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HopeGel delivers nourishment to starving children in Haiti

Shelf stable stand-up pouch offers portability and convenience; donations accepted to help save children’s lives.

HopeGel is shelf stable and packaged in a convenient stand-up pouch supplied by Glenroy, Inc.
HopeGel is shelf stable and packaged in a convenient stand-up pouch supplied by Glenroy, Inc.

HopeGel is a nutrient and calorie-dense protein gel designed to aid children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. It has been distributed to children in Haiti through the work of a nonprofit, grassroots organization called The HopeGel Project.

HopeGel is shelf stable and packaged in a convenient stand-up pouch supplied by Glenroy, Inc. This makes it easily transportable, while the shape of the package makes it easy for children to consume the product directly from the pouch.

The pouch measures 3 in. x 7.5 in., and 3.5 mils thick. To provide maximum protection, Glenroy devised a five-layer structure for the HopeGel pouch, which is reverse-flexo-printed on the outer layer on 48-gauge polyester. Glenroy laminates that layer to aluminum foil.

Contract manufacturer NuStar Nutritional Manufacturing fills pouches on a horizontal filling line. HopeGel is shelf-stable for up to one year without refrigeration.

Shipping pouches to Haiti is an organized effort that involves several parties. The product is driven to an airport in South Florida, where it is flown to an airport in northern Haiti. Hospital Sacré Côeur has an employee await the shipment of HopeGel at the airport who drives it to the hospital. It is then administered to hospitalized children at Hospital Sacré Côeur, and also distributed to children at a nearby orphanage.

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