If you distribute hotel amenities, airline and catering kits, clinic consumables or promotional products, a hand sanitizer gel sachet looks like an easy line to add: a small single-use pack with a few millilitres of gel. In practice, the questions that decide whether a bulk order works for your market are the fill volume, the packaging film, the print, and above all the regulatory status of the product in the country where you will sell it. This guide sets out what to check with a manufacturer before you request a quote.
Where hand sanitizer gel sachets are used
Single-use sachets are chosen where a bottle or pump is impractical, or where every person should receive their own sealed pack:
- Hospitality: in-room welcome sets, bathroom amenity trays, meeting rooms.
- Airlines and catering: meal tray kits packed together with wet wipes and napkins.
- Healthcare settings: waiting areas, visitor and discharge kits.
- Events and promotion: conference bags, trade show giveaways, corporate gift boxes.
The common requirement is a light, easy-to-open pack that carries your customer’s brand or your own private label.
Fill volume and sachet size
RENASAN’s standard 2.5 ml gel sachet measures 5 × 8 cm and is designed as a single-application pack. This is the format most often requested for amenity and catering kits.
If your customers need a different volume, our private label gel filling option lets you set both the fill quantity and the sachet dimensions per order. Before you decide, check two things with your end customer:
- Is the sachet meant for one use, or will the user keep it for several applications during the day?
- Which kit will it go into? The tray, envelope or box dimensions limit the sachet size.
A larger fill changes the sachet size, the number of sachets per carton and therefore your freight cost per unit, so decide the volume together with the packing and shipping plan.
Example volume planning for a distributor
The figures below are a planning example only; replace them with your own customer data.
| Customer type | Assumption | Monthly sachets |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel group, 5 properties × 150 rooms | 70% occupancy, 2 sachets per room per day, 30 days | 750 × 0.7 × 2 × 30 = 31,500 |
| Airline caterer | 4,000 trays per day, 1 sachet per tray, 30 days | 120,000 |
| Promotional agency | 3 events × 1,000 kits, 2 sachets per kit | 6,000 (+5% spare = 6,300) |
For importers, the reorder point should also cover production time, sea or road transit and customs clearance, not only monthly demand.
Packaging film: coated paper, triplex or metallised
The outer pack of the standard sachet can be produced in coated (kuşe) paper, triplex laminate or metallised film, depending on the customer’s preference. The right choice depends on the look your market expects, how long the kits will sit in storage, and how the gel behaves in the film.
Whatever structure you choose, seal integrity and easy opening should be confirmed on physical samples. We explain how we approach this in sachet filling: film compatibility and seal integrity. Ask your supplier to confirm the expected shelf life in writing for the specific gel and film combination you order.
Private label hand sanitizer gel sachets: printing and artwork
Sachets can be printed with your logo or your customer’s design, using up to 3-colour flexographic printing. To keep artwork approval short:
- Send logos as vector files (AI, PDF or EPS).
- Stay within 3 colours and prefer solid colour areas over gradients or photos.
- Reserve space on the back for directions for use and the mandatory label text of your destination market, in the right language(s).
- Approve a digital proof, and a physical sample where needed, before production.
Minimum order quantities depend on the number of print colours, the film type and the fill volume, so share all three when you ask for a price.
Cosmetic or biocide? Why the label claim matters for import
This is the point most often missed in sourcing. In the EU, the European Commission’s guidance on leave-on hand cleaners and hand disinfectants separates products with a mainly cosmetic purpose, such as cleaning the skin without rinsing, from products with an active substance and a primary biocidal purpose. Claims such as “antibacterial” or “kills bacteria” point towards the biocidal route, while “hand cleaner” type claims point towards cosmetics. Turkey’s medicines agency (TİTCK) takes a similar approach in its borderline products guideline.
What this means for an importer:
- The wording on the sachet can decide which regulation applies in your market, and therefore which authorisation or notification you need before you can sell.
- The importer or brand owner is usually the party placing the product on the destination market, so confirm early who will hold the registration.
- Any slogan added to private label artwork must be checked against the intended classification.
Ask the manufacturer which regulatory status the product currently has in Turkey, which documents can be supplied (for example the safety data sheet, product specification and test reports), and check the requirements of your own market with the competent authority or a regulatory consultant. For the wider import process, see our guide to importing disposable medical supplies from Turkey.
Your RFQ checklist: 8 details to send
- Quantity: first order and expected annual volume.
- Fill volume: standard 2.5 ml or a custom volume.
- Sachet size: standard 5 × 8 cm or a size matched to your kit.
- Film: coated paper, triplex or metallised.
- Print: artwork files and number of colours (up to 3).
- Label claims and languages: the wording planned for your market.
- Packing and delivery: sachets per carton, pallet requirements, Incoterm and destination.
- Documents: what you need for registration, customs and tenders.
FAQ
What is the standard fill volume of a hand sanitizer gel sachet?
The most common format for amenity, catering and event kits is a single-use 2.5 ml sachet. RENASAN’s standard sachet is 5 × 8 cm with a 2.5 ml fill; other volumes and sizes are available through private label filling.
Can you print our brand on the sachets?
Yes. Sachets can carry your logo or design with up to 3-colour flexographic printing. Vector artwork and an approved proof speed up production.
Is a hand sanitizer gel sachet a cosmetic or a biocidal product?
It depends on the product’s purpose, composition and claims. In the EU, gels with antibacterial or disinfection claims generally fall under the biocides rules, while cleaning-only claims point to the cosmetics rules. Confirm the classification for your market before ordering printed packaging.
Do you export to distributors outside Turkey?
Yes. RENASAN supplies distributors and importers abroad. Share your destination country and volumes and we will confirm packing and documents in the quotation.
Request a quote
RENASAN has manufactured medical hygiene and single-use products since 1967, including sachet filling and custom printing for hospitality, catering, healthcare and private label brands. Start with our standard 2.5 ml gel sachet or define the size, fill and print for your own brand, then contact us with the 8 details above.