Custom glass olive oil bottles in 250, 500 and 750 ml: dark green, amber or clear, with cork, screw or pourer closures. Tooling in 25–35 days.
Olive oil bottles are almost always a custom mould rather than a stock item, because brands differentiate on shape. We tool square, round and tapered bottles in 250 ml, 500 ml and 750 ml in dark green, antique green, amber or clear glass, with cork, screw-cap or pourer closures. Tooling takes 15–20 days, first production 25–35 days.
Dark green glass blocks the blue and ultraviolet wavelengths that accelerate photo-oxidation of the chlorophyll and polyphenols in extra virgin olive oil. Antique green is the traditional choice in Mediterranean markets; darker green gives more protection but hides the oil colour, which some premium brands want visible. Clear bottles are used where shelf life is short and the oil colour is part of the sell.
Both exist. Standard 250 ml and 500 ml square bottles are available from stock moulds at 1,000 pcs, which is the fast and cheap route for a first order. Beyond that, most olive oil brands move to a custom shape because the bottle is the main brand differentiator on shelf. We quote both options side by side so you can see the cost of designing your own shape.
Cork suits premium and gift lines and gives the traditional look, but needs a corking machine and does not reseal as tightly after opening. A screw cap with an aluminium shell is the most common for retail because it reseals and needs no special equipment. A pourer insert controls flow and prevents dribbling, and is usually combined with a screw cap rather than used alone.
The critical part is the neck finish — the thread pitch and the sealing land below it must match the cap liner precisely. A cap with an inadequate liner will weep oil regardless of how tight it is applied. For screw caps we specify a food-grade expanded-PE liner, and for cork we control the cork diameter to the neck bore within 0.3 mm. Both are checked on the first production batch.
The glass itself needs a food-contact declaration and, for the EU, migration testing against the relevant regulation. We supply FDA and LFGB reports plus SGS migration test results per batch, along with MSDS for any coating or ink used on the bottle. Your importer remains responsible for the product declaration, but the packaging documentation comes from us.
| Capacity | Shape | Glass colour | Closure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 ml | Square, round, tapered | Dark green, clear | Screw cap, cork |
| 500 ml | Square, round, tapered | Dark green, antique green | Screw cap, cork, pourer |
| 750 ml | Bordeaux, tapered, round | Antique green, amber | Cork, screw cap |
| 1,000 ml | Square, round | Dark green | Screw cap, swing top |
No stock moulds are published here yet — bottles in this category are produced to your drawing. Send the capacity, neck size and shape you need, and we quote the mould plus the production run.
1,000 pcs for stock 250 ml and 500 ml square bottles. A custom mould requires 3,000 pcs minimum because the tooling has to be amortised.
15–20 days for the mould, then 25–35 days for the first production run including decoration. Sampling happens after tooling, so plan roughly 6–8 weeks from drawing approval to shipped goods.
Yes — aluminium screw caps, plastic caps, cork stoppers and pourer inserts, quoted as a set so you have one landed cost per filled unit.
Yes, in 250 ml and 500 ml, with a wire bail and food-grade rubber gasket. These are usually combined with a pourer insert for oil and vinegar sets.
Yes. Embossing is cut into the mould and costs nothing per unit after tooling, which is why most olive oil brands emboss rather than label. It needs a 1.5 mm minimum relief depth to read clearly.
FOB Lianyungang, about 200 km from our Xuzhou factory, with direct sailings to Mediterranean, African and Middle East ports. CIF quotes are available on request.
Send a drawing, a physical sample, or just the capacity and neck size. We reply with a quotation and a sampling plan within 24 hours.