The reasons for the success of the sachet are many – lower unit price, handy, easy to use, convenient to carry, easier trial generation and create/attend to impulse.
Sachet are formed from laminated foils, usually including a plastic inner layer with aluminum foil laminate and an outer layer of paper that provides a printable surface.
Sachet packaging is more common for non-pharmaceutical products, where outputs can be as high as 100 sachets per minute.
It is one alternative which has been successfully used by tea, shampoo, toothpaste, and even tomato ketchup manufacturers to penetrate rural markets.
Antimicrobial agent might be incorporated into the sachet for the purpose of controlling microbial growth and extending the shelf-life of food. Ethicap is a sachet containing microencapsulated food grade ethanol in a free flowing powdery form.
Food in sachet
