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Pretzel maker navigates new twists in packaging

Toad-Ally Snax installs pouch vf/f/s and case coder upgrades to accommodate growing product demand.

Toad-Ally Snax specializes in the production of chocolate-coated pretzels and chocolate-drizzled caramel popcorn.
Toad-Ally Snax specializes in the production of chocolate-coated pretzels and chocolate-drizzled caramel popcorn.

Toad-Ally Snax Inc., Bristol, PA, specializes in the production of chocolate-coated snacks such as pretzels and caramel corn. The company, whose name is derived from a play on the word “totally,” also does private label contract manufacturing and packaging of snacks for a variety of large retailers.


To package its diverse product line, Toad-Ally uses various horizontal and vertical form/fill/seal systems from Ilapak. These machines include Carrera and Vegatronic models. The Vegatronic vertical form/fill/seal machinery can produce pillow packs, block bottom bags, 4-corner-sealed, and 3-side-sealed pouches in various sizes, all with or without recloseable zippers.  The equipment can accommodate a range of heat-sealable materials such as polypropylene films, laminated structures, and barrier film structures for modified atmosphere applications.


One of Toad-Ally’s newest installations is the Ilapak Vegatronic 2000 OF rotatable-jaw machine. To provide the functions Toad-Ally wanted, Ilapak supplied a Vegatronic 2000 OF intermittent-motion film bagger with customized options, including a gusseting unit, an in-line zipper applicator to apply recloseable zippers from Zip-Pak, powered film-feed rollers, vacuum belts, a header hole punch for pegboard displays, and a special forming tube for executing 3-side-seal stand-up pouches.

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