When you open your drawer and pull out a sheet of shiny household aluminium foil, eres not just grabbing a piece of metal—eres holding a tiny miracle that keeps dinner juicy, leftovers fresh, and clean-up quick. Ever wonder why your roasted chicken stays moist, or why yesterday’s pizza still tastes great today? The answer is simple: household aluminium foil.

Our foil starts life as high-purity aluminum, rolled so thin you can see through it, yet strong enough to wrap a whole turkey. At just 8 to 25 microns thick—about one-third the width of a human hair—it locks in flavor, blocks out air, and stands up to freezer, oven, or grill without tearing. We make it in the soft "O" temper, so it folds around a potato or lines a baking tray as easily as paper.

Safety first: every roll we ship is food-grade, odor-free, and meets strict global standards. We even add a whisper-thin titanium layer on request, giving you 99.9 % antibacterial power and an extra 10 days of fridge life. And yes, both the bright side and the matte side work the same; the difference is just how the rollers polish the metal.

Eco-wise, household aluminium foil is a green dream. One ton of recycled foil saves 95 % of the energy needed to make new aluminum, and the used sheets can come back as bike frames or soda cans. By keeping food fresher longer, our foil also cuts down on el biggest kitchen waste of all—food itself.

So whether eres slow-roasting ribs at 120 °C or flash-freezing garden veggies, trust Yutwin Aluminum Foil to deliver taste, safety, and planet-friendly performance in one easy tear.

What is Household Aluminum Foil?

At Yutwin Aluminum Foil, we create food-grade, eco-friendly household aluminum foil (also known as aluminum foil, kitchen foil, or food packaging foil). Our foil is perfect for direct food contact, and you poder use it para all sorts of tasks, including cooking, freezing, refrigerating, grilling, and baking.

Typically, our household aluminum foil comes in thicknesses ranging from 8 to 18 micrometers (μm) and widths from 250 to 1650mm. We primarily use 8011 or 1235 alloy in the O (soft) temper with a cold-rolled surface.

Typical Uses for Yutwin Household Aluminum Foil

• Cooking & Baking: Wrap ingredients for baking to prevent burning or to keep moisture locked in. You can also make cake molds or pastry bags with our foil!
• Refrigeration & Freshness: Use our foil to wrap vegetables, fruits, and meats. It prevents moisture loss and odor transfer, extending their freshness.
• Grilling & Takeout: Our foil makes an excellent grilling liner or an inner lining for takeout containers – es safe and heat-resistant.
• Almacenamiento: Wrap leftovers or frozen products with our foil. It prevents oxidation and cross-contamination of odors, significantly increasing shelf life.
• Other Uses: Our versatile foil helps you clean pots, create funnels, or make disposable trays.

Material Characteristics & Safety

We make our household aluminum foil from high-purity aluminum, typically with a thickness of 0.01-0.02mm. It’s soft and easy to mold.

Safety First: Yutwin household aluminum foil is food-grade and safe for direct contact with food. However, please remember:

• Avoid prolonged contact with highly acidic or salty foods, as this might cause aluminum ion leaching.
• We do not recommend using aluminum foil in microwaves unless the product is specifically designed for microwave use.

Environmentally Friendly: Puede recycle our aluminum foil. Just clean it and sort it properly. While single-use increases consumption, we encourage reuse or choosing biodegradable alternatives when possible.

Understanding the Two Sides of Yutwin Aluminum Foil

Our household aluminum foil typically has a shiny side and a matte (dull) side. The shiny side reflects heat better, making it suitable for wrapping the exterior of ingredients. The matte side absorbs heat, making it suitable for direct contact with ingredients.

Storage Tips: Store our foil in a cool, dry place to prevent moisture-induced oxidation.

Health Considerations: While our aluminum foil is safe, we recommend moderate use, as long-term, excessive aluminum intake could potentially impact health.

Yutwin Aluminum Foil: Industry Leader & Product Information

Yutwin Aluminum Foil is a leading producer of household aluminum foil. We offer thicknesses from 10-25μm and household foil rolls with widths from 250-609mm.

Sample Product Information

As living standards continue to improve, the use of household aluminum foil is becoming increasingly popular in China, and we see immense market potential for our products!

The Environmental Benefits of Yutwin Household Aluminum Foil

Yutwin household aluminum foil offers significant environmental benefits:

1. Reciclabilidad: El papel de aluminio es infinitely recyclable. It loses very little quality during the recycling process, maintaining its original properties. Recycling aluminum foil requires less than 5% of the energy needed to produce virgin aluminum, and it generates 95% less greenhouse gas emissions than virgin aluminum production. Even if you don’t recycle it separately, its energy can be recovered when incinerated with household waste.
2. Energy and Resource Savings: Nuestro papel de aluminio es incredibly thin and lightweight, requiring minimal material. It stands out as one of the most efficient packaging materials por weight. Using our foil can replace plastics and paper products, saving vast amounts of petroleum resources and wood.
3. Reduced Food Waste: Yutwin aluminum foil provides an excellent barrier, completely blocking light and air. Este effectively extends food shelf life and significantly reduces food waste.
4. Zero Pollution: Even when buried after use, our aluminum foil does not pollute soil or water. Our foil is non-toxic and odorless, and the high-temperature annealing process completely sterilizes it, making it extremely safe for food contact.
5. Propiedades antibacterianas: Some of our newly developed household aluminum foil products incorporate antibacterial titanium on a pure aluminum base. This dual aluminum-titanium antibacterial action achieves an antibacterial rate of up to 99.9%, extending food freshness by up to 10 days.
6. Reduced Refrigeration Needs: Our aluminum foil has fuerte insulating properties, which can reduce reliance on refrigeration equipment, leading to energy savings.
7. Ligero: The lightweight nature of our aluminum foil reduces the energy required for transportation, further lowering carbon emissions.

Overall, Yutwin household aluminum foil offers clear environmental advantages, making it a sustainable packaging product.

What is the Thickness of Yutwin Household Aluminum Foil?

The thickness of Yutwin household aluminum foil generally ranges from 0.008mm a 0.03mm. Specifically:

• Standard Thickness: Our household aluminum foil small rolls typically have a thickness of 0.009mm (9 μm) to 0.025mm (25 μm).
• Large Household Foil Rolls: These range from 0.008mm a 0.03mm.
• Other Specifications: Some of our household aluminum foil products can have thicknesses from 0.007mm to 0.05mm.

These thicknesses make our aluminum foil suitable for various household uses, including food packaging, cooking, and baking.

Does Aluminum Foil Thickness Affect Cooking?

Yes, the thickness of Yutwin aluminum foil impacts your cooking in several ways:

1. Heat Transfer and Heating Effect:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil (e.g., thickness ≥ 12 μm): This foil provides more uniform heat transfer and excels at retaining food moisture and flavor, making it ideal for low-temperature, long-duration cooking. For example, when you slow-roast meat wrapped in thick foil, it prevents moisture loss, resulting in a more tender and juicy final product.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil (e.g., thickness < 12 μm): While it still transfers heat, its thinness makes it more prone to damage at high temperatures. Este can reduce the contact area between the food and the foil, affecting the heating consistency.
2. Safety and Aluminum Migration:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: At high temperatures (e.g., above 180°C), it might leach a small amount of aluminum. However, thick foil is more stable, and the amount of aluminum migration usually falls below the WHO’s safety standard (no more than 2mg per kg of body weight per week).
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: Due to its thinner nature, it is more susceptible to damage or releasing aluminum, especially when it contacts acidic or alkaline foods, increasing the risk of aluminum migration.
3. Food Wrapping and Cooking Methods:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: We recommend it for completely wrapping foods like baked potatoes or corn. It excels at preserving food moisture and nutrients. However, if you’re cooking at high temperatures for extended periods, consider reducing the wrapping time to minimize aluminum migration risks.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: This works better for partial wrapping or simple covering, such as covering a baking sheet in the oven to prevent food from burning.
4. Cooking Time and Quality:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: Its excellent insulating properties help maintain food temperature, leading to longer cooking times but better preservation of food texture and quality.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: En heats up quickly, but this can lead to uneven heating of the food surface or even burning.
5. Pinholes:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil (e.g., 15 μm and above): It typically has no pinholes, offering superior barrier performance and effectively preventing water vapor penetration.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil (e.g., 8 μm or 12 μm): Pinholes might occur, but its barrier properties are still superior to most plastic films.

Our Recommendations:

• Choose Thickness: We suggest using food-grade aluminum foil with a thickness of ≥ 12 μm to ensure both cooking safety and effectiveness.
• Avoid Contact with Acidic/Alkaline Foods: When cooking acidic or alkaline foods, try to avoid directly wrapping them in aluminum foil. Alternatively, place a layer of parchment paper inside the foil as a protective barrier.
• Control Temperature and Time: When cooking at high temperatures, try to keep the temperature below 180°C and reduce the contact time between the foil and the food.

By carefully selecting and using Yutwin aluminum foil, you can maximize its cooking benefits and minimize potential health risks.

Which is Better for Low-Temperature Cooking: Thick or Thin Aluminum Foil?

For low-temperature cooking, both thick and thin aluminum foil have their uses, but generally, thick aluminum foil is the better choice, y here’s why:

1. Heat Retention and Insulation:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: En provides superior insulation, maintaining food temperature more effectively and preventing rapid heat loss. Este makes it ideal for long-duration, low-temperature cooking, like slow-roasting meats or vegetables. For instance, when you wrap food in thick foil for oven roasting, it keeps the internal food temperature stable, ensuring more even cooking. It also offers more uniform heat conduction, ensuring that food heats evenly at low temperatures, preventing localized overheating or undercooking.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: It transfers heat quickly, but due to its thinness, its insulating properties are weaker. Este can lead to rapid heat loss, making it unsuitable for prolonged low-temperature cooking. Thin foil is also more prone to damage during low-temperature cooking due to constant temperature changes, que afecta a its wrapping effectiveness.
2. Food Wrapping and Flavor:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: En offers a stronger wrapping effect, making it excellent for completely enclosing foods like baked sweet potatoes or corn. It excels at preserving food moisture and nutrients, leading to tastier cooked results. It also has higher barrier properties, effectively preventing water vapor penetration and reducing moisture loss from food during low-temperature cooking.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: While it can still wrap ingredients, its thinness makes it more susceptible to damage during wrapping, leading a food exposure to air and potentially affecting flavor. Its barrier properties are relatively weaker, which can result in greater moisture loss from food during low-temperature cooking, impacting the final taste.
3. Safety and Aluminum Migration:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: At low temperatures, thick foil is more stable, and the amount of aluminum migration usually remains below the WHO’s safety standard (no more than 2mg per kg of body weight per week).
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: Although aluminum migration is lower at low temperatures, its thinness could lead to damage during wrapping, potentially increasing the risk of aluminum migration.
4. Cooking Time and Quality:
   • Thick Aluminum Foil: Since it maintains food temperature better, cooking times can be relatively longer, but it excels at preserving food texture and quality.
   • Thin Aluminum Foil: En heats up quickly, but this can lead to uneven heating of the food surface or even burning.

Our Recommendations for Low-Temperature Cooking:

• Choose Thickness: We recommend choosing thick aluminum foil (≥ 12 μm) for better insulation, uniform heat transfer, and a lower risk of aluminum migration.
• Wrapping Method: Cuando low-temperature cooking, you can completely wrap ingredients in thick aluminum foil to ensure even heating and retain moisture and nutrients.
• Control de temperatura: Even with thick aluminum foil, we advise keeping your oven temperature below 180°C to further reduce the risk of aluminum migration.

For low-temperature cooking, thick aluminum foil is the superior choice because it better maintains food temperature and moisture, ensures more even cooking, and reduces the risk of aluminum migration.

Why does Yutwin Household Aluminum Foil Have Two Different Sides?

The difference in the two sides of the Yutwin household aluminum foil usually results from our manufacturing process, not from different materials or functions of the two sides. Here’s why:

Proceso de manufactura

During the production of aluminum foil, we roll it multiple times to achieve its thinness. In the final cold-rolling process, we typically press two layers of aluminum foil together. The sides that directly contact the rollers become quite shiny due to the polishing effect of the rollers. The inner surfaces, where the two foil layers touch each other, do not contact el rollers, resulting in a matte finish. This process leads to the visual difference en the two sides of the foil, but the material on both sides is exactly the same.

• Shiny Side: The outer surface that contacts the rolling mill becomes smooth and glossy due to the polishing action of the rollers.
• Matte Side: The inner surfaces where the two layers of foil meet do not contact the rollers, making them rougher and creating the matte effect.

Physical Properties: This difference between the shiny and matte sides is purely a matter of surface gloss. It does not affect the composition or fundamental properties of our aluminum foil.

Reflectivity Differences

While the shiny and matte sides have slightly different reflectivities (the shiny side is about 8% more reflective than the matte side), this difference has almost zero impact on heating food. When heating food in an oven or air fryer, heat primarily transfers through convection and conduction, not primarily through radiation.

Does it Affect Usage?

• Functional Differences: In practical use, the difference between the shiny and matte sides is negligible. The shiny side might reflect slightly more heat, and the matte side might absorb a little heat, but this has almost no impact on cooking or storage.
• Official Advice: Most aluminum foil brands (like Reynolds and Alcan) state that both sides of household aluminum foil can contact food, and the effect is the same. Your choice of which side to use is largely a matter of personal preference.
• Common Misconception: Some people believe the shiny side is better for insulation, and the matte side is better for direct contact with ingredients. However, scientific tests show that both sides have virtually identical heat transfer and barrier properties.

Usage Recommendations

• Wrapping Food: There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of the two sides for wrapping food. You can use either side.
• Personal Preference: Some individuals might prefer to have the shiny side facing outwards, but this is more de a psychological factor, as there’s no actual difference in performance.

In conclusion, the difference between the two sides of the Yutwin household aluminum foil is merely a byproduct of our manufacturing process. Both sides are functionally and performatively identical, so you can choose which side to use based on your personal preference.

At Yutwin Aluminum Foil, we believe great meals shouldn’t cost the earth. Eso es why every roll of our household aluminium foil is designed a ser usado again and again—wash it, dry it, and wrap tomorrow’s sandwich before you recycle it. When the sheet finally reaches the end of its kitchen life, simply drop it in the metal bin; it will return as a shiny new product within weeks.

We keep our thickness range de 10 to 25 microns, so you get the perfect balance of strength and flexibility. Need to lock in steam for a fall-apart brisket? Grab our thicker 20-micron wrap. Flash-freezing berries? The 10-micron roll saves freezer space and thaws fast. Whatever your recipe, there’s a Yutwin household aluminium foil that fits.

Quick tips before you go: keep the roll in a dry cabinet, avoid direct contact with lemon wedges above 180 °C, and never place plain foil in a microwave. Follow these simple rules and your foil will serve you faithfully, meal after meal.

From our family-run factory to your kitchen counter, thank you for choosing Yutwin Aluminum Foil. Together, we’re slicing food waste, shrinking energy bills, and making everyday cooking just a little bit easier. Grab your next roll today, and let’s keep the good food—and the good planet—rolling!