Specification desk

stand up pouch

Resolve open choices that still block a comparable stand up pouch quote: barrier stack, zipper or spout hardware, print process, and which food-contact files the named laminate must carry. Accepting an alternative construction without those checks mixes two products on one price.

Barrier

OTR and WVTR methods named only when the fill is aroma- or moisture-sensitive.

Hardware

Zipper, spout or valve written as separate SKUs, not as interchangeable extras.

Print

Flexographic printing, gravure printing or digital, plus die line freeze.

Files

Food-contact, migration testing and PCR lot sheets for the quoted stack only.

Values to write before a factory substitutes

These tiles are check prompts, not published performance trophies. A factory must restate the same units on the quote. Bottle neck finish belongs on a rigid-pack brief, not on a pouch RFQ.

80–140 μm

Common pouch laminate band to confirm. Write μm and mil. An 80 μm dry-snack stack is not a retort laminate. Ask the factory to restate both units on the quote.

Zipper / spout / valve

Hardware that looks similar on a photo can change seal initiation temperature and leak checks. Substituting one for the other without restating fill is a different product.

OTR / WVTR

Oxygen transmission rate and water vapor transmission rate belong on the named film after the factory replies. They are not implied by the words stand up pouch.

Mono vs multilayer

PE or PP mono-material structures can improve recycling reporting. Aroma-sensitive or retort fills may still need laminate or metallized structures. Split those choices on the brief.

Construction still open? Hardware still open?

Open choice	What must be verified	When an alternative is acceptable
Film stack	Thickness in μm or mil, and whether foil or metallized layers are required	Only after the factory restates OTR/WVTR method and fill compatibility
Print process	Color count, die line, and whether plates or cylinders sit outside the piece price	Digital may replace flexo on short SKU lists if the buyer accepts a different solid
Food-contact file	Lot-bound statement for film, ink and coating; migration testing if the fill needs it	A generic eco badge or site-wide seal is not a substitute
Post-consumer recycled content	Mill lot percentage on the named layer, not a homepage claim	Acceptable only when the lot sheet matches the quoted stack

Paperboard caliper and edge crush test belong to cartons and corrugated shippers. Do not copy those units onto a pouch comparison. After the open choices are written, return to inquiry options or send the brief from Contact Us.

Lock the open specification before you accept a substitute

Include barrier, hardware, quantity and destination. No discount percentage is calculated without the same evidence set.

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