No. Refrigerated suitability and ice-bucket suitability are different requirements. The complete label must maintain facestock appearance, print integrity, edge stability and adhesive contact while exposed to cold water and the curved can surface. A chilled-use statement alone is not enough.

Water can enter exposed paper edges, change the facestock dimensions or stiffness, and place stress on the adhesive bond. Curvature can increase the tendency for an edge to lift. Lamination may protect the face but does not automatically seal the die-cut edge or qualify the adhesive for sustained immersion.

No. Freezer-grade can describe low-temperature application or service, but the product data must also address the intended moisture exposure. Performance still depends on the can surface, application temperature, dwell time before chilling, facestock, finish, label size and curvature.

Because the cans may remain in ice and water for several hours, UGI Packging recommends replacing the B03 art-paper route with a specifically identified freezer-grade wet-service construction and verifying it by sample. B03 remains suitable for evaluation under the less severe conditions for which UGI Packging quotes that Chinese supplier model; it is not the selected route for this several-hour immersion requirement.

Use actual production cans and the final printed, finished and die-cut label. Record can condition during application, application temperature, time allowed before chilling, refrigeration temperature, ice-to-water condition and immersion duration. Inspect immediately after exposure and after an agreed recovery period. The buyer and supplier should agree the sequence before testing.

Define acceptable limits for edge lift, peeling, sliding, bubbling, wrinkling, paper swelling, delamination, print damage, scuffing and visible adhesive residue. Also state whether the label must remain suitable only for handling during the event or retain a specified appearance afterward. No unrecorded visual impression should replace agreed criteria.

No universal duration should be assumed for this order. The test should reflect the customer use claim, such as several hours in an event ice bucket, and the converter should identify any supplier method used. UGI Packging has not supplied a universal passing duration or invented a test result for this project.

Retain the approved material code and construction, artwork revision, can sample, application conditions, test record, dated photographs if available, acceptance decision and any approved deviation. This prevents a later material substitution from being treated as equivalent without review.