating is not compostable until a certificate says so, and PLA-based articles need industrial, not home, composting.

Plastic-free on a bowl is a product-level claim

On the water-based range the claim is supported by flustix FPPC025 at product level, ≥99.25% plastic-free by weight. Note the difference to the packaging-level 95% threshold in PPWR — they measure different things and should not be quoted as if they were the same number.

A lid changes the answer

A bowl sold with a PET dome is a multi-material item. If the claim matters, specify the lid in the same material family or state the claim for the bowl only.

Three mistakes in bowl specifications

Choosing by volume when fill height decides whether the lid touches the food.
Assuming a compostable bowl plus a plastic lid is a compostable pack.
Quoting a product-level plastic-free percentage as if it were the PPWR 5% threshold.

Where this format is used

Salad and poke

Square formats for volume efficiency, round for dressing-heavy mixes.

Grain bowls

1000ml to 1300ml with domed lids for stacked delivery.

Hot sides

Water-based coated bowls for hot fill where a plastic-free claim is needed.

Dessert and breakfast

500ml to 750ml formats with flat lids for yoghurt and overnight oats.

Questions buyers ask about this range

Are the bowls compostable?

Only where a PLA or certified compostable construction is specified and a certificate covers the finished article. The water-based bowls are plastic-free but not automatically compostable — two different documents.

Can a bowl carry the flustix mark?

Only if that bowl is inside the certified product scope named in the licence. The licence names products and the coating system; it is not a blanket mark for the website.

Which lid fits which bowl?

Lids are matched to rim diameter, not to volume. The 150mm and 180mm series take different lids, and the square formats are size-specific.

Soup cups

Tall hot-fill formats with vented lids.

Product vs packaging certification

Why ≥99.25% product-level is not the same as the 95% packaging threshold.

DB43/T 2844-2023

The provincial standard that defines how these materials are classified and labelled in China.

Compostability evidence

Which certificates and reports support an EN 13432 statement.

Printing and customisation live on our sister site

Artwork, print, die-line changes and volume pricing are handled by kysonpack.com, which runs the same production base. This site stays on materials, certification and documentation — so the answer you get here is about what can be evidenced, not what can be printed.

Printing & customisation → All product formats

Send us the claim you need to defend

Product form, target market, intended claim. Three lines are enough for us to tell you which documents exist and which have to be obtained.

We check whether a certificate or report exists for that exact product.

You get the document list, including the gaps.

If a claim cannot be evidenced, we say so before price is discussed.