Ambican (UK) Ltd

Ambican UK is the premier supplier of eco-aware, high quality, disposable packaging for the catering and food 2 go industries. Whether you are providing for the take-away, home delivery, commercial or retail food service markets, we are the one stop shop for all your packaging needs. Ambican UK is a well established source of innovative quality packaging, supplying many of the top names on the high street.

Catering disposables make up a large range of everyday items that are essential for professional catering businesses, and we constantly check that our prices are the most competitive in the industry and strive to maintain excellent customer service. As such, Ambican UK is a market leader in the provision of high quality plastic, paper and foil disposable products for the catering and food packaging industries. Our success can be attributed to our determination to provide our customers with the best possible range of products, all at competitive prices and under one roof.

At Ambican UK, we know that we all need to do our bit to help the environment, so we provide an Eco-Aware range of products to give you the opportunity to do your part. These include biodegradable products, products made from sustainable sources and recyclable products. We aim to help decrease waste and the consumption of non-renewable resources, by promoting reusable alternatives first and foremost, and the use of eco-friendly disposables when reusable products are not an option.

To place orders, you can use our online ordering system or call our sales team. For quality products that can enhance your food and company presentation, with nationwide, reliable and efficient distribution, choose Ambican UK.

Amazing Bargains

Here at Ambican, we have great prices on a wide range of biodegradable, recyclable and sustainably sourced products. Check out our Standipack clear hinged containers, which provide excellent rigidity and transparency at an economical price. These are ideal for salad and fresh fruits, with their securely fitting lids to keep the food fresh. Or perhaps our stylish traditional noodle boxes, which are perfect for oriental food 2 go outlets.

Some of our best bargains include our triple walled Ripple cups and our double walled cups, perfect for keeping coffee or tea warm. We have great deals on Fabrikal deli containers, Kraft paperboard sandwich wedges, brown paper handle bags, paper food boxes, Optipack clear hinged salad containers and even hygiene roll dispensers.

Biodegradable Baking Paper & Deli Wrap (New)

Among our wide range of paper for wrapping fresh foods, we have GO-ECO products, made to be biodegradable and compostable. When you need a greaseproof barrier for wrapping sandwiches, baguettes, pastries or other foods, our soy wax treated GO-ECO range are perfect.

We also provide bakery pan liners, perfect for baking, wrapping or microwave use, which are FDA certified and packaged in an easy to open carton, made for convenient, single-sheet dispensing. These feature a pinhole-free surface that is resistant to grease, water and oven browning, making them perfect for the preparation of cookies, breads, cakes and other baked goods. Not only can these be reused, they can be used as deli wraps or to make disposable pastry bags.

Bento Trays/ Compartment Trays

We have recently launched our all new Bento range of compartment trays. These are perfect for catering outlets who need to serve one meal with various components, in a single tray. Inspired by Japanese food outlets, these trays can suit all sorts of menus, especially mixed salads. They are stackable and have a sleek look to make sure your food looks good.

This range includes a product with a microwavable tray (the lid is not microwavable). These trays come in a variety of sizes with a variety of compartments, so check our website to find trays to suit your requirements.

Hot Drink Cups (Coffee/Tea)

Ambican can provide both biodegradable and recyclable coffee/tea cups, ranging from 8oz to 16oz. We can also customise cups, printing your distinct logo on them.

Our new corrugated Ripple cups are all about style, and are perfect for up-market food 2 go outlets. Instead of using boring standard cups for serving hot beverages, use our attractive Ripple cups, which combine quality with premium presentation. Their triple walled design keeps heat in effectively, making them essential for hot drinks, and versatile enough to be used to contain soup instead. These cups are made from sustainable forest paper, and are available in three sizes. We also have a variety of other hot drink cups available on our website.

Soup Containers (Paper)

Our deluxe heavy duty paper containers are designed to meet all your storage needs. They are ideal for soups, hot foods, ice creams and even the confectionery food service and are versatile enough to be used in the microwave. Best of all, we can provide soup containers for the best price around; our 12oz containers are the cheapest in the UK!

When paired with our vented lids, hot food can be kept enclosed, protected and fresh, while also allowing steam and pressure to escape. Plastic lids for refrigerators or freezers are also available upon request.

Deli Tubs/Deli Containers NEW!! (Fabrikal)

If fresh food is to be provided at its best, it needs first-class packaging. That's where our deli pots come in, providing the definitive packaging choice for your salads, nuts, dried fruits and fresh produce. These crystal clear PET containers can enhance the presentation of your products and come in sizes from 8oz to 32oz, with one size leak proof lids.

If microwave use is essential for your products, our selection of MicroGourmet Deli Pots are ideal. These are particularly good for food 2 go hot meals such as soups, pastas and noodles, as well as confectionery deli use. These are made from PP, and are also available from 8oz to 32oz with leak proof microwavable lids.

Biodegradable Juice Cups NEW!!

Give your catering business the competitive edge by serving your cold drinks in our 100% biodegradable clear cups. Our Greenware® cold drink cups and lids are part of our GO-ECO range, and are made from Ingeo™ biopolymer, an entirely plant derived resin!

Our biodegradable cups are available in 4 sizes, so all of your juice serving needs are catered for. Further choices include the option of having either flat or dome lids. These cups are also available for full customisation; please call our sales team if you wish to discuss this option.

Accessories

After selecting from our range of packaging, don't forget the essential accessories. These items are the perfect companions to our packaging, and include cup carriers, cup sleeves, sugar sticks, bendy straws, napkins and gloves. Everything you need to provide that finishing touch.

We provide a variety of catering gloves, to ensure food hygiene is observed. These include clear polythene gloves, latex gloves and vinyl gloves, all of which are powderless, and suitable for food use. We also have a range of napkins, including napkins made from recycled materials, that are in turn recyclable.

Bags (Paper/Plastic)

Regardless of what kind of bag you require for your food 2 go business, Ambican have it covered! We have a range of biodegradable paper carry bags, in brown and white, as well as strong plastic carrier bags. Our twisty handled paper bags are ideal for the upmarket deli, made from sustainable forest resources and available as a customised item.

We also provide smaller bags for food storage, including film front bags, film front baguette bags, regular paper bags and window bags. All of these are available in brown or white, and most are recyclable. If you need bags for keeping hot foods warm, we can also provide foil lined paper bags.

Bio Boxes - Trays

We provide a wide range of biodegradable and recyclable boxes and trays for food packaging. Our paper food boxes are the perfect food 2 go packaging container around today. They are made from sustainable paperboard, and are leak proof and microwavable. Not to mention that they look amazing, in brown or white!

Our new Sushi trays and lids combine paper and plastic to produce an outstanding product for sushi service. They have wonderful on shelf visibility, to help set your products apart. We also have a new range of salad boxes with built in windows, perfect for salads, pastas and cakes. The inner board is greaseproof, so such food items can be stored with no problem.

Biodegradable/Recyclable Coffee Cups

Ambican can provide both biodegradable and recyclable coffee/tea cups, ranging from 8oz to 16oz. We can also customise cups, printing your distinct logo on them.

Aside from our wide range of stylish Ripple cups, we have a variety of other coffee cups to suit your needs. Our plan white cups are the perfect traditional coffee cup, and can be customised with bespoke labels, like many of our products. If you want a cup with a more distinct design, consider our stylish and affordable Mono design cup, which provides a more up market look.

We also have a new range of double walled cups, which provide great insulation for hot drinks due to their extra layer of protection. This eliminates the need for a sleeve, in turn saving time when serving.

Biodegradable Cutlery

There's no need to settle for plastic cutlery when we can provide affordable eco-friendly alternatives. If you're making use of our eco-friendly packaging, you're going to want eco-friendly cutlery to match, and our range of biodegradable cutlery is an essential to complement our packaging.

Our basic wooden knives, forks and spoons are made from birchwood, and are highly eco-friendly. We have also introduced the interesting concept of using food to eat food, with our range of cornstarch cutlery. As with our other cutlery, these are disposable, eco-friendly and biodegradable.

Biodegradable Food 2 Go Boxes

Food 2 go is a big business sector and if you are serving premium quality food, then you need packaging to match. Our boxes are the ideal container, because we put as much passion into our products as you do into yours.

Whether you need to package salads, french fries, pasta, dry fruits, nuts or confectioneries, our biodegradable boxes are the 'must have' packaging product for any food 2 go business. They are available in various sizes in either Kraft (brown) or white, and are microwavable, leak resistant, stackable, attractive, and best of all, biodegradable and made from sustainable materials.

Biodegradable Lunch Boxes (Bagasse)

Our new range of Bagasse lunch boxes are part of our GO-ECO products range. For outdoor events and catering, these biodegradable and compostable food boxes are the ideal choice.

Our Bagasse boxes come in a range of sizes and styles, from small, single compartment boxes (perfect for the traditional burger serving) to larger boxes with two or three compartments. This range allows you to pick the boxes you need for your food, and serve your food the way you want to.

Biodegradable Plates/Bowls

While most of our products are for the packaging of food, we also provide solutions for more temporary food needs. Our biodegradable plates and bowls are perfect for serving food at all sorts of catered events.

We have a variety of sizes of both bowls and plates, and some of our plates have three shallow compartments for when you need to provide segmented meals. We also have budget paper plates, which are thinner and cheaper, perfect for informal events and very popular with schools and colleges.

Biodegradable Salad Containers

Our new salad boxes with windows are perfect for salads, cakes, pastas and many other cold food products. The inner board of the boxes is greaseproof, so salad dressings and similarly messy foods can be stored with no problems.

These boxes come in large or small sizes and are the ideal solution for salad packaging. As with many of our products, they also have the benefit of being biodegradable.

Cake Boxes

Our cake boxes are a great way to present your cakes or cupcakes as gifts or presents. Whether baking is your business or you simply enjoy baking at home, our range of white cake boxes are perfect for cakes like birthday, wedding and other celebration cakes.

Sizes range from 5 by 5 by 3 inches up to 12 by 12 by 6 inches, and can be provided with cake cards in both circle and square shapes.

Cake/Gateaux Packaging

As well as our distinguished cake boxes, we can provide plastic packaging for single slices of cake or gateaux.

Our clear plastic cake and gateaux slice boxes are crystal clear to allow perfect viewing of the food and are made from recycled plastic. The cake box comes with dimensions of 120mm by 95mm by 40mm and the gateaux box is 119mm by 93mm by 50mm.

Cold Drink Cups - Pint/Half Pint Tumblers

Give your catering business the competitive edge by serving your cold drinks in our 100% biodegradable clear cups. Our Greenware® cold drink cups and lids are part of our GO-ECO range, and are made from Ingeo™ biopolymer, an entirely plant derived resin!

Our biodegradable cups are available in 4 sizes, so all of your juice serving needs are catered for. Further choices include the option of having either flat or dome lids. We also provide recyclable flexi tumblers and heavy duty tumblers, so you have the choice as to how you serve your drinks.

Customised Packaging

Harness your ambition to take your business to the next level, by taking advantage of the opportunity to serve your food in branded packaging. If you have the vision, we can create products to make your packaging – and your food – stand out in the crowd.

As an alternative to fully bespoke packaging, we can also print custom labels for your packaging, to enhance the branded look. If you want to discuss various printing and labelling options, please call for more details.

Cutlery

Our range of biodegradable cutlery is an essential to complement our packaging. Our basic wooden knives, forks and spoons are made from birchwood, and are highly eco-friendly. We have also introduced the interesting concept of using food to eat food, with our range of cornstarch cutlery. As with our wooden cutlery, these are disposable, eco-friendly and biodegradable.

We also have a wide variety of plastic knives, forks, spoons and sporks, in either black or white. While they may not be biodegradable, they are completely recyclable, so you can assure that you are doing your part for the environment.

Deli Wrap/Cling Film/Baking Parchment

Among our wide range of paper for wrapping fresh foods, we have GO-ECO products, made to be biodegradable and compostable. When you need a greaseproof barrier for wrapping sandwiches, baguettes, pastries or other foods, our soy wax treated GO-ECO range are perfect.

We also provide bakery pan liners, perfect for baking, wrapping or microwave use, which are FDA certified and packaged in an easy to open carton, made for convenient, single-sheet dispensing. If you need traditional foil or cling film, we can provide those too, along with the essential cutter boxes, and it's all recyclable as well!

Delivery Trays

It doesn't matter how well packaged your individual food items are if you can't transport them effectively, which is why we provide brown cardboard delivery trays. These can be used to carry multiple food items safely and are widely used by manufacturers and caterers alike.

As with many of our products, you can assure that our delivery trays are just as eco-friendly as our packaging, as they are biodegradable.

Fairtrade Products

If you care about protecting the planet, odds are you care about the people on the planet. As such, our sugar sticks are fairtrade, to make sure that the farmers producing the sugar get their fair share and can live a good life.

Our fairtrade sugar sticks come in either white or brown cane sugar and are perfect complements to our tea and coffee cups.

Foil Containers

Our foil containers are strong, durable and presentable, making them an essential part of any good food 2 go outlet. These foil containers are particularly versatile, as they are suitable for home freezing and oven heating.

We also supply foiled lined lids to be used with our containers, and foiled lined sheets. All of our foil products have the bonus of being recyclable.

Heat Sealing Bags/Machines

If you want to seal your food in a way that makes it look good and keeps the heat in, try our heat sealing bags. They are the most flexible, easy to use presentation wrapping system around and their crystal clear material assures that your food will be very much visible. These are particularly good for packaging rolls, baguettes and cakes, though you can make the bags fit whatever shape food you need to package!

Along with our bags, you will need our bag sealer. The Impulse bag sealer is a simple and economical way of packaging your foods in polythene bags.

Heat Sealing Trays

Another way to seal your foods while keeping the heat in is by using our heat sealing trays. Combine our oven-friendly black foam trays with our clear lidding film, and you've got perfectly sealed, heated food instantly.

The clear film can be sealed at a range of temperatures between 140°C and 200°C, and while it seals to the foam trays instantly, full seal strength is reached one hour after sealing.

Hygiene/Janitorial Products

Catering events isn't all about the food, and unfortunately, someone has got to do the dirty work. Luckily we provide a range of hygiene and janitorial products, to make sure that catering is done safely, and cleaned up effectively afterwards.

To assure that hygiene is kept up to standard, we provide a range of disposable gloves, in latex, vinyl and polythene. We also provide hairnets and hygiene roll dispensers.

Of course, we also have a range of bin bags, napkins and toilet roll, so that cleaning can be done effectively.

Ice Cream Cups

While our deluxe heavy paper cups can be effectively used to serve ice cream, we also provide special cups specifically for ice cream. Our printed paper ice cream cups have an attractive look, with an ice cream themed design on the outside. They are made from waxed paper, making them suitable for ice cream serving, but are also recyclable, in line with our other products.

You can pair our ice cream cups with any of our recyclable and biodegradable cutlery, but we can also provide spoons specifically for ice cream use. These mini plastic spoons come in a variety of bold colours, and are also recyclable.

Sandwich/Baguette Packaging

Sandwich presentation has come a long way, and our cardboard sandwich wedges are the ideal packaging to display your sandwiches, while also keeping them fresh and appealing. These wedges come in brown, and are an attractive option for sandwich storage. We also have a variety of plastic sandwich wedges, which come in single or double, with hinged lids. These are a very practical and economical option.

If you would prefer bags for your sandwiches, consider our new range of Dubl View sandwich bags. With full view visibility, these can improve the image of your food and drive impulse buyers.

Salad Containers

To give your salads the finishing touch, we can offer a variety of salad packaging solutions. Having the best packaging available is the key to keeping your food and appeal fresh. And of course, our salad containers maintain our eco-friendly appeal by being biodegradable or recyclable.

Our ever popular Crystal Clear salad containers are durable and airtight when closed, making sure that your salads stay fresh and undamaged. They are the ideal choice for not only salads on the go, but also cold foods and dry fruits and nuts.

Labels

To give your products that distinct, branded look, we can provide custom labels. Creating that much desired personalised look has never been easier. All you need to do is e-mail us your logo or design, and we can give you a quote for custom labels for your packaging.

We can provide your custom labels on a reel, so that you can give all of your packaging a bespoke image. We create labels to your specification which can be ready in 7 to 10 days from confirmation. Please call us to discuss custom label options.