Headlines — September 2006

Ampac’s QuadPAK was selected for reclosable nutritional gel product

CINCINNATI—The launch of Ajinomoto USA, Inc.’s Amino Vital Jel marks the first time a resealable pouch is being used to market a nutritional, energy, and recovery enhancing gel product in the United States. Ampac Flexibles, a unit of Ampac Packaging, LLC, designed the custom 140-ml (4.73 fl. oz.) package. The pouch’s structural advantages give athletes and other users more consumption flexibility than previously available in this product category. For the first time in the United States, the resealable, squeezable QuadPAK enables Ajinomoto to put portion control in the hands of the user. The unique QuadPAK pouch is made from polyester, foil, nylon, and polyethylene and “looks and acts like a box, except it’s flexible and it dispenses the gel through the spout,” says Craig Rutman, director of sales and marketing, Ampac Flexibles.