Probably not the bag you have in mind. We make printed, heat-sealed pouches for popcorn businesses that sell packaged popcorn on a shelf, at markets or online, starting at 100 per design. The open striped paper bags and small favor bags handed out at parties, weddings and concession stands are a different product, and a party supplier is the better fit for a one-off event. If you pop, flavor and sell popcorn under your own name, this page is written for you.

A sealed bag with a real moisture barrier. Popcorn goes stale by pulling moisture out of the air, which is what turns it chewy, and a sugar coating on caramel corn goes sticky as well. Butter, oil and cheese flavors add a second risk, because air turns the fat. A metallized film blocks both, and it is our standard for an opaque popcorn bag. The top has to be heat-sealed, not folded or tied, because a twist tie lets humid air straight back in. Get both right and it still crunches when your customer opens it.

Yes. Unlike nuts or coffee, popcorn is not on our light-sensitive list, so clear film is a smaller trade than it is for them. A plain clear bag works for popcorn that sells through quickly, but it is weak against moisture and air. For a longer shelf life in clear film, AlOxPET holds out both. Buttered and drizzled flavors can look less clean through a fully clear bag, and that is where a window on a printed bag helps: it shows the popcorn while the print carries the branding. Either way your customer sees exactly what they are buying.

Popcorn sits at the very bottom of our density scale, so size it by volume, not weight. Popped popcorn takes up more than ten times the room of the same weight of nuts, while unpopped kernels are denser than either, so tell us which you have. If you measure in cups or gallons, say so. If you give ounces, tell us whether they are weight or volume, because a bag labeled by volume can be read as a weight and come out enormous. With that and the flavor, we size the bag to look full without crushing the corn.

It follows how the popcorn is sold. A stand-up pouch with a zipper suits a share bag that gets reopened, from 100 per design. A pillow pouch is the classic snack bag and the cheapest per bag, from 100, and it takes a window but never a zipper. Tall gusseted bags, the shape many gourmet popcorn shops use, are quad seal or side gusset bags from 500 per design, and a side gusset bag closes with a tin tie rather than a zipper. For a popcorn line that bags on its own machine, the same artwork can be printed as roll film.

There is, with a catch worth knowing first. Our compostable option is PLA behind a kraft paper face. It is low barrier, and popcorn is a moisture problem, so it only suits popcorn that sells through fast, and it needs a composting route at your customer's end to mean anything. If the aim is a greener bag, mono-PE with an EVOH layer is recyclable. EVOH is mainly an oxygen barrier, so it is the greener choice rather than the strongest one on moisture. A standard laminate, clear or metallized, mixes plastics and is not recyclable. We will put both options on the quote so you can see the trade.

One hundred per design for stand-up pouches, pillow pouches and flat pouches, and 500 per design for quad seal, side gusset and flat bottom bags. Each flavor with its own artwork counts as a design, so caramel, cheddar and kettle corn in one pillow size are three designs and a 300-bag order. That makes it realistic to launch a small range in printed bags and add flavors as they sell, rather than committing thousands of bags to your first recipe.