Materials · Packaging substrates
The substrates a paper library cannot hold
A carton laminate is mostly board, but the board never touches the drink. A pouch is a stack of films chosen by the barrier the product needs. Neither has a weight in gsm or a shade name, so they live here — with the layer stack, what can be printed on the face, and what happens to it after use.
Carton laminates
6 entriesAseptic brick and gable-top cartons: paperboard with polymer, and sometimes foil, laminated to it. Mostly board by weight, but the board never touches the drink.
Aseptic brick carton laminate
Shelf-stable ambient drinks — oat and nut milks, juice, broth. Tetra Brik type.
Aseptic brick, slanted top
Ambient drinks that want a pour spout and a shelf face at an angle. Tetra Brik Edge type.
Aseptic brick, aluminium-free
Ambient drinks where the carbon figure matters more than the longest possible shelf life.
Gable-top chilled carton
Chilled milk, oat drink and juice. Tetra Rex / Pure-Pak type.
Kraft-face carton board
Cartons that want the board itself to read as the material, not a printed background.
Plant-based PE screw cap
Closure for gable-top and slanted-top cartons.
Flexible pouch films
8 entriesStand-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.
Kraft / PET / aluminium / PE pouch
The classic coffee pouch: kraft face outside, full barrier inside.
Kraft / PLA compostable pouch
Small-batch coffee, tea and dry goods sold through a short supply chain.
Matte BOPP / metallised PET / PE pouch
The matte black — or matte anything — coffee pouch.
Mono-material PE pouch
Brands that need a recyclable claim on the back panel and can live with a softer hand.
Metallised and iridescent film
Pouches where the film itself is the whole idea.
One-way degassing valve
Required for whole-bean coffee — fresh roast off-gasses CO₂ for days.
Press-to-close zipper
Reclosure on coffee, snack and dry-goods pouches.
Tin tie
Reclosure with a craft read, usually on kraft-face bags.