FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING
Flexible Barrier packaging is any packaging that preserves or protects the contents of the package to maintain freshness, extend shelf life, and prevent damage to the contents in a non-rigid form. Flexible barrier packaging is generally made from laminated layers or multi-layer of barrier films. The specific combination of flexible plastics, aluminum, paper, and coating create different technical barrier characteristics. By altering the combination of materials the packaging can reduce the transmission of water vapor, and gas migration into or out of the package. PouchWorth specializes flexible barrier packaging solutions to meet the needs of our customers.
Flexible barrier packaging comes in various forms, from stand up pouches, to spouted bags, lay flat bags, and tubing.
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Barrier bags built for your proposes, out of any number of a selection of flexible barrier packaging materials. Tell us what you want and we can make it happen!
Most of the Flexible barrier packaging you see is printed. Customer print their barrier packaging because packaging is marketing, and flexible barrier packaging can protect the contents while marketing it to your customer.
COMMON APPLICATIONS FOR FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING
FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING MATERIAL SELECTION BY APPLICATION
| Snacks & Chips |  | Chips, Wafers, Crackers, Popcorn, Snacks, Nuts, Seeds, TrailMix | DuraClear-B DuraClear-P SilverDollar | Low cost points combined with adequate moisture and oxygen barriers while providing exceptional printability key for snack and chip packaging. |
| Biscuits & Confectionery |  | Biscuits, Cookies, Chocolate Bars, Candy, Candy Sticks, Chewing Gum | DuraClear-P DuraClear-X TrueFoil SilverDollar | High barrier materials will protect your product from moisture, oxygen, and UV exposure which will help extend shelf life and retain flavor. |
| Spices, Flours, & Mixes |  | Spices, Flour, Salt, Sugar, Rice, Flour, Papad, Baking Mix | DuraClear-N SilverDollar TrueFoil-N Kraft-N | Preventing spices and flours from going stale prematurely is a key goal when packaging these items. High seal strength and good impact strength, along with hot tack to seal through contamination. |
| Oils & Pickles |  | Cooking Oil, Pickles, Lubricant Industrial Oils | DuraClear-N DuraClear-NXN TrueFoil-N DuraClear-PPR | Low leakage, high fill rates, and excellent sealing properties help to reduce cost, while reducing thickness to help with cost points. |
| Cannabis & Edibles |  | Cannabis, extracts, eddibles. | DuraClear-P SilverDollar-R TrueFoil Kraft Mylar | Child Resistance, regulatory compliance and art design along with barrier needs. Small retail quantities can benefit from different material selections than wholesale. |
| Frozen Foods |  | Vegetables, Seafoods, Meat, Block cheese | DuraClear-PVDC Quali-Vac Quali-Vac-HD Quali-Vac-Boil DuraClear-N | Various factors come into play.: Puncture resistance, conformity for vacuum packing, pasteurization needs, freezing temperatures, printing, or non-printing. Easy Peel option also available |
| Dog & Cat, Food |  | Dog & Cat Foods, Bird Seed, livestock feed. | DuraClear Silver-Dollar-R TrueFoil Kraft-N | Product weight, and barrier requirments both play into material selection for dog and cat food. Bag configuration and feature selection will also be factors. |
| Powdered Products |  | Protein Drinks, Milk Powder, Supplementary Powders, Sugar, Salt | Kraft Mylar SilverDollar DuraClear-PEx TrueFoil-N TrueFoil-ExN | Good MVTR for aroma retention, Seal strength and stretch, encapsulated aluminum for optimum shelflife. |
| Misc. Dairy Products |  | Baby Food, Yogurt, Shreaded Cheese & Butter | PE film DuarClear-P SilverDollar-NR TrueFoil-N DuraClear-N | Style of pasturizaiton utlized, Moist verses liquid product FDA consideration. |
| Agricultural Products |  | Seeds and Fertilizers | DuraClear-PN SilverDollar-HD TrueFoil-HD520 TrueFoil-ULTRA | Puncture resistance, impact strength, high barrier, Chemical resistance, acid resistance. |
| Chemicals |  | Agro Chemicals, Detergent, Industrial Chemicals, Cement Wall Putty | DuraClear-P DuraClear-N TrueFoil | Seal strength, and chemical resistance, Hot Tack to seal through loading contamination, spout compatiblity. |
| Home & Personal Care |  | Incense Sticks, Cosmetics, Wet Wipes | UpTownFunk SilverDollar Truefoil TrueFoil-R | Cost to barrier ratio. High speed fill, tubing, Outer-pack Printing quality and marketing. |
| Industrial |  | Nuts, Bolts, Plumbing fixtures, industrial consumables, tools, | DuraClear-P SilverDollar-M Kraft-R Duraclear-B PE Film | Printing consideration, Tear XM and XDM, cost. |
| Retort Food |  | Microwave Meals, Curries, Gravies, Sweet Corn | DuraClear-PNC DuraClear-PNHBC TrueFoil-C TrueFoil-NC | Suitable for sterilization up to 135 degrees C, Shelf life up to 2 years, puncture resistance. Low Conformity. |
| Tea & Coffee |  | Tea, Instant Coffee, Coffee Beans | Kraft Mylar SilverDollar-R TrueFoil | Suitable for sterilization up to 135 degrees C, Shelf life up to 2 years, puncture resistance. Low Conformity. "Degassing valve, and configuration of the pouch, Zipper style and shelf-life concerns." |
| Hot Fill Packaging |  | Juice, Ketchup, Mayonaisse, Liquid Spices | DuraClear-C TrueFoil-C SilverDollar-C | Suitable for hot fill products upto 100 degrees C fill temperature. High moisture barrier properties Available in spouted pouch configuration. |
| Forming and Non forming films for MAP |  | Meat, Cheese, Sausages, Seafoods, etc., | QualiVac QualiVac-HD | Modified Atmosphere Packaging resistance to hot and cold temperatures, Resistant to oil and fats, High oxygen barrier properties, Excellent aroma retention power, Pasteurizable*, Easypeal available. Excellent sealing and conformity for commercial chamber vacuuming. |
| Vacuume Packing |  | Meat, Cheese, Seafood, Dry Fruits | Duraclear QualifyVac DuraClear-EVOH | Modified Atmosphere Packaging resistance to hot and cold temperatures, Resistant to oil and fats, High oxygen barrier properties, Excellent aroma retention power, Pasteurizable*, Easypeal available. Excellent sealing and conformity for commercial chamber vacuuming. |
| Laser Scoring |  | Various applications from Dried products, Straw piercing etc | Most Materials | Easy to tear |
| Printed Shrink Films |  | Cans or bottles packing in bulk | PE Film | Shrinkable with Heat, High Strength and High Impact |
| Easy Pill Lid Films/Pouches |  | Yogurt, and dairy | All EasyPeal materials | Good Seal Strength, Easy Opening |
| Spout Pouches |  | Baby Food, Gels, refills | DuraClear-N TrueFoil | Reclosbable spouts |
CHOOSING THE RIGHT FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING
With so many options out there, how do you select the right barrier packaging for your product? Firstly, we are always ready to help with your project, so contacting us is the best choice. But, here are a few of the most important things to keep in-mind to help you better understand the flexible barrier packaging options.
FLEXIBLE BARRIER SHELF LIFE
How long is your product going to be in the package? How much shelf life extension is required? How important is freshness? Consider two examples: Corn Chip vs. Dried berries Corn chips are usually, packaged in economical medium to low barrier materials because they are generally consumed quickly, nobody expects chips to have a extensive shelf life, are low margin retail items that must be economically packaged. In comparison, dried berries are a higher price point item, that needs longer shelf life, and stability, and are usually not consumed at one time.
DEFINE YOUR FLEXIBLE BARRIER PROJECT PARAMETERS
Where is this product sold? Are there space constraints, or other retailer requirements? What is your barrier packaging budget? Physically how much product do you need in each barrier package? The more specific you are about your application parameters the better we can build a barrier packaging solution that specifically meets your needs.
FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING’S PURPOSE
On a basic level barrier packaging is an atmosphere modifying device designed to create a sealed environment inside the package. To many “barrier packaging” is generally thought of as controlling migration of oxygen into or out of the package environment. Oxygen and oxidation along with desiccation are major causes of damage to food’s appearance and freshness and deterioration, exposure to other external influences also have an impact. In relation to atmosphere modification, barrier packaging is designed to protect from:
Oxygen
Moisture
Light / UV
Flexible barrier packaging has many advantages over other forms of barrier packaging. It is light weight, has a lower cost, offers consumers convience in portioning, and can provide equal barrier to most rigid containers. Finally, flexibles can be more easily customized to each specific application. Its all about striking a balance
MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING
The combination of a barrier film such as a PET/AL/LLDPE along with gas flushing in which a normal air is taken out of the package during packing, and replaced with an inert gas such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide. Popular with Cannabis, dried fruits, nuts, chips, and snacks. This process reduces the oxidative effects by removing oxygen.
FLEXIBLE VACUUM PACKAGING
Vacuum packaging removes the oxygen and does not replace it. Most consumers are familiar with vacuum packing as a preservation method. For Vacuum packaging applications you must use materials that have physical conformity, and strong seals to prevent oxygen from creeping inside.
FLEXIBLE BARRIER PACKAGING PROJECT PLANNER
The following list of questions are designed to help guide you through the process of designing a barrier package for your product.
- Is this an existing project? If so, what do you like about your current packaging, what do you not like?
- What is the bag holding? What is the application, is this Retort application, dry food, industrial?
- Where is the product stored? Freezer, shelf, outdoors, indoors? How is it transported? Is this package going to face pressure changes from air transport?
- What is the temperature of your product at the time of filling?
- What size do you want?
- What is your “fill philosophy”? Do you want the barrier pouch brimming to the rim with product, or less filled?
- Single Use or mult-use?
- Do you want to view the product, or do you need a opaque package.
- What is your production estimates? How many pouches do you need quarterly? Yearly?
- Do you have a price target?
