5 Benefits of Plastic Molding in the Food Service Industry

September 22, 2024

Cost-effective, attractive, and functional containers and tableware are critical to the success of the food service industry, particularly for takeout and self-service situations. Consumers demand safe, leakproof, effective packaging and quality tableware and injection molded plastics are ready to meet this challenge.

How Is Plastic Molding Used in the Food Service Industry?

When selecting meals from food service providers, we expect to enjoy clean, safe, uncontaminated food, and injection molded plastics easily satisfy those requirements. From crystal-clear cake display trays and familiar deli containers to serving implements, beverage cups, and plastic silverware, injection molding offers countless, cost-effective solutions.

Benefits of Plastic Molding in the Food Service Industry

Versatile, inexpensive, and often sustainable, plastics have a lot to offer the food service industry, as they are:

1. Flexible

With nearly endless varieties of plastic formulations available, there are suitable materials for virtually any food service application. Crystal clear plastics enhance food presentation, flexible plastic wraps and protects foods, stiffer plastics make excellent beverage bottles, and plastics with a higher range of temperature tolerances make reheatable trays and utensils, for example.

2. Customizable

Because plastic injection molding is such a versatile process, it's very easy to customize products, including for the food service industry. Whether your product needs to have a special shape, a particular look and feel, or other functional requirements, we can make it happen.

3. Sustainable

Consumers love the safety and convenience of plastic containers and utensils, but dislike the perceived wastefulness of extra packaging. Innovations in bio-based plastics now offer sustainable options which can perform as well as or better than traditionally formulated counterparts.

4. Safe

With many food-grade, chemically-resistant plastic resins available, using plastics in the food service industry is a reliable approach to regulatory compliance.

5. Efficient

With rapid production cycles and easily-controlled costs, plastics are a reasonably priced, highly effective option for the food service industry.


At Bennett Plastics, we have decades of experience in manufacturing products for food service and dozens of other industries, with expertise from design and production through delivery and fulfillment. Contact us today to learn more.

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