Custom Baby Fruit Puree Spout Pouch
Fruit puree is the easiest baby food to sell and the hardest to keep looking right. It separates, it browns, and a parent judges the pouch through the film before reading a word of the copy.
These are stand-up spout pouches from 60 ml to 150 ml for fruit and vegetable puree, printed to your artwork with an optional clear window. Bulk MOQ is 50,000 pcs per size, with a 1,000-pc trial.
The window is the packaging decision
Puree is one of the few foods where showing the product sells it: apple and pear read as clean and pale, mango and berry read as rich. A clear panel on the front does that job. A full print has to promise a colour in artwork that the product then has to match under store lighting.
The window is also a constraint. It takes print area, it cannot cross the seal, and it lets light in — so on a six-month ambient product, "how big can the window be" is a shelf-life question before it is a design question.
Fibre decides the spout, not the volume
A smooth pear puree and a seeded berry puree behave nothing alike through the same bore. Fibre and small seeds bridge at the spout shoulder, the adult squeezes harder, and that is exactly when a pouch opens at the seal. So the bore is chosen from the puree: a chunky or seeded product goes wider, never narrower to slow the flow.
On the small sizes the same logic applies to spout length — a short spout is easier for a child to take, a longer one gives the adult a better grip when the pouch is nearly empty.
Retort, hot fill or chilled — chosen by the fruit
Three processes, three packs. A retort structure is cooked with the product inside and gives an ambient shelf life. A hot fill uses the product's own heat to bring the pack down, which suits acidic fruit but sets a ceiling on the temperature the film must survive. A chilled pack is PET/PE and depends on the cold chain for its date.
Choose from the fruit rather than from the price: a low-acid vegetable puree is the case that needs retort, and an acidic fruit is the one that can be hot filled.
Browning is a packaging problem too
Apple and pear darken once oxygen reaches them, so headspace and barrier matter as much as the recipe. A pack with a high oxygen transmission rate will show the change on the shelf, and the customer reads it as spoilage even when the product is sound.
The practical answer is a barrier layer and a fill that leaves little headspace — and for a fruit that browns easily, a shorter shelf-life claim rather than a bigger antioxidant dose.
MOQ and the first run
Bulk MOQ is 50,000 pcs per size, and each capacity counts separately — 60 ml and 150 ml in the same print are two minimums. A 1,000-pc trial is available, and it is the right place to test a bore against your actual puree.
Stock samples ship free; printed samples take 7–10 days, and production runs 15–20 days after deposit and artwork approval.
What to send for a quotation
- fill volume, and whether one artwork runs across two sizes
- the fruit or vegetable, and whether it carries fibre or seeds
- the process: retort, hot fill or chilled
- whether the front panel needs a window, and how large
Structure and spout questions are covered on baby food spout pouches, and bore sizing in spout bore size.
FAQ
Can the pouch have a full clear front?
It can, but a full window removes the barrier from the face and shortens the shelf life. A windowed panel with a printed border is the usual compromise, and it keeps the seal area printable.
Why does my puree come out too fast or too slow?
Almost always the bore against the product. A puree with fibre needs a wider opening than a smooth one, and a bore borrowed from a juice pouch is the usual reason a thick puree sprays or clogs.
Does the window change the material?
Yes. A clear panel needs a transparent layer in that area, so the structure is not identical to a fully printed pouch — which is why the window size and the shelf-life target are quoted together.
Get a quotation
Send the fruit, the fill volume and the process, and the reply comes back as a structure, a bore and a window size rather than a price range. Send your specification.
