Abstract: A packing for pourable materials constructed from paper, from plastic sheet or from a similar flexible material has the form of a package or bag which is closed at both ends. A pouring opening for removing contents from the package is to be produced by the consumer in a transition region between one of the two closed ends of the package and the adjoining narrow side wall of the package. In a region of the other of the two closed ends of the package essentially diagonally opposite to the pouring opening that is to be produced, a holding device of an, in turn, flexible material is provided, which normally extends within the outer contour of the package. However, the holding device can be pulled with a part, forming an external gripping handle, out of the package for the purpose of removing material from the package and serves as a pouring aid.