From product to pack
Guides to choosing and quoting custom pouches
Start with the product you need to pack. Then work through format, artwork versions and what a production proposal should include.
Three decisions to get started
- Is a stand-up pouch right for your product?
What stand-up pouches can offer and what to test first: protection, reclosure, display, filling and total project cost.
- Your startup's first custom pouch: a practical packaging guide
A first-packaging guide for startups: product fit, structure, quantities, multiple designs, barcodes and what to include in a pouch brief.
- Short-run custom pouches: what affects price and minimum order?
Understand what shapes a printed-pouch proposal: size, material, barrier, finishes, quantity per design and destination.
Printing, design and development
- One format, many designs: building a digital pouch family
Flavors, characters, names and editions can share a pouch format. Learn what may vary and what needs checking before a quote.
- Custom pouches: digital printing or flexography?
Compare digital and flexographic printing for custom pouches: plates, multiple designs, volume, inventory and total project cost.
- Why digital printing helps new products launch
A guide to testing flavors, editions, and packaging without committing all inventory to one design.
- Pouches for product development: what to test first
How to choose pouch format, barrier, and closure for a new product without assuming compatibility.
- Mexico's NOM-051 front-of-pack rules for pouches: what the front must carry
Printed warning seals, the main display surface, minimum seal sizes by area and the phase-3 dates (2028). A guide for brands designing a pouch that sells in Mexico.
- Coffee bag sizes, degassing valves and zippers, explained
Reference dimensions for 250 g, 500 g and 1 kg, how a one-way valve works, when to choose a zipper or tin-tie, and what to test with your coffee before approving artwork.
- Artwork prep for printed pouches: dieline, bleed, white ink and barcodes
A checklist for flexible-packaging designers: dieline and seal zones, bleed and safe zone, CMYK and white ink, minimum text sizes, EAN-13 barcodes and file delivery per SKU.