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Burlap & Barrel packaging

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Burlap & Barrel

field-guide labels on clear spice jars

Burlap & Barrel puts every spice, sugar and honey in a clear glass jar so the ingredient becomes the pack colour, then wraps it in a paper label with an off-white centre panel (#f6f3ec) framed by product-specific illustration down both edges. The centre panel never moves: a small brick-red square logo, a condensed bold wordmark with 'Single Origin' between thin rules, a huge two-line condensed product name in a colour taken from the ingredient (oxblood #7a1c10 for chilis, orange #d0701c for honey, blue #2b4e8f for panela), a title-case descriptor and a line naming the growing region and country. The border artwork changes per product (chili-pod pattern, sugarcane stalks, flowering trees with animals), while narrow side strips carry tasting notes and the nutrition panel vertically.

  • Pantry & sauces
  • Light pack
  • Heritage label
  • Botanical
  • Colour-coded range

Color Palette

Approximate colours interpreted from photography. These are screen references, not official brand colours or print specifications.

Pack body

  • Clear Jar

    #e7e4dd

    Clear glass jar wall; the spice, sugar or honey behind it supplies the actual pack colour

Label

  • Ledger White

    #f6f3ec

    Centre label panel behind the logo, wordmark, product name and origin line

Ink

  • Logo Brick

    #9c2b22

    Small square logo tile above the wordmark

  • Ledger Black

    #2a2623

    Wordmark, 'Single Origin' rules, descriptor, partner line and net weight

Accent

  • Tin Lid Silver

    #c9c7c2

    Ribbed metal screw caps on spice and sugar jars

  • Honey Lid Black

    #24221f

    Black lug caps on the honey jars

Range coding

  • Chili Oxblood

    #7a1c10

    Product name and the chili-pod pattern borders on ground chilis

  • Comb Orange

    #d0701c

    Product name and side strip on woodland honey and golden turbinado sugar

  • Cane Blue

    #2b4e8f

    Product name and globe icon on panela cane sugar

  • Origin Green

    #2f6b2e

    Reversed-out origin band on chili labels and leaf line work in the borders

  • Strip Violet

    #5b4a8e

    Vertical tasting-notes strip on the panela label

Typography

Suggested visual alternatives, not confirmed brand typefaces. Any scale below is an illustrative estimate.

The product name is loudest, stacked over two lines of condensed capitals in the ingredient colour across the middle of the panel. Above it the brand block is small and fixed (square logo, wordmark, 'Single Origin' between rules); below it a title-case descriptor ('Ground', 'Amber', 'Cane Sugar'), then the origin line and net weight.

Type scale

Estimated cap size as a share of the panel · Front panel of the 2 oz chili jar label, about 70 mm tall

  • product-name

    13% · Regular · Headline

    ANCHO CHILI

  • wordmark

    5% · Bold · Display

    FIELD & SACK

  • descriptor

    4.5% · Regular · Body

    Ground

  • single-origin

    2.8% · SemiBold · Display

    SINGLE ORIGIN

  • origin-band

    2.6% · SemiBold · Label

    HEIRLOOM CHILIS FROM OAXACA, MEXICO

  • tasting-notes

    2.2% · Medium · Label

    RAISIN · COCOA · SMOKE

Fonts

  • Display

    Oswald

    Looks like
    Trade Gothic Bold Condensed No. 20
    Type
    Condensed bold grotesque
    Weight
    SemiBold, Bold
    Case
    Uppercase
    Tracking
    Normal to slightly tight
    Fallback
    Arial Narrow Bold, Impact, sans-serif

    The wordmark under the square logo and 'SINGLE ORIGIN' set between two thin rules beneath it, always in Ledger Black.

  • Headline

    Bebas Neue

    Looks like
    Knockout HTF Middleweight, Bebas Neue
    Type
    Tall condensed display sans with slightly rough print edges
    Weight
    Regular (single heavy weight)
    Case
    Uppercase
    Tracking
    Normal
    Fallback
    Impact, Oswald, sans-serif

    The product name stacked on two lines and coloured per ingredient.

  • Body

    Barlow

    Looks like
    Barlow, DIN Next
    Type
    Soft grotesque
    Weight
    Regular, Medium
    Case
    Title case
    Tracking
    Normal
    Fallback
    Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif

    Descriptor under the product name ('Ground', 'Turbinado Sugar'), partner lines and net weight.

  • Label

    Barlow Condensed

    Looks like
    Trade Gothic Condensed Medium
    Type
    Condensed grotesque
    Weight
    Medium, SemiBold
    Case
    Uppercase
    Tracking
    Slightly wide, about +3%
    Fallback
    Arial Narrow, sans-serif

    Origin line (often reversed out of a coloured band) and tasting notes running vertically up the side strip.

Structure & Proportions

Proportions

PurposeValuePreview
Label heightAbout 65% of jar height on spice jars, leaving clear glass above and below
Centre panel widthAbout 60% of the front label face; borders take the rest
Product name widthAbout 85% of the centre panel width
Border widthAbout 15% of label face on each side
Product colour visibleAbout 35% of the front is the ingredient seen through glass
Inks per labelFour to six: black, brick logo, one product colour plus the full-colour border art—
DensityCalm centre panel framed by busy illustrated edges—

Shapes

ElementValuePreview
JarStraight-sided round jar with a wide mouth
Centre panelUpright rectangle with square corners
Logo tileSmall square with a patterned fill
Origin iconSmall globe roundel
CapRibbed metal screw cap

Finishes

  • Uncoated paper label

    All labels · uncoated

  • Clear glass

    Jar body · transparent

  • Brushed tin

    Screw caps · metallic

Formats and materials

FormatsStraight-sided spice jar, Squat sugar jar, Honey jar, Small saffron jar, Stand-up pouch
MaterialsClear glass, Ribbed metal screw cap, Uncoated paper label, Flexible film pouch
ClosuresRibbed silver metal screw caps on spices and sugars; black lug caps on honey; gold-tone cap on the small saffron jar
DecorationWraparound printed label, Botanical line illustration borders, Repeating pattern borders, Globe origin icon, Vertical side strips

Front Panel

Schematic reading order. The diagram’s zone heights do not represent measured artwork proportions.

A wraparound label with an off-white centre panel framed by illustration down both edges; side panels carry tasting notes and the nutrition table vertically.

ZoneContent
Edge bordersProduct-specific illustration or pattern: chili pods, sugarcane stalks, flowering branches with people and animals
Top of panelSquare logo, condensed wordmark, 'Single Origin' between rules
CentreLarge coloured product name and smaller descriptor
Bottom of panelOrigin region and country, globe icon or coloured band, net weight
Side stripTasting notes or claims set vertically in a colour band

Range System

Fixed centre panel and type system; the border illustration, product-name colour and side strip change with each ingredient, and the jar contents supply the background colour.

  • Chili powders = oxblood name, red chili-pod pattern borders, green origin band
  • Turbinado sugar = orange name, sugarcane drawing, globe icon
  • Panela cane sugar = blue name, sugarcane drawing, violet side strip
  • Woodland honey = orange name, flowering trees and animals, black lid
  • Masala sub-line = coloured vertical stripe pair per blend

Back of Pack & Shelf

The label wraps almost all the way round: one side strip holds the nutrition facts set vertically, the other runs tasting notes and serving ideas up a coloured band, with barcode and producer partner lines on the narrow back gap.

  • Vertical nutrition facts panel in black on white
  • Tasting notes and use ideas in condensed capitals up a coloured strip
  • Farm or partner name and harvest region
  • Barcode on the white label near the seam
  • Packed-by line, website and net weight

On shelf

A row of jars reads as a gradient of real spice colours behind identical off-white panels, so the system billboards through the repeated panel and condensed names while the contents do the colour work.

Imagery

Detailed coloured line illustrations in a botanical field-guide manner (pods, cane stalks, flowering trees, sometimes people and animals) confined to the label edges; pack shots are styled on a bed of the ingredient itself.

Guidelines

Do

  • Use clear glass so the ingredient colour becomes the pack colour.
  • Frame an off-white (#f6f3ec) centre panel with ingredient-specific illustration about 15% wide on each side.
  • Stack the product name in two lines of tall condensed capitals at about 13% of label height, coloured to match the ingredient.
  • Keep the brand block small and fixed: square logo, condensed wordmark, 'Single Origin' between hairline rules.
  • Name the growing region and country on every front, in a coloured band or beside a globe icon.
  • Run tasting notes vertically up a coloured side strip.
  • Close spice jars with ribbed silver metal caps.

Don't

  • Don't use opaque or tinted jars that hide the product.
  • Don't let the illustration cross into the centre panel.
  • Don't set the product name in a serif or script.
  • Don't leave out the origin line.
  • Don't reuse one product-name colour for two different ingredients in the same family.
  • Don't add gold foil or embossing; the label stays uncoated paper.

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