One Stop Jerky Packaging

IMPAK is your one-stop shop for all your jerky packaging needs. Whether you're one of the millions of Americans making jerky at home and want to keep it edible as long as possible, or you have an internationally-recognized brand and want to improve your production capabilities, we can help. IMPAK has a wide selection of label-ready, high barrier, food safe bags with features like zippers, tear notches, and hang holes, as well as oxygen absorber packets, heat sealers, vacuum sealers, and custom print and production capabilities to feature your jerky in any way you like.

How Long Does Jerky Last?

One reason for the enduring popularity of jerky products is their long shelf life. Created as a means to keep fresh meat edible for several days, jerky preparation traditionally involved cooking, salting, and drying the meat. But this alone only prevents spoilage for less than a week. With the proper methods and equipment, jerky can now be kept edible for several weeks or even months.

If you make jerky, you likely have favorite recipes and techniques to get the flavor you want. And if you plan to sell that jerky, you want your customers to get the taste you worked hard to perfect, and you certainly want to avoid spoilage. You need the right combination of specialized packaging to seal in your signature flavor and avoid a food safety nightmare. To keep jerky edible for longer periods, you must seal it in packaging that is virtually oxygen-free and keep it that way. This can be accomplished with a combination of high-barrier packaging materials and either oxygen absorbers or vacuum sealing.

The Three Jerky Packaging MUSTS:

High-barrier flexible packaging that keeps out air and moisture - available with reclosable zip-seals, tear notches, hang holes, and windows so your jerky is easily seen
An oxygen-free environment, achieved either with oxygen scavenging packets or vacuum sealing, to prevent spoilage and preserve the look and flavor you worked hard to perfect
Sealing equipment that will ensure your barrier bags are consistently and reliably sealed tight for maximum protection and freshness

These are the three categories that IMPAK has specialized in for decades.

Maybe you're making jerky just for yourself and you can't eat it fast enough, maybe you're just starting out selling your homemade jerky and need reliable packaging, or maybe you are part of a company that ships jerky all over the world and you're looking to speed up operations. IMPAK has a wide variety of products to meet any of your needs. Whether you prefer traditional pouches or vacuum sealing, check out the categories below to see all the options we can provide to keep things fresh and tasty.

Heat Sealed Pouches with Oxygen Absorbers

vista bags with jerky and oxygen scavengers

IMPAK offers a variety of label-ready pouch styles available for immediate shipping thanks to our anchor customers in the jerky space. All recommended pouches are high barrier, food grade Mylar® bags with clear sides (vista) or windows to show off your product, as well as features such as recloseable zippers, tear notches, and hang holes for easy display integration.

If you would like a more unique look for your jerky to stand out on the shelves, contact us about custom printing or producing bags with your specified size and design.

And don't forget the StayFresh™ Oxygen Absorbers to remove oxygen and from the pouch and thereby keep your jerky in top condition.

"These StayFresh packets work great, and you can't beat the price."
- Tom J, jerky producer

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The table below lists some of our most commonly used label ready pouches for beef jerky packaging. The recommended quantities for jerky and StayFresh™ oxygen absorber packets are approximate; we strongly advise testing what combination works best for your product. In fact, IMPAK offers product testing to determine the oxygen levels in your packaging environment.

Dimensions	Part Number	Color	Jerky Amount	StayFresh Packets
4.0" x 5.25"	VST040525TNHH	Silver/Clear	2 - 4 oz	1 x 50cc packet/bag
5.0" x 8.0"	V5RBXBKW0508	Black w/ Window	2 - 4 oz	1 x 50cc packet/bag
6.0" x 7.0"	06VSTVF4CR07ZTE	Red/Clear	2 - 4 oz	1 x 50cc packet/bag
6.5" x 10.0"	V5ZVSTG06510HH	Clear/Gold	5 - 7 oz	1 x 100cc packet/bag
7.0" x 9.0"	VSTGIN35M0709ZTEHH	Clear/Gold	5 - 7 oz	1 x 100cc packet/bag
7.0" x 9.5"	VST5M07095ZTEHH	Clear/Silver	5 - 7 oz	1 x 100cc packet/bag
7.0" x 12.0"	VSTGIN43M0712ZTEHH	Clear/Gold	8 - 10 oz	1 x 200cc packet/bag
7.5" x 11.25"	V5ZBXYW07511	Yellow w/ Window	8 - 10 oz	1 x 200cc packet/bag
7.5" x 11.25"	V5ZBXBKW07511	Black w/ Window	8 - 10 oz	1 x 200cc packet/bag
7.5" x 11.25"	V5ZBXRDW07511	Red w/ Window	8 - 10 oz	1 x 200cc packet/bag

IMPAK Has Heat Sealers

Most of the bags on this page have tamper-evident seals and must be filled through the bottom and sealed with a high quality sealer such as these:

Low-Volume Sealers for those packaging
100-500 pouches/day (4-6/minute)

High-Volume Sealers for those packaging
500+ pouches/day (20-40/minute)

How Do I Choose What to Use?

With so many pouches and oxygen absorber sizes to choose from, it can be confusing to figure out what bags fit how much jerky and require what amount of StayFresh packets. The chart below offers some approximate suggestions to get you started.

example bag sizes	amount of jerky	StayFresh™ packets
5"x8", 5"x9", 6"x8"	2 - 4oz	one 50cc packet/bag
6"x10", 7"x9", 7"x10"	5 - 7oz	one 100cc packet/bag
7"x12", 8"x10", 8"x12"	8 - 10oz	one 200cc packet/bag

We've made it easy for you. Get a great deal with one of our Jerky Packs:

Jerky Pack A

Includes:
1000ea 7" x 9" Gold Vista Bags
1000ea 100cc StayFresh Packets

~~$402.10~~ $249.95 (save $152.15)

Jerky Pack B

Includes:
1000ea 7" x 9.5" Silver Vista Bags
1000ea 100cc StayFresh Packets

~~$393.60~~ $249.95 (save $143.65)

Jerky Pack C

Includes:
500ea 7" x 12" Gold Vista Bags
500ea 200cc StayFresh Packets

~~$287.40~~ $174.95 (save $112.45)

Vacuum Sealed Pouches

It's increasingly common to see vacuum packed jerky on store shelves with meat tightly sealed in food-safe bags. This method is an alternative way of removing oxygen from the packaging environment. Although this technique does not require oxygen absorber packets, some users opt to include an oxygen scavenger just to sure. Of course, these bags can also be used without being vacuum sealed, in which case an oxygen absorbing packet should be included.

IMPAK's vacuum seal pouches are all made from food grade films designed to securely hold a vacuum seal. The pouches listed here are made from transparent films which keep your product visible, and many have features such as recloseable zippers, tear notches, and hang holes. Although these bags are most popular for vacuum sealing, there are many other otions for pouches that hold vacuum, including vista bags, pouches with with windows, and opaque styles that offer many options for custom printing with your branding.

jerky in clear bags with O2 absorbing packets

The table below lists some of our vacuum seal pouches most commonly used for jerky packaging. The recommended jerky quantities are approximate; we advise testing what combination works best for your product.

**Vacuum Bags without ZipSeal**
Dimensions	Part Number	Color	Jerky Amount
5” x 7”	V3R0507	Clear	2 - 4 oz
6" x 8"	V3R0608	Clear	2 - 4 oz
6" x 10"	V3R0610	Clear	5 - 7 oz
6" x 12"	V4RB0612	Clear	5 - 7 oz
6.25" x 9.25"	V45R0625FS0925	Clear	5 - 7 oz
7" x 9"	V3R0709	Clear	5 - 7 oz
7.5" x 9.25"	V5R0750925	Clear	5 - 7 oz
8" x 10"	V3R0810	Clear	8 - 10 oz
8" x 12"	V3R0812	Clear	8 - 10 oz
8.25" x 6.0"	V3R82506	Clear	8 - 10 oz
8.5" x 13.0"	V4R08513	Clear	8 - 10 oz

**Vacuum Bags with ZipSeal™**
Dimensions	Part Number	Color	Jerky Amount
4" x 6"	V3R0406TEHH	Clear	2 - 4 oz
6" x 10"	V4Z0610ZTERHH	Clear	5 - 7 oz
6.125" x 11.75"	V3WPZ061251175OZE	Clear	5 - 7 oz
7.5" x 12.75"	V5Z0751275ZTERHH	Clear	8 - 10 oz
8" x 10"	05MP0810OZE	Clear	8 - 10 oz
8" x 12"	V3Z0812	Clear	8 - 10 oz

IMPAK Has Vacuum Sealers

IMPAK's high quality vacuum seal bags require high quality vacuum sealers such as these. IMPORTANT: Vacuum seal bags made of smooth (non-textured) films are designed for use with nozzle-style or chamber-style vacuum sealers. Clamp-style home vacuum sealers (such as the FoodSaver®) use textured or channeled bags; smooth vaccum seal bags will not work well with that type of sealer.

Low-Volume Vacuum Sealers
(fewer than 100 bags/day)

Mid-Volume Vacuum Sealers
(100-500 bags/day)

High-Volume Vacuum Sealers
(600+ bags/day)

label-ready bags with custom branding

IMPAK Does Custom Print

Many of our pouches are label ready - perfect for you to quickly apply a pre-printed label, as shown in the image to the left. We also design and produce customer-specific full print packaging such as what you see in the image to the right. This includes Short Production Runs of as few as 6500 in 3-5 weeks. IMPAK has an in-house custom design and print department that brings brands to life for many satisfied customers. If you would like to explore custom printing for your jerky pouches, we'll make it happen.

full print jerky packaging

IMPAK Makes Custom Pouches

Besides ready-to-ship jerky pouches, IMPAK also produces customer-specified packaging. If you want your jerky to stand out on shelves, talk to us about creating a design such as label-ready vacuum pouches with windows and vertical tear notches that provide your end user with wider access to your product. Or try an unusual material, such as custom printed window pouches made from kraft paper, to give your product a standout look and feel. If you want custom pouches, IMPAK will make it happen.

The images below show a variety of styles of jerky packaging, some with custom printing and some with labels on label-ready bags. IMPAK created some of these, and is capable of making any of them.

label ready pouches with windows and vertical tear notches

clear jerky zipper pouch with tear notches

label ready transparent jerky bag with zipper

Contact us to talk about the right products to step up your jerky game.