Since standup pouches are rather new, business owners have some inhibitions about them.  According to people, some common reasons for not using a standup bag will be (a) they are made from plastic so they jeopardize the environment, (b) they are not safe to store food, especially kid food, and (c) they are expensive. Let's go through these allegations one at a time and see how much truth there is in them. After refuting these common misconceptions, we will also give you two additional persuasive reasons to use stand up bags:

Allegation one – Stand up pouches are harmful to the environment

Stand up pouches are made from plastic, but the plastic used in them is minuscule compared to the plastic and energy used to manufacture heavy duty plastic jars and bottles. The resources and energy required to make stand up pouches are lesser than the resources and energy need to make glass jars, glass bottles, plastic jars, plastic bottles, folded cartons, tin cans, and most other packaging mediums. So these pouches are the greenest of the lot. Secondly, stand up pouches require less resources to transport, and they are landfill friendly – several times more of these pouches go in a single landfill than other packaging mediums.

Allegation two – Stand up pouches are not safe for food and beverage packaging

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has tested StandUpPouches.net's custom printed stand up bags. After rigorous testing, their conclusion is that these bags are made from food grade materials which are safe to package food products.

Allegation three – Stand up pouches are expensive

A typical stand up pouch costs between 15 and 20 cents. Now compare that to the cost of a folded carton (~35 cents), plastic jars (40 – 50 cents), and tin can (~60 cents). The results are pretty obvious- standup pouches are the cheapest.

Now, two more reasons to use stand up food pouches:
No-nonsense packaging medium: Have you ever wondered why children who run screaming at the first sight of green vegetables, love to eat spinach and other healthy foods through food pouches? Simple; children like them. We have not studied psychology, but if an increasing demand for stand up food pouches is anything to go by, we are witnessing the emergence of a new trend in child feeding.

Easy to carry

Unlike rigid food containers, stand up food pouches are flexible; they can fit in the most oddly shaped empty spaces. They make a perfect companion for travel.