Flexible Container

A flexible container comprising:

• A. a front panel, a rear panel, a first gusseted side panel, and a second gusseted side panel, the gusseted side panels adjoining the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals to form a chamber;
• B. each peripheral seal having
• (i) a body seal inner edge (BSIE) with a bottom end and an opposing top end,
• (ii) a bottom tapered seal inner edge (b-TSIE) extending from the BSIE bottom end;
• (iii) a top tapered seal inner edge (t-TSIE) extending from the BSIE top end;
• and
• C. the t-TSIE has a length that is at least 1.1 times greater than the length of the BSIE (in mm);
• wherein each BSIE top end has a top point;
• and
• a plane containing all four BSIE top points defines a lower container volume, the lower container volume is at least 51% of the total volume of the flexible container.