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Aluminium foil trays buying guide

Updated: 23 October 2026

You are about to cook a Sunday roast, a traybake, or freezer portions, and the pack only says large. That word does not tell you whether the foil is 3.3 cm, 5 cm, or 7 cm deep, or whether a lid is in the box. This aluminium foil trays buying guide is the order to use before a brand: the job, the centimetres, the lid and the temperature, then the price per tray. The [aluminium trays comparison](/hub/diy-supplies/aluminium-trays) ranks the packs from amazon.co.uk. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Peter F. compared those listings and the stored review notes. This is not a lab test of foil thickness.

You are about to cook a Sunday roast, a traybake, or freezer portions, and the pack only says large. That word does not tell you whether the foil is 3.3 cm, 5 cm, or 7 cm deep, or whether a lid is in the box.

Our top picks

Rollay Rollay 20 Pack Large Aluminium Foil Trays (32x20x3.3 cm)

Best overall

Rollay Rollay 20 Pack Large Aluminium Foil Trays (32x20x3.3 cm)
7.7/10about £13.99
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Zuvo Zuvo Aluminium Foil Trays with Lids, 50-Pack 600ml

Best value

Zuvo Zuvo Aluminium Foil Trays with Lids, 50-Pack 600ml
7.0/10about £10.99
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Superior Superior Large Foil Aluminium Trays Pack of 10, 32 x 26 cm

Rank 3

Superior Superior Large Foil Aluminium Trays Pack of 10, 32 x 26 cm
8.3/10about £13.97
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On this page
  1. 1.Start with the job
  2. 2.Read the centimetres, not the word large
  3. 3.Lids, temperature, and holes
  4. 4.Price per tray after the shape is right

Start with the job

The right tray depends on what you put in it. A shallow tray about 32 × 20 × 3.3 cm suits a traybake, roast vegetables, or brownies, because the food spreads rather than stacks. A deep tray about 32 × 26 × 7 cm, often listed near 3,500 ml, suits a chicken or a family dish that would overflow a 3 cm wall. A 500–600 ml pot with a board lid is a single portion for the freezer, not a joint of meat. A perforated barbecue tray, about 34 × 22 cm with drain holes, is a grill tool. The best disposable foil trays page applies that split to named packs.

Read the centimetres, not the word large

Read the bullet size before the title. In this set the shallow class is 32 × 20 × 3.3 cm. A 32 cm side will not drop into a small round air-fryer basket. The deep class is about 32 × 26 × 7 cm. That extra width and the 7 cm wall are what hold a family lasagne. Listings in this batch disagree with themselves. On Zuvo’s shallow ten-pack the bullets say 3.3 cm deep, and a reviewer measured 3.3 cm rather than the 5 cm they had expected. The catalogue dimensions on that same listing do not match the bullets. ROVARIO’s deep tray bullets say 32 × 26 × 7 cm, while the catalogue line swaps two axes. CwtcHome’s barbecue bullets say 20 trays and the catalogue number of items says 1. When two lines fight, cook from the bullet centimetres and check the box when it arrives. None of these packs states a foil gauge, so heavy duty is not a thickness you can compare.
Rollay Rollay 20 Pack Large Aluminium Foil Trays (32x20x3.3 cm)

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Rollay Rollay 20 Pack Large Aluminium Foil Trays (32x20x3.3 cm)
7.7/10about £13.99
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Lids, temperature, and holes

Buy a lid only if you will cover food after it has cooled. A catering note from Supply Express says a lid for one tray number will not fit a lookalike, and a board lid comes off before a conventional oven unless that lid is rated. None of the paper or cardboard lids in these files is described as oven-safe. Superior’s deep ten-pack is the awkward case: the bullets say trays without lids, and the catalogue included-components line says Lid. Do not treat that pack as a lidded product. Stated upper temperatures sit about 200–260°C. LATERN’s listing also prints 660°C. That figure is a melting-point style number, not a domestic oven setting. Drain holes let fat and smoke move, and they will not hold juices, batter, or gravy. Do not store a very salty or strongly acidic sauce in the foil for days. That is a precaution from food-contact guidance, not a thickness test.

Price per tray after the shape is right

Only then look at the money. Stored shelf prices in this set run from about £9 to £17. Per-tray arithmetic, as a rule of thumb, runs from about £0.22 for a 50-piece lidded pot to about £1.40–£1.50 for a deep family ten-pack. A £0.22 portion tray is the wrong spend if you needed a roasting tin. Packs of 10, 20, 30, and 50 are not the same object. Divide the shelf price by the count in the bullets, then throw the result away if the shape was wrong.

Common questions

Will two trays fit on a standard UK oven shelf?
Two shallow trays at 32 × 20 cm can sit side by side if you put the 20 cm edges together, which needs about 40 cm plus clearance. A 32 × 26 cm deep tray is wider. Measure your shelf before you assume two family trays will go in at once.
Should I buy lids now or later?
Buy lids with the tray if you are freezing or sending food home, and buy them as the matching pack, not as a random board from another size. If you are roasting and you will bin the tray, an open pack is enough. Take a board or paper lid off before the oven unless that lid is rated for heat, which these files do not claim.
Why does the catalogue size not match the title?
In this batch, catalogue lines sometimes swap axes, print a different height, or disagree about lids and pack count. The bullets are the line to cook from, and you still check the tray when it arrives. A conflict is a reason to be careful, not a reason to invent a third size that neither line printed.
Is a higher printed temperature a better tray?
A stated ceiling of about 200–260°C is a normal roasting range. A printed 660°C is not a better oven rating and not a setting you should use. No pack here was lab-tested, and none states a foil gauge you could rank by thickness.
Are perforated barbecue trays part of this decision?
Only if you are grilling and you want fat to drain. Holes mean the tray cannot hold a gravy or a batter. A cake or a joint needs a solid base. They are a separate choice from the solid oven roasters on the main comparison.

Related pages

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BBQ foil trays

Aluminium trays

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How to use aluminium foil trays: oven, lid and freezer

Sources

Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings compared on this page. Updated 22.10.2026.

  1. SI 2012/2619, Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  2. SI 2019/704, retained food-contact law for Great Britain (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  3. SI 2024/666 Schedule 1 Part 3, metal stream (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  4. GOV.UK: Simpler recycling in England (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  5. EFSA 2008: safety of aluminium from dietary intake (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  6. European Aluminium Foil Association: foil and health (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  7. West Sussex: aluminium foil and containers (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  8. Philips: foil in a Philips Airfryer (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  9. Tower: foil or a metal tin in an air fryer (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  10. Bacofoil: the easy portion trays (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  11. Supply Express: foil containers and lid match (retrieved 22.10.2026)