Roll labels and stickers on the material your product actually needs.

BOPP is a polypropylene film. Waterproof, oil-resistant and durable, which is why it is standard for food, beverage and cosmetic products. Paper labels like semigloss cost less and print beautifully but degrade with moisture. If the product will ever be refrigerated, wet or handled with damp hands, use BOPP.

Roll labels if you are applying at any volume, by hand or machine, because they feed in sequence and are far faster. Cut stickers suit giveaways, packaging inserts and low-volume application. For a production line, roll is the only practical answer.

Core diameter, outside diameter maximum, labels per roll, wind direction and whether the applicator needs a specific gap. Getting wind direction wrong is the most common and most expensive label mistake, because the labels are usable but will not feed correctly.

Clear BOPP is genuinely transparent, but standard four-color printing cannot produce white, so any light-colored artwork will let the container show through. If you need white type or a solid light area on clear film, it requires a white ink underlayer. Tell us up front.

BOPP with the appropriate adhesive handles refrigeration and freezer conditions, but adhesive selection matters: standard permanent adhesive can fail if applied to an already-cold or damp surface. Tell us the application temperature and storage conditions and we will spec accordingly.