Cheer Pack North America and Once Upon a Farm™ Launch the First All-PE Spouted Pouch and Vizi™ Cap in the Plant-Based Snack Category
West Bridgewater, MA, January 28, 2025 – Cheer Pack North America (Cheer Pack N.A.), the leading manufacturer of spouted pouch packaging, in collaboration with Amcor, the leading flexible film manufacturer, proudly announces a groundbreaking innovation in sustainable packaging for Once Upon a Farm™, the leading childhood nutrition brand makers of refrigerated, cold-pressed blends and smoothies that offer farm-fresh nutrition for baby’s first bites to school snacking. Together, they have launched the first All-PE spouted pouch and cap in the plant-based snack category, designed for the future of recycling. This exciting development marks a significant step in Once Upon a Farm’s ambition to reduce packaging’s environmental impact.
Once Upon a Farm™ offers a complete portfolio of delicious, organic snacks and meals for babies to big kids including cold-pressed Fruit & Veggie blends, Dairy and Dairy-Free Smoothies, freshly frozen meals, refrigerated oat bars and their new line of farm fresh pantry snacks. All of their products are organic, non-GMO project verified, contain no added sugar, made with wholesome ingredients and are free from artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives. Their mission includes a dedication to sustainability, reflected in their partnership with Cheer Pack to introduce this revolutionary packaging. Replacing the prior, multi-material structure, the new, All-PE pouch is designed for the future of recycling and uses less plastic. Once Upon a Farm’s goal is to roll out this new packaging across their entire pouch portfolio throughout 2025.
Additionally, the CHEERCircle™ All-PE recycle-ready spouted pouch includes Vizi™ caps, the innovative CHEER PACK® cap that delivers improved visibility of tamper-evidency, sustainability, and grip. Compared to the Once Upon a Farm™ prior cap and spout, this translates into a 30% reduction in plastic; in other words, for every 10 million CHEERClassic™ spouted pouches and Vizi™ caps, Once Upon a Farm™ will remove an amazing 19 tons of plastic waste from landfills. This highlights the tremendous impact that an improved sustainable package design can have towards resource conservation.
Al Madonna, Vice President of Marketing for Cheer Pack N.A. states, “This collaboration with Once Upon a Farm™ on the CHEERCircle™ All-PE recycle-ready spouted pouch and Vizi™ cap represents a significant advancement in sustainable packaging. We are proud to partner with the Once Upon a Farm™ team to contribute a solution that aligns with our commitment to environmental stewardship.”
“Partnering with Cheer Pack N.A. to introduce the CHEERCircle All-PE spouted pouch and Vizi cap is a major milestone in our journey to reduce our environmental impact,” said Larry Waldman, President and COO of Once Upon a Farm. “While our commitment to continuous improvement does not end here, we are proud to leverage all improvement strategies available today.”
Cheer Pack N.A., with its commitment to safety, convenience, and functionality, is proud to partner with Once Upon a Farm™ to market this revolutionary packaging design. This innovation stands as a testament to the collaborative effort of each organization to provide a greener, healthier world for children and future generations.
To learn more about Cheer Pack N.A.’s sustainable spouted pouch innovative packaging, please visit www.cheerpack.com or call 1-888-593-2214.
About Cheer Pack North America
Cheer Pack North America is the leading manufacturer of spouted flexible pouch and cap packaging in North America. The company, located in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is a fully-integrated supplier of ‘Made in USA’ stock and custom injection molded parts, flexible flat and spouted pouches, and strategic partner with leading spouted pouch filling equipment suppliers.
Cheer Pack N.A. offers premade spouted pouches on rails - or the individual pouch, spout, and cap components separately - to provide an innovative, sustainable, and highly-functional package designed to meet the industry’s strictest safety standards. Our spouted pouches feature a sealed-in, easy flow spout with a recloseable, tamper-evident cap, which are available in a wide variety of colors, shapes, sizes, and materials to meet almost any liquid product application.
CHEER PACK® spouted or flat pouches, caps, and spouts are ideal for all types of liquid and viscous food and non-food product applications including hot fill, retort, cold/ambient fill, and high-pressure processing for a wide-variety of markets including baby food, applesauce, dairy, ice cream, sauces, nut butters, toppings and haircare.
Our Cheer Pack Innovation Center™, which includes production-filling loaner equipment, is designed to fast-track new product projects to optimize Brand Owner commercial success.
About Once Upon a Farm™
At Once Upon a Farm, Farm-Fresh Tastes Grow Here™. We're on a greater mission in providing organic, crave-worthy, snacks and meals for children of all ages. Our delicious and thoughtful recipes are crafted with only the best organic ingredients – whole fruits and veggies picked, then cold-pressed (our pouches), freshly frozen (our meals) to perfection, refrigerated oat bars, and our new line of farm fresh tasting pantry snacks – to support growing kids at every stage and milestone. All of our products are organic, non-GMO project verified, contain no added sugar, and are free from artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives – just simple, real, nutritious food your entire family will love.
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions across a variety of materials for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable, reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2023, 41,000 Amcor people generated $14.7 billion in annual sales from operations that span 218 locations in 41 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Facebook I YouTube