Custom Beverage Labels
Beverage labels fail for one of two reasons: they get wet, or they do not fit the bottle's straight wall. Both are settled with a tape measure before any design work starts.
Skip the blank page
You already know what you are packaging, so there is nothing to set up. This opens the design engine with the clear / bopp structures on screen — then you type your own dimensions and the dieline is generated at that exact size.
The structures beverage labels actually ship in
Every one of these is a construction TWOFORM generates a real production dieline for, at your own dimensions — not a template you have to fit your product into. Each opens the engine already on that package type.
Settle this before you design
Measure the straight wall and the circumference, in that order
A label can only sit on the straight section of the bottle, and a wrap needs the exact circumference plus a small overlap. Get the circumference wrong by three millimetres and every bottle shows either a gap or a lifted overlap. Measure a real bottle from your actual supplier, not a specification sheet, because moulds vary.
The mistake that costs a print run
Approving a clear label on a screen
Clear film shows whatever is behind it, so white ink is doing the work and the drink's own colour changes every unprinted area. A design that looks crisp on a white artboard can disappear against a dark drink. Decide where white ink goes explicitly and judge the design against the actual liquid colour.
How you actually make it
- Open the structure above and type your real dimensions. The dieline is generated at that exact size and validated against real manufacturing limits as it draws — if a size cannot be folded, glued and shipped, it says so before you design anything on it.
- Describe your brand and the AI designs the artwork directly onto that dieline — not onto a picture of a package.
- Place your own logo, barcode and any required panel yourself. The AI leaves them exactly as placed unless you ask it to change them.
- Fold it in live 3D to check it, then download print-ready files to use with any printer — or have TWOFORM manufacture it.
Questions about custom beverage labels
What size label fits a 12 oz bottle?
A full wrap is usually around 8in wide by 3in tall, but it depends entirely on your bottle's circumference and straight wall. Measure both on a real bottle before committing to a die.
Why do my labels lift at the edges?
Usually the label is too wide for the curvature, or the corners are square. Narrow the label, round the corners, and check the adhesive is rated for cold and damp if the bottles are chilled.
Do I need white ink under a clear label?
For any colour that must look the same on every product, yes. Without it, the drink behind the label becomes part of your palette, which changes with every recipe.