Custom Mylar Bags for Food

Custom mylar bags are printed food pouches made from layers of barrier film that keep products fresh by blocking oxygen, light, moisture and smell. “Mylar” is the common name for BoPET, a strong polyester film, which we laminate with an aluminum foil or metallized layer and a food-grade inner layer that seals with heat. Snack brands, bakeries, coffee roasters and home food businesses use them, and they sit in our range of custom food packaging.

How Mylar Barrier Layers Keep Food Fresh

Mylar bags keep food fresh because each layer blocks a different enemy of freshness. The PET film gives strength and a print surface, the foil or metallized layer blocks light and oxygen, and the inner food-grade layer seals the pouch shut with heat. Cookies stay crisp, coffee keeps its aroma and jerky stays chewy for far longer than in paper.

Custom Mylar Bags In Stand-Up And Flat Styles

Wax Paper Store prints custom mylar bags in two main styles, and both use the same barrier film.

Stand-Up Mylar Pouches

Stand-up pouches have a bottom gusset, so they stand on store shelves and hold more product. Snack brands and coffee roasters use them for retail.

Flat Mylar Pouches

Flat pouches are slim and light, which suits single servings, samples, hang-hole displays and mail orders. Brands that want the same stand-up shape in paper choose our custom kraft bags in place of film.

Zippers, Tear Notches, Windows And Valves

Add-ons turn a basic pouch into packaging customers use again and again. A resealable zipper keeps food fresh after the first opening, and a tear notch opens the pouch by hand without scissors. A clear window shows cookies, candy or granola inside, and a one-way degassing valve lets fresh coffee release gas without letting air back in. A hang hole lets the pouch hang on a retail peg.

Mylar Bags For Cookies, Coffee And Snacks

Mylar bags for cookies are one of the most requested uses, because air turns cookies stale within days. Coffee beans, loose-leaf tea, candy, gummies, nuts, dried fruit, jerky, spices and flour also travel and store well in custom mylar bags. Cookies sold fresh the same day need less protection, so bakeries often use our custom cookie bags for counter sales and mylar for shipping.

Mylar Pouches That Double As Your Retail Label

Printed mylar pouches carry full-color artwork, ingredient panels and barcodes, so the bag works as your retail label. We print full color in CMYK with PMS spot colors using digital or rotogravure printing on the outer film, and the finish can be matte, gloss, metallic or a kraft paper look. Our design team prepares your artwork for free, and you approve a free digital proof before we print.

Mylar Or Clear Film: Which Pouch Fits Your Product?

Mylar suits products that need long freshness and protection from light, while clear film suits products that sell on looks within a few days. A foil layer hides the product, so many brands add a window to custom mylar bags or print a photo of the food. Treats that sell at a market table the same week often go into our custom cellophane bags for a fully clear view.

Food-Safe Films For Direct Contact

Every custom mylar bag is made with FDA-compliant PET and foil films and a food-grade PE inner layer that touches the food. The print sits on the outer layer, so ink never touches the product. For very oily or wet foods, tell us the product so we can confirm the right inner layer.

Filling And Sealing Mylar Bags

Custom mylar bags give the most freshness when you press out extra air and heat-seal the top after filling. An impulse heat sealer closes the inner layer in seconds, and the zipper above the seal lets customers reclose the pouch later. Shops that sell lighter, all-paper bakery bags next to mylar use our custom glassine bags. Send us your logo today, and we will share a free digital proof of your custom mylar bags.