Custom packaging

Custom Pet Treat Bags

Pet treats are oily, aromatic and bought by someone standing in front of a shelf reading an ingredient list. The bag has to hold the fat in, hang or stand, and reclose for a product used a few pieces at a time.

Skip the blank page

You already know what you are packaging, so there is nothing to set up. This opens the design engine with the stand-up pouch structures on screen — then you type your own dimensions and the dieline is generated at that exact size.

Start with a stand-up pouchGenerate a dieline free

The structures pet treat bags actually ship in

Every one of these is a construction TWOFORM generates a real production dieline for, at your own dimensions — not a template you have to fit your product into. Each opens the engine already on that package type.

Stand-Up PouchThe retail default — it faces forward, takes a zipper for a bag opened daily, and a hang hole in the top seal for peg display.Typical: 8 oz · 5.5 × 8.5in + 3in gussetDesign a stand-up pouchSee the dieline →
Flat-Bottom / Box-BottomLarger and premium fills, where a square base keeps a heavy bag upright in a cupboard and gives two side panels for the ingredient story.Typical: 2 lb · 7 × 11in + 4in gussetDesign a flat-bottom / box-bottomSee the dieline →
Flat Pouch / 3-Side SealSingle-serve, trial and sampling sizes handed out at events or included in a subscription box.Typical: Sample · 4 × 5.5inDesign a flat pouch / 3-side sealSee the dieline →

Settle this before you design

Fat migration is what ends the shelf life

Treats are high in fat, and fat migrates into an ordinary film, greys the print from behind and turns rancid with oxygen. A barrier laminate is doing the work, not the printed layer. Settle the film structure against the fat content of the actual recipe before design, because it changes how the finish looks.

The mistake that costs a print run

Adding a hang hole after the artwork is approved

A euro slot or a round hang hole is punched through the top seal band, and retrofitting one means either moving the whole design down or punching through it. If there is any chance of peg display, leave the band clear from the start — it takes nothing away and it keeps the option open.

How you actually make it

  1. Open the structure above and type your real dimensions. The dieline is generated at that exact size and validated against real manufacturing limits as it draws — if a size cannot be folded, glued and shipped, it says so before you design anything on it.
  2. Describe your brand and the AI designs the artwork directly onto that dieline — not onto a picture of a package.
  3. Place your own logo, barcode and any required panel yourself. The AI leaves them exactly as placed unless you ask it to change them.
  4. Fold it in live 3D to check it, then download print-ready files to use with any printer — or have TWOFORM manufacture it.

Questions about custom pet treat bags

What size bag holds 8 oz of dog treats?

Around 5.5 × 8.5in with a 3in bottom gusset for a typical biscuit treat. Density varies a lot between soft treats and hard biscuits, so measure your own product's volume rather than working from weight.

Do pet treat bags need a barrier film?

Yes for anything with meat or fat in it. Oxygen turns the fat rancid and the fat itself migrates into a plain film, which discolours the pack from the inside.

Should the bag hang or stand?

Decide before designing. A hang hole lives in the top seal band, and a design that runs into that band cannot have one added later without moving everything.

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