Paper pouch for flowable food products

A pouch for enclosing a small supply of a flowable material, said pouch being recyclable in a paper recycling facility, said pouch comprising two superposed plies each formed by at least one sheet of paper, each ply having an inner face coated with a layer of a water-based acrylic polymer that is recyclable in said facility and has a low glass transition temperature, and an outer face coated with a water-based acrylic polymer that is recyclable in said facility and has a relativley high glass transition temperature, the layer on the inner faces of the plies being in abutting relationship, said superposed plies bieng sealed together in a predetermined sealing pattern by heat and pressure applied thereto which brings about fusion of the inner layers but does not affect the outer layers, said sealing pattern defining an interior pocket for accommodating the flowable material and a spout communicating with the pocket and leading to an outlet adjacent a sealed margin of the pouch and blocked thereby, and a weakened line intersecting the outlet which when the pouch is torn along the line, opens the outlet to permit expulsion of the material from the pocket.