Labels that stick to a sticky product
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Why they fail
- The jar was not clean. A film of honey under a label is what most peeling comes down to.
- The jar was cold, or wet. Most pressure-sensitive adhesives do not bond to cold or damp glass, and a jar out of cold storage sweats.
- The material was wrong for the environment. Paper labels in a humid shed or a refrigerated display wrinkle and lift.
Surface
Wipe the jar with a cloth and a little warm water, then dry it fully. Do it after filling and capping, because filling is what puts honey on the outside in the first place. Label last, on a dry jar at room temperature.
Material
Polypropylene or vinyl rather than paper for anything that will be handled, chilled, or sold outdoors. Paper looks and feels better and is the right choice for a dry indoor shelf and the wrong one for a market in the rain.
Adhesive
Permanent rather than removable, and apply at room temperature. If jars are going into refrigerated display, say so when ordering, because there are adhesives formulated for it and standard ones will let go.
Where to put it
Front panel at eye level in the jar's normal standing position, with the net weight where a buyer looks for it. Leave the shoulder clear; labels wrapped over a curve lift first at the top.
What must be on it
The federal floor is the word honey, net weight, and the name and address of whoever is responsible. Your state usually adds to that, sometimes including a minimum type size for a home-kitchen disclosure.
That is what every honey label must say and selling under your state's rules, and both are worth settling before you order a thousand labels.
The surfaces you would be sticking to
