White Butcher Paper

What white butcher paper is

White butcher paper is bleached 40 lb kraft, the same basis weight as pink and brown. It is uncoated unless you ask for wax, which means it breathes, tears by hand and takes ink the way a page does.

It is the color most people picture when they say butcher paper: the sheet a deli slaps a sandwich onto, the roll in the grocery meat department, the paper on the table at a crawfish boil.

Every product on this site that comes in white is listed further down. Rolls, sheets, liners and bags all cut from the same stock.

How does white butcher paper handle grease and heat?

Uncoated white shows grease. Wrap a hot pastrami on rye and a dark shadow spreads across the paper within a minute or two. For a deli that hands the sandwich over the counter, nobody cares. For a basket that sits on a table under a heat lamp, it can look tired.

Waxed white fixes that. A thin wax face holds grease on the surface so the outside stays white. The trade-off is that waxed paper does not breathe and should stay away from the smoker; wax and a 275°F cook chamber do not mix.

Under heat without wax, white behaves like pink. It breathes, it goes translucent where fat touches it, and it does not scorch at smoking temperatures.

White, pink or brown: a short comparison

The three-color butcher paper guide goes deeper on each.

Which products come in white butcher paper?

• White butcher paper rolls: 18, 24, 30 and 36 in wide, 1,000 ft, for a counter dispenser.
• Butcher paper table covers: 36 to 48 in wide rolls for boils, tailgates and family-style tables.
• Pre-cut butcher paper sheets: 12 x 12 in to 24 x 36 in, the deli and sandwich counter wrap.
• Steak paper sheets: 8 x 11 in to 15 x 20 in for lining a meat case and dividing cuts.
• Butcher paper tray liners: 8 x 10 in to 12 x 18 in for baskets and platters, plain or printed.
• Custom printed butcher paper: any size, 1 to 4 colors, on white or any other stock.
• Branded BBQ wrapping paper: printed squares for the counter hand-off.
• Printed meat counter paper: rolls with a repeat logo for the deli and the butcher.
• Butcher paper bags: flat and gusseted bags in white for jerky, sausage and sandwiches.

Start with white butcher paper rolls if the counter already has a dispenser; the sheets and liners cover everything else.

What prints well on white butcher paper?

White is the stock to print on when color matters. Pink warms every ink a shade and kraft swallows anything pale. On white, a Pantone solid-coated match comes out the color you asked for.

One to four colors in food-safe soy and water-based ink. A two-color repeat pattern is the common deli order; a four-color logo in one spot is the common restaurant order. Both get a free design proof with unlimited edits before the run.

Keep coverage light under food that will be eaten off the paper. Heavy solids look like a poster, not a wrap. See the printed butcher paper range for every custom option.

Mistakes to avoid with white butcher paper

Uncoated white for wings in sauce. It soaks through; waxed white is the right order.

Waxed white in the smoker. The wax melts into the bark.

Buying white for a smokehouse because it is the familiar color. Pink does the same job, hides the grease and looks like barbecue.

Expecting white to match a white plate exactly. Bleached kraft is bright but warm; a Pantone match on the print is exact, the paper itself is paper.

How to order white butcher paper

1. Pick the product: roll, sheet, liner or bag.
2. Choose uncoated or waxed. Uncoated is standard; say waxed on the quote if you need it.
3. Give the size and the quantity, 1 roll or 1,000 sheets at minimum.
4. Attach artwork for a printed run or mark it plain.
5. A written quote comes within one business day; printed jobs then get a free proof.
6. Production is 4 to 6 business days, delivery free and tracked to any US address in 2 to 3.

The white paper quote form covers every white product in one ticket.