Package for holding a food product and mould for a packaging machine

A package for holding a food product, the package comprising a base, a sidewall, a shoulder, a neck and a closure for forming a sealed, inner space for the food product, the base and the sidewall being formed from a multilayer packaging material that comprises a layer of fibrous material, wherein

• the shoulder comprises a plurality of flap sections that are formed from a multilayer packaging material, extend from the sidewall and are folded towards each other in a direction towards the neck, with each flap section having lateral edges facing lateral edges of neighboring flap sections, and
• a plurality of molded seams that join the lateral edges of neighboring flap sections,
• wherein each lateral edge comprises a first curved portion and a second curved portion, wherein the first curved portion is different from the second curved portion, and/or the first curved portion is convexly shaped and the second curved portion is concavely shaped with respect to a central axis of the respective flap section.