Natural herb packaging bags.
Custom mylar pouches that protect what makes your herbs worth selling — potency, aroma, and color — from harvest to the consumer's hands.
What packaging preserves herb potency?
Opaque metallized mylar pouches preserve herb potency because the multi-layer film blocks oxygen, moisture, and UV light — the three drivers of essential-oil oxidation, color fade, and microbial reactivation in dried herbs and botanicals. Brand My Bags is a Michigan-based custom mylar and flexible packaging manufacturer specializing in SQF-certified printed pouches for food, supplement, cannabis, and consumer brands — including UV-blocking herb pouches for culinary herbs, medicinal botanicals, and supplement-grade product lines.
Dried herbs and botanicals begin degrading the moment they leave the controlled environment of the drying process. UV light breaks down chlorophyll and deactivates photosensitive compounds. Oxygen oxidizes essential oils — the volatile aromatics that give culinary herbs their flavor and medicinal herbs their active constituents. Moisture reactivates microbial activity. The bag is the only line of defense.
Brand My Bags produces custom natural herb packaging bags engineered for this challenge: metallized mylar film that blocks UV, oxygen, and moisture simultaneously, airtight heat seals that preserve volatile oils from the moment of packaging, resealable zippers for blends consumers use over multiple sessions, and full-surface custom printing for brand, botanical labeling, and supplement facts where applicable. We work with herb growers selling direct-to-consumer at farmers markets, herbal brands distributing through natural food retailers, and botanical suppliers to supplement manufacturers.
What are the three enemies of herb quality in packaging?
The three enemies of herb quality in packaging are oxygen, UV light, and moisture — and each one degrades a different attribute: oxygen oxidizes essential oils and reduces aroma, UV light fades color and breaks down photosensitive compounds, and moisture reactivates microbial activity and changes texture. Every herbalist sees the result in sensory terms — dried rosemary that loses its pine-forward aroma, turmeric powder that fades from vivid orange to pale yellow, chamomile that tastes like cardboard three months after harvest. These are not storage failures; they are packaging failures where one or more of those three got in.
Mylar's metallized barrier layer achieves oxygen transmission rates under 0.1 cc/100 in²/day — significantly lower than kraft bags, clear plastic, or even most thick polyethylene films. That barrier is what keeps the essential oils intact, the color vivid, and the active botanicals potent through your product's stated shelf life. For light-sensitive compounds like chlorophyll and certain alkaloids, the UV blocking properties of opaque metallized film make a measurable difference in degradation rates.
For herb brands that want a visible product interior, we offer clear film and windowed configurations — though we'll have an honest conversation about which products benefit from visibility versus which benefit more from full UV blocking. And for culinary herbs where the consumer needs to see the color and texture, we can discuss windowed stand-up pouches that balance visibility with barrier performance. Related: see our spice and rub packaging and horticulture packaging pages.
Why herb brands choose Brand My Bags
UV-blocking metallized film
Opaque mylar blocks UV light that breaks down chlorophyll, fades color, and deactivates photosensitive botanicals. Critical for medicinal herbs and premium culinary blends.
Airtight oxygen barrier
OTR under 0.1 cc/100 in²/day stops the oxidation that destroys volatile essential oils, active constituents, and aromatic compounds in dried herbs and botanicals.
Moisture vapor protection
Keeps humidity out to prevent mold, mildew, and microbial reactivation — and keeps the product from absorbing atmospheric moisture that changes weight and texture.
Supplement facts and botanical printing
Supplement facts panels, botanical name listings, suggested use, net weight, and FDA-required elements printed food-safe in-house alongside your brand graphics.
Child-resistant closures
Child-resistant zipper closures available for botanical products sold in regulated markets or for brands that want additional safety features on their packaging.
SQF certified, made in Michigan
Every bag produced in our SQF certified Oak Park facility. 7–10 business day turnaround from artwork approval. The food-safety certification natural food retailers expect.
Printed in-house.
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Real pouches from real runs — stand-up, lay-flat, rollstock, and more.
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