Custom Mylar Bags for Ready-to-Eat
High-barrier film and a heat seal that holds — for the prepared meal that has to taste on day fourteen the way it did on day one, in a bag printed for your kitchen.
Every bag comes with
- Full color printing, front and back
- Metallized high-barrier film
- Optional resealable zipper with tear notch
- Gloss lamination
Have custom requirements?
Request a Quote →Every bag comes with
- Full color printing, front and back
- Metallized high-barrier film
- Optional resealable zipper with tear notch
- Gloss lamination
Have custom requirements?
Request a Quote →Select a size
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What's on a custom meal pouch
Optional extras
Contact us for a custom quote
Matte or soft-touch finish
Velvet feel, no glare under lights
Spot UV
Gloss varnish over chosen areas only
Metal effects
Bare metallized film showing through the ink
Window cutout
Clear panel that shows the product
Hang hole
Euro slot for peg display
Tell us what you're picturing and we'll price it.
Our press floor, Oak Park, Michigan
We print it. Nobody in between.
Most ready-to-eat packaging is brokered — you buy from a company that buys from a factory it has never walked into. Your bags are printed on our own presses, by the people who set up your artwork.
- Our own presses
- Oak Park, Michigan
- Food-safe
- SQF certified audited
- Turnaround
- 7–10 business days from approval
- Minimum
- 500 bags
Why Brands Choose Brand My Bags for Ready-to-Eat Packaging
Six things a ready-to-eat brand can check before it spends a dollar with us.
<0.1 cc
Shelf life is a film specA prepared meal's shelf life is set by how much oxygen and moisture reach it through the packaging. Metallized film under 0.1 cc/100in²/day and 0.02 g/100in²/day is what makes a two-week refrigerated life, or a shelf-stable one, possible in a pouch.
Heat seal
Sealed shut means untouchedThe bag arrives open; your line fills and heat-seals it. A heat seal can't be opened without tearing, so an intact seal tells the shopper the meal is exactly as you packed it.
Stand-up
Shelf face in the grab-and-go caseA plow-bottom pouch stands full-faced in a refrigerated case where a lay-flat slumps — and the print is what sells a meal through the glass.
Oak Park, Michigan
We own the pressesYour bags are printed on our own equipment in Oak Park, Michigan. Most "manufacturers" in this category are brokers reselling an overseas run — there is nobody between your file and our press.
500 bags
500 bags, not 5,000Most converters will not quote a prepared-food brand under 5,000 units. Quick Order starts at 500, with no plate fee and no setup fee, so a new SKU costs a few hundred dollars to test instead of a few thousand.
7–10 days
Printed and shipped freeProduction runs 7–10 business days from the day you approve the proof, and shipping anywhere in the US is free — quoted in the price you saw, not added at checkout.
Packaging more than one product? See all our custom mylar bags, or go straight to low-minimum mylar bags and fast-turnaround mylar bags.
Ready-to-eat packaging questions
What size bag do I need for a single-serving meal?
A 5" × 8" × 2.5" stand-up pouch for an 8 oz serving — prepared food is dense, so it fills the middle size on this page.
The 6″×9″×3″ takes a 12–16 oz meal or two servings, and the 7″×11″×3.5″ a 2 lb family or foodservice pack.
Can these pouches go in the microwave or be retorted?
No — this is a high-barrier film for shelf-stable and refrigerated product, not a retort or microwave-rated structure. If your process cooks in the bag, ask us and we'll tell you honestly whether we can quote it.
How long will food last in the bag?
The film holds oxygen under 0.1 cc/100in²/day and moisture under 0.02 g/100in²/day; the shelf life itself depends on your product and process, which the barrier supports rather than sets.
Can I print nutrition facts and heating instructions?
Yes — the bag prints edge to edge on both sides, so the back panel carries Nutrition Facts, ingredients, heating directions and dates at a readable size.
What is the minimum order for custom meal pouches?
500 bags on every size — most converters will not quote a prepared-food brand under 5,000 per run.
Every size, from the smallest flat pouch to the 8" × 12" × 4", starts at 500 bags — a tenth of the run most converters ask for, which is what makes testing a new SKU possible without committing to a run you have never sold a unit of.
How long does custom meal pouches take?
About 7–10 business days from the day you approve your proof, because every bag is printed in-house in Oak Park, Michigan.
From file to
front door.
