A baby food pouch has two users at once. An adult holds and squeezes; a baby sucks or bites the spout. That single fact decides the spout, the cap and the film — not the artwork, and not the shelf.
These are stand-up spout pouches for puree, yogurt and fruit, from 90 g to 120 g, printed with your artwork and made in a food-contact structure. Bulk MOQ is 50,000 pcs per size, with a 1,000-pc trial.
The spout is in a child's mouth
Anything that goes into a baby's mouth is judged differently from a closure. Two things matter more than flow rate.
The first is the cap as a physical object: it has to sit outside the small-parts gauge, so it cannot be swallowed if it comes off, and it has to stay on under the pulling and chewing a pouch receives. A cap that a determined two-year-old can remove is a recall waiting to happen.
The second is the spout itself. A wide, soft edge is more comfortable than a narrow hard one, and the bore has to let thick puree through without the adult squeezing hard enough to spray it. In practice that means a bore chosen for the product, not one borrowed from a juice pouch.
The film is a food-safety decision
For a shelf-stable puree the structure is retort grade — PET/AL/PA/PE — because the pack is cooked with the product inside at 121 °C. Nothing about that can be substituted later: a film that was not built for retort will delaminate, and the failure shows up as a swollen pouch on a shelf, months after the container has shipped.
For a chilled or short-life product, PET/PE is enough and cheaper, but the shelf life claim then depends on the cold chain rather than the pack. Decide which one you are selling before the artwork, because the two packs look identical and behave nothing alike.
Documents the buyer will be asked for
Baby food tends to be checked harder than adult food, and the paperwork follows the pack. Expect to be asked for a food-contact declaration for the finished pouch, a migration test report for the destination market, and a statement covering the inks and adhesives used on the print side.
These are supplied with the order rather than designed into it, but they decide which markets a pack can ship to. If the destination is not settled when the artwork is approved, say so — it is cheaper to confirm the market first than to re-test a print run.
Print that survives a kitchen
A baby food pouch lives in a bag, a fridge door and a changing bag, and it gets wiped. Large solid areas of ink on the lower half — exactly where a hand grips — show wear first.
Two practical choices: keep heavy coverage on the upper half and let the base carry a lighter tint, and check the print against a wet wipe rather than a dry finger. Type size matters more here than on any other pouch: the parent reads the age band and the ingredients one-handed, in poor light.
MOQ, samples and the first run
Bulk MOQ is 50,000 pcs per size, and each capacity counts separately — 90 g and 120 g in the same print are two minimums. A 1,000-pc trial is available for a first production run or a market test.
Stock samples ship free. A printed sample takes 7–10 days; production runs 15–20 days from artwork approval and deposit. If the product is retorted, add the retort cycle to your launch plan — the pouch has to be tested with your recipe, not with water.
What to send for a quotation
- fill weight in grams, and the age band the product is sold for
- the process: retort, hot fill, or chilled
- the puree: fruit, vegetable, dairy, or with cereal pieces
- destination market, because the testing follows the market
- artwork status, and whether the back panel carries nutrition copy
FAQ
Can the pouch be retorted with the puree inside?
Yes, in a retort-grade structure — that is what the aluminium and nylon layers are there for. What cannot be assumed is the cycle: time and temperature are set with your recipe and your fill weight, and a pouch tested empty or with water proves nothing about a puree.
Is the pouch BPA-free?
The structures used for these pouches do not include bisphenol A, and the declaration supplied with the order states the materials used. If a specific market requires a named statement, tell us at quotation stage so the correct document is issued rather than a general one.
Can it be heated in the microwave?
Not a retort pouch with an aluminium layer — the metal reflects and the pack heats unevenly. Standing the pouch in hot water is the safe route, and it is what the pack is designed for.
Get a quotation
Send the fill weight, the process and the destination market, and the answer comes back as a structure and a spout rather than a list. Send your specification and we will name the film, the cap and the documents the market will ask for.
