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.