Stand Up and Spout

As with so many food packaging innovations, spouted stand-up flexible pouches led by the squeezable baby fruit sauce packages edged into our collective consciousnesses only a few months ago. Now, when we observe the retail food scene, we see ketchup, mayonnaise, wine, salsa, honey, juice, premixed cocktails, and a host of fluid food products in stand-up flexible pouches complemented with plastic dispensing devices.

These intriguing structures represent a tribute to the basic premise that food and…