For products where oxygen, moisture and light are the real enemies.
Fat oxidises, kibble goes soft, and freeze-dried products lose their crunch. A high-barrier structure slows all three by blocking oxygen, water vapour and light, which is what buys the shelf life on the pack.
We start from a target rather than a film. Tell us the shelf life and the product type and we select the stack by measured oxygen and water-vapour transmission, then confirm with an accelerated shelf-life trial.
| Strongest barrier | PET/AL/PE — below 0.1 cc/m²/day OTR |
| Metallised route | PET/VMPET/PE — around 0.5 cc/m²/day |
| Methods | OTR and WVTR measured at 38 °C / 90% RH |
| Gravure up to 9 colours; digital for short runs | |
| MOQ | 3,000 pcs (digital) / 10,000 pcs (gravure) |
| Lead time | 15–25 days after artwork approval |
Not always. Foil is the strongest and the most expensive option, and it rules out metal detection on your line. For many dry products a metallised laminate with a shelf-life trial is enough.
Typically foil laminates run to 18–24 months, metallised to 12–18, and mono-material to 9–12. We confirm with testing rather than quoting the table.
Partly. A micro-perforated PET window keeps around 1.2 cc/m²/day, which is a compromise rather than a full barrier.
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