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Pet food & treats packaging
Sustainable pet food packaging
Pet food packaging must protect what is inside and win the shelf. We engineer high-barrier, puncture-resistant pouches and films for wet or dry formats that preserve freshness, prove your sustainability credentials, and make your custom branding stand out.
Up to 20kg
Puncture-resistant structures for heavy fills
100%
Customisable — frozen, high-heat & retort ready
Up to 70%
PCR content, or certified home compostable
Customer stories
Used by leading pet food brands
From fresh-food disruptors to dry-food and treat brands, our customers come to Grounded because pet food packaging has to protect the product first, and they want a partner who specs barrier and format around how the food is actually made.
Australia's leading fresh pet food brand swapped its fossil-derived coextruded PE and PET/PE laminate thermoforming films for a bio-based, recycle-ready alternative, and ran it on existing machinery at both manufacturing sites from the first trial. Twenty SKUs, two web positions, no line changes.
30% bio-based content
Third-party verified
Recyclable
Designed for soft-plastic recycling, check store drop-off availability
Why Grounded
Built to protect the product first
Pet food asks a lot of its packaging: a barrier that holds freshness, a structure that resists punctures, and food-safety compliance that stands up to audit. The first question is always dry or wet, because it decides format, material and sustainability options before anything else.
Durability and puncture resistance
Structures engineered to survive filling, transit and handling, with PA/nylon added where heavier fills or sharp kibble demand it.
Freshness and barrier integrity
High-barrier EVOH structures protect oxygen- and moisture-sensitive food and extend shelf life, matched to dry, dried-meat or wet.
Food safety and compliance
FDA and EU food-contact compliant by target market, with the documentation your buyers and auditors ask for.
Packaging
Products and specifications available
Stand-up pouches for everyday retail, vacuum and thermoforming for dried and wet, all engineered for barrier, puncture resistance and shelf presence. The first question we ask is dry or wet, because it decides everything downstream.
Stand up pouch
Recyclable stand up pouch
- Carbon reduction
- Mono-material recyclable
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Compostable stand up pouch
- Made from plants
- Certified compostable
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Paper recyclable stand up pouch
- FSC Certified recycled paper
- Kerbside recyclable
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Flat bottom pouch
Recyclable flat bottom pouch
- Carbon reduction
- High barrier to oxygen and moisture
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Compostable flat bottom pouch
- Made from plants
- Certified compostable
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Quad seal pouch
Recyclable quad seal pouch
- Carbon reduction
- High barrier to oxygen and moisture
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Compostable quad seal pouch
- Made from plants
- Certified compostable
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Vacuum pouch
Recyclable vacuum pouch
- Carbon reduction
- High barrier to oxygen and moisture
- Suitable for most proteins and dairy
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 10,000 units
Compostable vacuum pouch
- Suitable for home and industrial composting
- BPI certified
- High barrier to oxygen and moisture
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 10,000 units
Thermoforming film
Recyclable thermoforming film
- Carbon reduction
- Mono-material recyclable
- Fully customisable
- Gravure printing: 10,000 units
- Digital printing: 5,000 units
Materials, impact & price
Sustainable materials with verified impact
Pet food packaging must protect the product first. The line between wet and dry dictates your barrier, format, and sustainable material options. Wet rules out compostables; dry opens them up within weight limits. Performance leads, and a credible sustainability story follows.
We engineer the exact structure your food demands, then find the right sustainable spec for your market. You get total transparency: the materials, their carbon impact data, and the exact price per unit, all in a single conversation. No hidden trade-offs, just evidence-based decisions.
Wastemade
Recyclable PCR laminate
Soft-plastics recyclable, up to 70% post-consumer recycled content, high-barrier EVOH where freshness demands it.
Plantmade
Compostable laminate
Dry food only, up to 1kg. Never suitable for wet food, where moisture degrades the structure.
Plantmade
Recyclable bio-based laminate
Derived from sugarcane ethanol, our bio-based recyclable laminate offers significant carbon reduction and reduced reliance on fossil fuels.
Scope
See the full picture with Scope sustainability reporting & footprint calculator
The third-party verified system providing real-time carbon footprint, material circularity and end-of-life data for the optimal outcome. Carbon, recycled content, end-of-life and price per unit for each material, modelled for your format. Decide on the evidence, in one conversation.
Talk to us to see your options, impact, and price →Manufacturing certifications
Every claim, independently verified
The certifications on each material meet globally recognised standards for sustainability, traceability and safety. These are the standards Grounded holds as a business, so the partner behind your packaging stands up to the same scrutiny as the pack.
Compliance
Stay ahead of regulations
Stay ahead of tightening global packaging regulations.
Carbon data and reporting built in, not bolted on.
Meet and exceed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations with confidence.
Fulfilment
Fulfilment pathways that work for businesses
Choose the fulfilment pathway that works for your business. Whether you need speed, storage or supply-chain integration, we have a model to suit.
Direct delivery
We manufacture, ship and deliver straight to your door — cost-efficient and turnkey. Ideal if you already have storage. Lock in annual volume deals to push unit costs lower.
Storage and drawdown
Your stock, our global warehouses. We hold, manage and release inventory as you need it, smoothing cash flow and freeing up space. Self-serve portal for orders, tracking and billing.
Vendor direct supply
We position your packaging next to your third-party manufacturers. Vendors pull direct through a dedicated portal, or buy from us outright — shrinking lead times and simplifying your supply chain.
Global operations supported by world leading technology
Customer portal
Gain complete visibility and control
A single workspace to manage the entire packaging lifecycle. Monitor inventory, track shipments, manage delivery locations and review order activity in real time, while we partner with you on a leaner, faster, more sustainable supply chain.
Dashboard
Orders & shipments
Products
Impact
Compliance
Analytics
Got pet food packaging questions? Here's the answers.
What is the most sustainable option for pet food packaging?
For most pet food and treats, a recyclable mono-material PE pouch with up to 70% post-consumer recycled content (GRS certified) is a strong sustainable option, it handles high barrier requirements and works across your weight range. For dry products under 1kg, certified compostable is an alternative fit.
What's the difference in packaging for dry versus wet pet food?
Dry and ambient products open up the full material range: recyclable PCR, bio-based and certified compostable (up to 1kg). Wet, fresh and frozen food narrows it: moisture attacks compostable films in ambient conditions, and wet formats typically move to high-barrier recyclable structures, vacuum pouches or thermoforming film (MOQ 50,000 print repeats, for brands with form-fill-seal lines).
Can pet food packaging be recyclable or compostable?
Both. Recyclable mono-PE pouches with up to 70% recycled content are recycled via soft-plastics collection and meet high-barrier requirements. Certified compostable (TÜV, BPI, ABA) suits dry food and treats up to 1kg. In our compostable packaging, the entire pack is certified, zipper included.
What barrier do dried meats and treats need?
Dried meats and treats need a higher barrier than standard dry pet food, a low WVTR (moisture) and low OTR (oxygen) to stop the fats oxidising and keep moisture out. This usually calls for a high-barrier, often metallised structure, specced case by case to the product and target shelf life.
What are your minimum order quantities for pet food pouches?
Pouch MOQs start at 6,000 units digital or 10,000 rotogravure. Thermoforming film for wet food runs at 50,000 print repeats (bottom and top web purchased separately) and requires FFS machinery.
Ready for pet food packaging that performs?
Barrier-tested, puncture-resistant and food-safety compliant, in recycled and compostable options matched to dry or wet. Trusted by Lyka and Scratch Pet Food.
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