7.25″ x 12.25″ x 3″ Stand Up Zipper Pouch 500/Box

7.25″ x 12.25″ x 3″ Clear Stand-Up Zipper Pouch – Resealable, FDA-Compliant (500/Box)

A premium-shelf pouch that does the work of a chipboard box at a fraction of the cost

The 7.25″ x 12.25″ x 3″ Stand-Up Zipper Pouch is one of our most versatile mid-size stock pouches — sized to hold roughly six cups by volume, which lands it squarely in the sweet spot for retail snack, candy, coffee, pet treat, and gourmet food packaging. It ships ready to run on hand-fill stations, semi-automatic baggers, and most rotary fillers, and it delivers a clean, upright shelf presentation with zero secondary packaging required. If you’ve been quoting chipboard boxes, rigid jars, or custom flat pouches and the math isn’t working, this stock pouch is almost always the faster, lower-cost path to shelf.

High-clarity, high-barrier film construction

Every pouch is built from a multi-layer laminate engineered for two jobs at once: showcase the product and protect the product. The outer layer delivers high optical clarity so colors, textures, and label artwork pop on the shelf — important whether you’re selling artisan caramel corn, single-origin coffee beans, freeze-dried fruit, or holiday gift assortments. The inner sealant layer is selected for clean, reliable heat-seal performance across a wide temperature window, which keeps your seal-integrity rejects low and your line speeds up.

The middle barrier construction is where this pouch earns its keep. The laminate is engineered to block moisture vapor transmission (MVTR) and oxygen transmission (OTR) at levels well beyond a standard poly bag, giving you meaningfully longer shelf life on hygroscopic and oxygen-sensitive products. That means kettle corn stays crisp through a humid summer farmers-market season, roasted coffee holds its aromatics, and chocolate-coated candy resists bloom and softening. All films used in this pouch are FDA-compliant for direct food contact.

Press-to-close zipper engineered for repeat use

The easy-open, press-to-close zipper is the feature your end customer interacts with every time they reach for your product — so we don’t cut corners here. The zipper profile is sized for a confident audible click on closure, smooth single-finger opening, and a tight enough seal to keep the contents fresh between uses. The result is a pouch that behaves like premium packaging in the customer’s hand, which directly supports repeat purchase and brand perception. For tamper-evidence, the top header above the zipper is fully heat-sealed during your fill operation — your customer cuts or tears it off on first open.

Stand-up bottom gusset for premium shelf presence

The 3″ bottom gusset is wide enough to give the pouch true square-shouldered standing stability — even when partially full — which matters because most stand-up pouches lose their stance long before the product is gone. A pouch that slumps on the shelf looks like a discount product. This one doesn’t. The gusset geometry also maximizes face panel real estate for your label or printed graphics, which gives you a larger canvas for branding, nutrition panels, ingredient legends, and QR codes than a comparable pillow bag or flat pouch.

Heat-seal performance you can run a line on

Production teams care about one thing more than anything else: consistent, repeatable seals at line speed. This pouch is built on a sealant layer with broad heat-seal range and good hot-tack — which translates to fewer micro-leaks, fewer line stops, and tighter quality-control numbers at the back end of the line. Whether you’re sealing on an impulse sealer, a continuous band sealer, or a vacuum/gas-flush chamber for nitrogen flushing on coffee and snacks, this pouch handles cleanly.

What you can pack in it

The 6-cup capacity makes this size one of the most flexible stock pouches we stock. Common applications include:

• Popcorn, kettle corn, caramel corn, and cheese corn (a longtime favorite — see the customer reviews on this page from concession operators)
• Coffee beans and ground coffee (approximately 12–14 oz fill weight depending on roast and grind)
• Granola, muesli, trail mix, and cereal
• Candy, chocolate-covered nuts, gummies, and confections
• Cookies, biscotti, brittles, and bakery items
• Dog treats, jerky, freeze-dried pet food, and pet bakery
• Tea, loose-leaf herbal blends, and botanicals
• Spices, seasoning blends, and dry rubs in bulk size
• Dehydrated and freeze-dried fruit
• Protein powder, supplement powders, and pre-workout
• Bath salts, soaking salts, and CBD or hemp-derived products
• Gift packaging — wedding favors, holiday assortments, corporate gifting

If you’re not sure your product is a fit for this size, send us a target fill weight and bulk density and we’ll confirm.

Why a stand-up zipper pouch beats the alternatives

Versus chipboard boxes: dramatically lower per-unit cost, no die-cutting or assembly labor, and a barrier laminate that boxes simply can’t provide. Chipboard alone offers essentially no moisture or oxygen barrier — you’d need an inner liner anyway, so why pay for both?

Versus rigid jars: lighter freight, lower shipping cost, less breakage, and a far smaller storage footprint in your warehouse. A pallet of these pouches replaces multiple pallets of glass.

Versus flat pillow pouches: the gusseted stand-up format dominates retail shelves. Shoppers reach for products they can see and read at eye level, and a flat pouch lying on its side or slumped in a bin doesn’t compete.

Versus generic resealable bags: the high-clarity film, premium zipper, and heat-seal-grade sealant in this pouch put it in a different category from common LDPE reclosable bags. This is finished-good retail packaging, not a back-of-house storage bag.

How to fill, seal, and label

Most operators run this pouch one of two ways. The first is hand-fill or auger-fill, then heat-seal the top header above the zipper using an impulse sealer or a band sealer running at typical PET/PE laminate temperatures. The second is a pre-made pouch filler that opens, fills, gas-flushes if needed, and seals in line. The pouch’s flat front face accepts pressure-sensitive labels cleanly — most labelers running 4″ x 6″ or smaller wraparound labels handle this size with no fixturing changes. For brands going to print, NFC also offers fully custom-printed versions of this pouch with your artwork, finishes (matte, gloss, soft-touch), and registered zipper colors — ask us about a custom quote.

Specifications

Ordering, lead time, and freight

This is a stocked item and typically ships within one to two business days from order confirmation. Freight is calculated at checkout and ships from our USA warehouse via standard ground carriers. For wholesale buyers ordering multiple cases or pallet quantities, contact us directly for volume pricing — we’ll quote landed cost and consolidate freight where it makes sense.

Want it printed with your brand?

Once you’ve validated the size with this stock pouch, the natural next step is moving to a custom-printed version with your logo, story, ingredient panel, and certifications front and center. NFC Bags is a USA-based flexible packaging manufacturer — we print stand-up pouches in-house with low minimums for emerging brands and full production runs for established ones. Ask us about matching this exact size in a custom-printed SKU.