If you are a granola manufacturer, you will definitely want to extend its shelf life. Here are some steps for doing that.

Step one: Use high quality materials
Use good quality ingredients to make granola. If the ingredients - the rolled oats, dried fruits, nuts, and puffed rice - are of low quality, you can't expect the mix to have a good shelf life. In addition, low quality ingredients affect the taste. If your granola doesn't taste good, consumers won't buy it again.

Step two: Roast/bake it in hygienic surroundings
Make sure that your granola is baked in a hygienic environment. The machines used in the baking process may also affect its shelf life.

Step three: Use food grade packaging
This factor is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in increasing or decreasing the shelf life of a food item. The right packaging will protect granola from harmful environmental factors such as moisture, light, germs, and odor. Since exposure to any of these elements will seriously affect the quality of your granola, you need the packaging that is strong and puncture resistant.

Several granola manufacturers now use stand up pouches to package their product. Standup pouches are made from materials approved by FDA and do not chemically react with the food items packed inside. These bags are quite durable and tough because they are made of several layers of strong barrier films. And when these foil pouches are made with special materials, they will also protect granola from UV light.

The kind of ink used in printing is also important. Our standup pouches are custom printed using rotogravure technology with specially chosen inert inks that do not react with food.