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    Flexible pouch films

    Stand-up pouches, from the kraft-and-foil coffee bag to mono-material film you can drop off at a store. What barrier the pouch needs decides what it is made of, and what happens to it afterwards.

    Five stand-up pouches: kraft, white kraft, matte black, satin polyethylene and iridescent film.

    How to choose in this family

    foil for the longest shelf life, metallised for matte black, mono-PE for a recyclable claim, compostable for short supply chains, iridescent when the film is the idea

    A kraft paper coffee pouch with a degassing valve and a black circle print, beside a torn piece showing its silver foil liner.

    Kraft / PET / aluminium / PE pouch

    The classic coffee pouch: kraft face outside, full barrier inside.

    A white kraft compostable pouch with a small green leaf print and no metallic layer.

    Kraft / PLA compostable pouch

    Small-batch coffee, tea and dry goods sold through a short supply chain.

    A soft-touch matte black coffee pouch with glossy varnish rings catching the light.

    Matte BOPP / metallised PET / PE pouch

    The matte black (or matte anything) coffee pouch.

    A satin off-white polyethylene pouch printed in pale blue with a navy stripe.

    Mono-material PE pouch

    Brands that need a recyclable claim on the back panel and can live with a softer hand.

    An iridescent oil-slick film pouch with an opaque coral print block and a small clear window.

    Metallised and iridescent film

    Pouches where the film itself is the whole idea.

    Close-up of a small white one-way degassing valve on the kraft face of a coffee bag.

    One-way degassing valve

    Required for whole-bean coffee. Fresh roast gives off CO₂ for days.

    The torn-open top of a kraft pouch showing the tear notch and the press-to-close zipper tracks.

    Press-to-close zipper

    Reclosure on coffee, snack and dry-goods pouches.

    The rolled-down top of a kraft coffee bag held closed by a paper-covered tin tie.

    Tin tie

    Reclosure with a craft read, usually on kraft-face bags.