TruServ® Paperboard Portfolio

Our TruServ® Compostable Cupstock delivers strong liquid holdout, durability, clean seams and smooth rims for compostable foodservice cups with minimized cracking and tearing. 

Features: With a bio-based polylactic acid (PLA) extruded coating and substrates that include up to 15% post-consumer recycled fiber, TruServ® Compostable Cupstock provides consistent rim forming in high-speed cup forming and roll-to-roll consistency, and it withstands liquid holdout challenges associated with cold beverages. 

Benefits: TruServ® Compostable Cupstock is industrially compostable and can improve converting efficiency due to roll-to-roll consistency. It delivers reliable cup formability and can help brands work toward sustainability goals.  

Applications: Ideal for hot and cold beverage cups and lidded food cups.

TruServ® Poly Kraft Cupstock works efficiently with cup forming equipment to streamline converting and minimize waste while providing a natural appearance, strong print performance, rigidity and edge-wicking performance.

Features: Made with uncoated, unbleached virgin fiber from renewable resources, our TruServ® Poly Kraft Cupstock withstands liquid holdout challenges associated with hot and cold beverages and provides reliable stiffness, cup rigidity, consistent forming, edge wicking performance and roll-to-roll consistency. 

Benefits: Offering strength necessary for foodservice hot and cold beverage cup applications, TruServ® Poly Kraft Cupstock achieves a natural look on both sides and can help improve converting efficiency with reliable cup formability. 

Applications: Ideal for hot and cold beverage cups and lidded food cups.

With a wide range of fiber mix and functional coating offerings, our TruServ® Poly Cupstock resists cracks and tears and delivers strength and consistency for beverage and food cups.

Features: Designed to withstand the liquid holdout challenges associated with new beverage ingredients, our TruServ® Poly Cupstock provides consistent rim forming in high-speed cup forming. With substrate options that include up to 15% post-consumer recycled fiber, this paperboard delivers roll-to-roll consistency. 

Benefits: TruServ® Poly Cupstock can improve converting efficiency with consistent cup machinability.

Applications: Ideal for hot and cold beverage cups and lidded food cups.

Engineered for thermal stability and strong moisture resistance, TruServ® Pressed Tray withstands the demands of the cold chain to deliver a reliable solution for frozen trayed meals as well as deli trays, fresh meals, bakery applications and more. 

Features: Coated with clear or black polyester to perform from -40°F to 428°F, this paperboard withstands cold chain demands while delivering consistent heat-sealing across hot air, platen, and microwave technologies.

Benefits: TruServ® Pressed Tray paperboard provides thermal stability and moisture resistance. It offers strong ink holdout and print consistency while improving form and filling efficiency, flexibility and throughput. 

Applications: Ideal for pressed food trays and pressed foodservice trays.

TruServ® Uncoated Platestock offers customizable designs and fiber mixes, providing a versatile, cost-effective white paperboard for everything from light to hearty meals.

Features: Recyclable and made from renewable paper fiber, TruServ® Uncoated Platestock meets food contact standards and resists warping and degradation in the microwave.  

Benefits: A flexible and recyclable option for disposable products, TruServ® Uncoated Platestock provides an economical option for light, non-greasy meals and delivers a microwave stable paperboard solution.  

Applications: Ideal for uncoated disposable plates.

TruServ® MicroCook® is a durable paperboard solution for single-use food packaging that can go straight from shelf to microwave to the table while maintaining its rigidity and strength. Its high-density polyethylene (HDPE) coating delivers thermal stability, while its smooth surface and strong ink adhesion provide reliable printability.

Features: Offering high heat resistance and lower sealing temperatures, our food contact suitable paper-based TruServ MicroCook provides an ideal substrate that supports high-quality print for vibrant graphics. 

Benefits: TruServ MicroCook offers a sustainable alternative to all-plastic packaging by providing strong rigidity, exceptional brand visibility, energy-efficient converting, and reliable food contact compliance, all while enhancing shelf appeal and ease of handling. 

Applications: Ideal for microwaveable trays, bowls and cups containing frozen and fresh foods.