Choosing the right tinplate for candy packaging is about more than just design—it's about ensuring food safety, compliance, and consumer trust. The wrong material can compromise your product's quality and risk regulatory issues. This guide explains what makes tinplate food-safe, which certifications to verify, and how to select a reliable supplier who guarantees a dust-free production environment and food-grade inks for your packaging.

At MeiXinLong Packing, we’re proud to help brands bring their packaging ideas to life with innovative, food-safe, and eye-catching tin solutions. In this blog, we’re sharing a recent project where we created a custom square tin box for a chewing gum brand, combining premium aesthetics with sustainability and functionality.

At MeiXinLong, we are proud to be a leading food tin box manufacturer and supplier based in Zhongshan, China. Our expertise lies in designing and manufacturing all kinds of food tin boxes, covering every step from the initial concept to the finished product. In this case study, we highlight the customizable I'Mint tin, a premium packaging solution for mints that combines functionality, aesthetics, and quality.

Tinplate printing, also referred to as tin packaging printing, is the process of applying decorative or informative designs, patterns, or labels onto tinplate surfaces used for making decorative tin boxes and containers. Tinplate is made of steel coated with a thin layer of tin, which is widely used in the packaging industry for various products such as confectionery, food, cosmetics, tobacco, and more.

As a tin box manufacturer and supplier, we all know that tinplate is indeed the backbone of tin box manufacturing and plays a vital role in the production of tin packaging, offering a multitude of advantages that contribute to packaging success. Generally there are 5 benefits for packaging you should know.