The best packaging for granola has three essential qualities:
- It protects granola.
- It is consumer friendly.
- It is inexpensive.
On comparing several popular methods for granola packaging, it becomes clear that only stand up pouch bags have all three qualities. Therefore they are the best packaging for granola.
(1) Stand up pouches protect granola
Granola has two mortal enemies – oxygen and bacteria. Oxygen rots granola and makes it rancid. Bacteria reacts with granola, steals its crispness, and renders it unfit to eat. The best packaging for granola protects it from oxygen as well as moisture.
Pouch bags are made from laminating together several layers of plastic and other materials. Together these layers make up an effective barrier against oxygen. There is no oxygen in an anaerobic (lacking oxygen) environment. Thus its shelf life is prolonged.
Stand up bags provide a barrier against atmospheric moisture. Bacteria cannot grow without water. Stand up bags stop its growth, thus keep granola fresh for a long period.
(2) Stand up pouches are consumer friendly
Stand up pouches have a broad back and a wide front. This large surface area can be used to place product information. Consumers can read this information without having to constantly rotate – as in bottles and jars – the packaging. Stand up pouches provide a large surface area, so product information can be placed in a large font for easier reading.
Stand up pouches are a flexible food packaging option. The use of accessories such as hang holes, zip locks, Velcro strips, and spouts make them very user friendly. The consumer can hang them along a wall if they have run out of space in their kitchen cabinets. The use of zip locks allows consumers to reseal these pouch bags instead of hunting for a separate container to store granola.
(3) Stand up pouches are inexpensive
Businesses save money by investing in stand up pouches. StandUpPouches.net's custom printed stand up pouches cost between 15 and 20 cents a pouch. This compares favorably to folded cartons (35 cents), plastic jars (45 – 50 cents), and tin cans (50 – 60 cents). Businesses can buy twice, thrice, and even four times as much stand up bags with the money it will take to buy a small amount of cartons, jars, or cans. Stand up pouches are shipped flat. Consequently, inventory and transport costs for these flexible pouches are insignificant when compared to other options.
