Compostable Stand-Up Pouches in Kraft Paper With a Plant-Based Lining

Print on Kraft Paper

The kraft outer prints in full colour or in one or two spot colours. On natural brown kraft, colours sit darker and warmer and white prints as cream; a white underprint under the artwork restores the brightness where it matters. White-faced kraft gives accurate colour across the whole pouch and still looks like paper.

Matt is the natural finish and suits almost every food brand. We do not add a gloss film laminate or a foil block to this pouch, because both add a layer that does not belong in the construction. Print on the back panel, the gusset and inside the window area is all included in the same pass.

Keep text above 6 pt and barcodes in black on a plain background. We send a free design proof as a flat layout and as a dimensioned pouch so you can check the panel positions before plates are made. The coffee bags printed with your roast use the same artwork rules if you are running both products.

Filling and Sealing

The pouches arrive flat with the bottom gusset folded, the zip closed and the top open. Fill through the top, then seal with a heat sealer at a slightly lower temperature than you would use on a foil laminate; we include the setting on the delivery note. A hand impulse sealer is fine for small runs and a band sealer for larger ones.

The seal is strong once cooled. Leave sealed pouches for a minute before stacking so the seal sets. The zip works like any press-to-close zip and is designed to be opened and closed many times by the customer. The tear notch starts a clean tear across the top seal.

Store empty pouches flat, in their carton, away from damp and sunlight. Fill within about nine months of delivery, after which the lining can stiffen and seal less evenly. If you need pouches filled on a machine, tell us the machine and we check the format suits it; the stand-up pouches for machine filling page lists the common formats.

What Goes in Them

Coffee beans and ground coffee, with a valve if the beans are freshly roasted. Granola, muesli and oats. Dried fruit, nuts and seeds. Loose-leaf tea and herbal blends. Pet treats and dry pet food in small bags. Bath salts, loose soap flakes and dry cosmetic powders. Flour, sugar and baking mixes for small-batch bakers.

What they are not for: wet or oily foods, anything that needs an oxygen barrier for a long shelf life, and products that will be frozen. For those, a foil-lined or a retort pouch is right and we will suggest it rather than supply a pouch that does not suit the product.

Many food brands order a pouch and a matching label, using the label for variable details such as roast date or flavour so the pouch print stays the same across the range. Our labels sized for coffee pouches are printed on a paper stock that suits the kraft outer.

Barrier and Shelf Life

The plant-based lining keeps moisture out well enough for dry goods to stay crisp for a few months in normal retail conditions. It holds aroma reasonably, though not as tightly as foil. Light passes through the kraft paper only where there is a window, so a windowless pouch protects light-sensitive products such as tea and herbs.

If your product has a tested shelf life on a different pouch, run a small trial on this one before switching the whole range. We send sample pouches with the quote on request so you can fill, seal and store a few and check them after a month. That trial is the best evidence you can have for your own labelling decisions.

For products that are sold within a few weeks of packing, such as roasted coffee and fresh granola, the barrier is more than enough. The tear-notch pouches for single servings use a similar lining for sample sizes.

Quote, Proof and Delivery

Send the pouch size, the capacity, the format, the number of print colours and the quantity, with your artwork or just a logo. A custom quote comes by email within one working day and names the paper, the film and the zip. Minimums are low and set per job, and single-colour pouches start from £0.25 on larger runs.

A free design proof shows the artwork on the flat and the finished pouch. Production takes 4–7 working days after approval and delivery is free and tracked to UK mainland addresses in 2–3 working days, flat in cartons. Misprints or damage reported within 10 days are reprinted or refunded. If you also need a retail box for the pouches, the bags and pouches range overview links to the cartons we make to fit them.