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Pouches for Snacks & Dried Food
Snacks and dried food are best packed in a resealable stand-up pouch, most often in matte white or kraft with a barrier liner, or clear film if the product looks good enough to sell itself. Anything eaten over several sittings — granola, nuts, dried fruit — needs a zip, because a torn-open pack that cannot be resealed goes stale and gets thrown away.
Product appearance decides the material. Granola clusters, mixed nuts and dried fruit all photograph and display well, so a clear window on an otherwise printed pouch usually outperforms a fully printed pack. For products that oxidise or go soft — anything oily, or crisps and puffed snacks — keep the barrier high and skip the window.
Fill volume varies far more than weight suggests, because dried food ranges from dense nuts to very light puffed snacks. A 200 × 300mm pouch with an 80mm gusset holds roughly 500g of granola but only about 150g of a puffed snack. Send us the product and target weight rather than guessing at dimensions.
A tear notch above the zip is a small detail that comes up repeatedly in customer feedback: without one, the first open often damages the zip track and the reseal never works properly again.
- Recommended type
- Stand-up pouch
- Recommended material
- Matte white, kraft, or clear film with a window
- Essential option
- Resealable zip with a tear notch above it
- Typical size (500g granola)
- 200 × 300mm, 80mm gusset
- Typical size (100g snack)
- 120 × 190mm, 50mm gusset
Formats that suit this category
Materials to consider
Pouches for Snacks & Dried Food — common questions
- What pouch is best for granola?
- A resealable stand-up pouch around 200 × 300mm with an 80mm gusset holds roughly 500g and stands well on shelf. A clear window helps, because cluster size is a genuine buying signal for granola.
- Do snack pouches need a barrier?
- Yes, especially for anything oily. Nuts and seeds go rancid when oxygen reaches the fats, so a metallised liner meaningfully extends shelf life even if the pack looks like plain kraft from outside.
- Can I print several flavours in one order?
- Yes. Digital print handles each flavour as a separate artwork file rather than a separate plate, so a range of four or five SKUs at a few hundred units each is normal. The per-design minimum applies to each flavour.
- Should I add a hang hole?
- Only if your retailer uses peg display. It costs little to add but leaves a visible punched hole in the top seal, so skip it for pure shelf-stack ranges.