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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10,1996

                                                      Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 ULTRA PAC, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          MINNESOTA                        3089                  41-1581031
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial   (IRS Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)  Classification Code Number) Identification No.)

                           21925 Industrial Boulevard
                             Rogers, Minnesota 55374
                                 (612) 428-8340
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Nonstatutory Stock Options granted to Cal Krupa dated June 9, 1992,
                July 21, 1993, August 3, 1994, and July 25, 1995
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                 Calvin S. Krupa
                           21925 Industrial Boulevard
                             Rogers, Minnesota 55374
                                 (612) 428-8340
           (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
                             Michael W. Schley, Esq.
                     Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.
                          1500 Norwest Financial Center
                            7900 Xerxes Avenue South
                          Bloomington, Minnesota 55431
                                 (612) 835-3800

                APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
   As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ]

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      Amount to be      Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered  Registered(1)  Offering Price Per Share         Offering Price        Registration Fee
<S>                                      <C>                <C>                         <C>                     <C>   
  Common stock (no par value)            20,000             $11.50(2)                   $230,000(2)             $79.31
  Common Stock (no par value)            20,000             $8.75(2)                    $175,000(2)             $60.34
  Common Stock (no par value)            20,000             $7.25(2)                    $145,000(2)             $50.00
  Common Stock (no par value)            20,000             $6.00(2)                    $120,000(2)             $41.38
  Total                                  80,000             n/a                         $670,000(2)             $231.03

</TABLE>
                                                    (see footnotes on next page)


(1)      The registration statement also includes an indeterminable number of
         additional shares that may become issuable pursuant to the antidilution
         provisions of the Nonstatutory Option Agreements.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
         based upon the exercise price of the nonstatutory stock options.




                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The Company incorporates by reference into the registration statement
the documents listed below:

                  (a) The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K or: (i)
         the Company's latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), that
         contains audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal
         year for which such statements have been filed or (ii) the Company's
         effective registration statement on Form 10 or Form 10-SB filed under
         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
         containing audited financial statement for the Company's latest fiscal
         year.

                  (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
         the annual report or prospectus referred to in (a) above.

                  (c) The description of the Company's Common Stock which is
         contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-18
         (Registration No. 33-46937) filed under the Securities Act, including
         any amendment or report filed under the Exchange Act for the purpose of
         updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement which indicates that all
of the securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  (a) Not applicable.

                  (b) Certain legal matters in connection with this registration
         statement will be passed upon by Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren,
         Ltd., as counsel for the Company. Frank I. Harvey, who is a shareholder
         of the law firm, serves as a director of the Company. Mr. Harvey
         beneficially owned, as of April 16, 1996, 4,610 shares of the Company's
         Common Stock and options to purchase 5,500 shares of the Company's
         Common Stock.



ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes requires the Company to
indemnify a person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by
reason of the former or present official capacity of the person with respect to
the Company, against judgments, penalties, fines, including reasonable expenses,
if such person: (1) has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines, including without
limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with respect to an employee
benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees
and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding with
respect to the same acts or omissions; (2) acted in good faith; (3) received no
improper personal benefit, and statutory procedure has been followed in the case
of any conflict of interest by a director; (4) in the case of a criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (5)
in the case of acts or omissions occurring in the person's performance in the
official capacity of director or, for a person not a director, in the official
capacity of officer, committee member, employee or agent, reasonably believed
that the conduct was in the best interests of the Company, or, in the case of
performance by a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company as a
director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another organization
or employee benefit plan, reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed
to the best interests of the Company. In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3,
requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in
advance of final disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required
indemnification shall be made by a disinterested majority of the Board of
Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by
a designated committee of the Board of Directors, by special legal counsel, by
the shareholders or by a court.

         As permitted by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, the Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company eliminate the liability of the
directors of the Company for monetary damages arising from any breach of
fiduciary duties as a member of the Company's Board of Directors (except as
expressly prohibited by Minnesota Statutes, Section 302A.251, subd. 4).

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable. This registration statement relates to the issuance of
shares upon the exercise of options. The grants of such options did not
constitute "sales" under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

   4.1      Nonstatutory Stock Option granted to Cal Krupa dated June 9, 1992.
   4.2      Nonstatutory Stock Option granted to Cal Krupa dated July 21, 1993.
   4.3      Nonstatutory Stock Option granted to Cal Krupa dated August 3, 1994.
   4.4      Nonstatutory Stock Option granted to Cal Krupa dated July 25, 1995.
   5.1      Opinion of Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., as to the 
            legality of the securities (included as page II-5).
   23.1     Consent of Divine, Scherzer & Brody, Ltd. (included as page II-7).
   23.2     Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   24.1     Power of Attorney (see signature page).


ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         1. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
         a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any material information with respect to the
                  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement.

         (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
         any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
         termination of the offering.

         2. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Rogers, State of Minnesota, on May 9, 1996.

                                 ULTRA PAC, INC.


                                 By: /s/ Calvin S. Krupa
                                     Calvin S. Krupa
                                     Its: President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The officers and directors of Ultra Pac, Inc., whose signatures appear
below, hereby constitute and appoint Calvin S. Krupa and Frank I. Harvey, and
each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) their true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any
amendment or amendments to this registration statement of Ultra Pac, Inc., and
each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys
shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


/s/ Calvin S. Krupa          President, Chief Executive
Calvin S. Krupa              Officer and Director
                       
/s/ Brad C. Yopp             Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Brad C. Yopp                 Financial and Accounting Officer)
                       
/s/ James A. Thole           Secretary and Director
James A. Thole         
                       
/s/ John F. DeBoer           Director
John F. DeBoer         
                       
/s/ Michael J. McGlynn       Director
Michael J. McGlynn     
                       
/s/ Frank I. Harvey          Director
Frank I. Harvey        



                                 ULTRA PAC, INC.
                      NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of June 9, 1992, is by and between ULTRA PAC,
INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and CALVIN S. KRUPA (the
"Optionee").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") encourages
ownership of shares of the One Cent ($.01) per share par value common stock (the
"Common Shares") of the Company by certain employees, directors, officers and
other service providers of the Company.

         B. The Company desires to afford the Optionee an option to purchase the
Common Shares of the Company, which option is not intended to be an "Incentive
Stock Option" as defined under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, and which is granted separate from any stock option plan of the
Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and covenants
contained herein, the Company and the Optionee hereby agree as follows:

         1.) Grant of Option - The Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
effective as of June 9, 1992 (the "Date of Grant"), an option (the "Option") to
purchase an aggregate of twenty thousand (20,000) Common Shares (the "Option
Shares") of the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         2.) Option Price - Subject to any adjustments pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5, the purchase price of the Shares subject to the Option
(the "Option Price") is $8.75 per share, which price is not less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of a single Common Share as of
the date of this Agreement.

         3.) Term of Option; Time of Exercise -

         (01) The term of the Option is for a period of four (4) years
         commencing on the Date of Grant and terminating on June 8, 1996. 

         (02) The Option shall be exercised by the Optionee in whole or in part
         from and after the date hereof, provided that the shares shall be
         exercised in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares.

         (03) The Option shall become void and expire as to all unexercised
         Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on June 8, 1996.

         4.) Exercise of Option - Manner -

         (01) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Option may be
         exercised in whole or in part by written notice to the Company at its
         offices in Rogers, Minnesota, addressed to the attention of the
         president. Such notice will state the election to exercise the Option
         and the number of Shares being purchased, provided that the shares
         shall be purchased in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares, and
         will be signed by the person or persons so exercising the Option. The
         exercise of the Option will be conditioned upon the receipt from the
         Optionee (or his heir(s) or legal representative(s)) of a
         representation that, at the time of such exercise, it is the intent of
         such person(s) to acquire the Shares for investment and not with a view
         to distribution; provided, however, that the receipt of this
         representation will not be required upon exercise of the Option in the
         event that, at the time of such exercise, the Shares subject to the
         Option are covered by an effective registration statement under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The certificates for unregistered
         Shares issued for investment will be restricted by the Company as to
         transfer unless the Company receives an opinion of counsel satisfactory
         to the Company that such restriction is not necessary. 

         (02) Notice of exercise of the Option will be accompanied by payment of
         the full Option Price of the Shares being purchased and the Company
         will issue and deliver a certificate or certificates representing such
         Shares as soon as practicable after such notice and payment are
         received. Payment of such Option Price will be made (a) by a check
         payable to the order of the Company, (b) subject to acceptance by the
         Board, by the transfer from the Optionee to the Company of previously
         acquired Common Shares of the Company, issued and outstanding for at
         least six (6) months prior to exercise, having a then-current aggregate
         fair market value, determined as of the close of business on the
         business day preceding the transfer, equal to the Option Price of the
         Shares as to which the Option is exercised, or (c) subject to
         acceptance by the Board, by any combination of check payment and
         transfer of previously acquired Common Shares. The certificate or
         certificates for the Shares as to which the Option has been so
         exercised will be registered in the name of the Optionee (or his
         heir(s) or legal representative(s)) and will be delivered as aforesaid
         to or upon the written order of such person(s). In the event the Option
         is exercised by any person(s) other than the Optionee, such notice will
         be accompanied by appropriate proof of the authority and right of such
         person(s) to exercise the Option. All Shares purchased upon the
         exercise of the Option will be fully paid and nonassessable.

         5.) Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock - In the event each of the
outstanding Common Shares (other than shares held by dissenting shareholders)
should be changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares
of stock or other securities of the Company, or if further changes or exchanges
of any stock or other securities into which the Common Shares have been changed,
or for which they have been exchanged, are made (whether by reason of merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
reclassification, split up, combination of shares or otherwise), then for each
Common Share subject to the Option there will be substituted and exchanged
therefor the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into or for
which each outstanding Common Share (other than shares held by dissenting
shareholders) is so changed or exchanged. In the event of any such changes or
exchanges, if the Board, in its sole discretion, should determine that in order
to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights hereunder an adjustment should be
made in the number, kind, or option exercise price of the Shares or other
securities then subject to the Option, such adjustment shall be made and shall
be effective and binding for all purposes of this Agreement. In no event shall
the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to the
Option immediately after any substitution, exchange, or adjustment over the
aggregate option price of such shares be more than the excess of the aggregate
fair market value of all shares subject to the Option immediately before the
substitution, assumption, or exchange over the aggregate option price of such
shares, nor shall the adjusted Option give the Optionee any additional benefits
that the Optionee did not have under the old Option.

         6.) "Piggyback" Registration Rights - If the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its Common Shares under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), on a form that would also permit registration
of the Option Shares it will promptly give written notice thereof to the holder
of the Option Shares. Promptly upon the written request, given within thirty
(30) days after mailing of any such notice to any holder of Option Shares, the
Company will use its best efforts to cause all the Option Shares for which such
holders shall have so requested registration, to be registered under the
Securities Act. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 6
shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering of securities of the
Company, the Company may require the Option Shares, requested to be registered,
to be included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the
Common Shares being registered and otherwise being sold through underwriters
under such registration; provided, however, that if the Option Shares represent
the only securities of the Company other than previously authorized but unissued
to be sold in such underwritten public offering, and the managing underwriter
determines, in its sole and reasonable judgment, and advises in writing that the
inclusion of any or all of the Option Shares originally covered by a request for
registration would interfere with the successful marketing of such previously
authorized but unissued securities then (a) the number of shares of the Option
Shares otherwise to be included in the underwritten public offering shall be
reduced pro rata (based upon the number of shares of Option Shares for which
registration was requested) among the holders thereof requesting such
registration and (b) those shares of the Option Shares which are excluded from
the underwritten public offering shall be withheld from the market by the
holders thereof for a period, not to exceed ninety (90) days, which the managing
underwriter reasonably determines to be necessary in order to effect the
underwritten public offering. In connection with any registration of the Option
Shares pursuant to this Section 6, the holders thereof will execute such
documents reasonably required by the Company, including customary
indemnification requirements.

         7.) Nontransferability of Option - The Option granted under this
Agreement is not transferable by the Optionee, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any
attempt to do so will void the Option. The Option is exercisable only by the
Optionee or the Optionee's legal representative.

         8.) Rights as a Shareholder - No rights of a shareholder of the Company
will inhere in the Optionee with respect to any of the Shares until this Option
is duly exercised as to such Shares and the person has become holder of record
of such Shares. No adjustments will be made for cash dividends or other
distributions or other rights as to which there is a record date preceding the
date such person becomes the holder of record of such Shares.

         9.) Withholding Taxes - The Optionee acknowledges that under the law in
effect as of the date of this Agreement, he will generally realize income for
federal and state income tax purposes at the time of the grant and/or exercise
of the Option, and further, that such income may constitute compensation subject
to withholding of income taxes. At the time of any exercise of the Option, the
Optionee will make arrangements with Company to satisfy any withholding tax
obligations resulting from the exercise of the Option.

         10.) Governing Law - This Agreement will be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Optionee have executed this
Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

COMPANY:
ULTRA PAC, INC.                             OPTIONEE:

By: ____________________________            ________________________________
    Its:                                    Calvin S. Krupa



                                 ULTRA PAC, INC.
                      NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of July 21, 1993, is by and between ULTRA PAC,
INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and CALVIN S. KRUPA (the
"Optionee").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") encourages
ownership of shares of the One Cent ($.01) per share par value common stock (the
"Common Shares") of the Company by certain employees, directors, officers and
other service providers of the Company.

         B. The Company desires to afford the Optionee an option to purchase the
Common Shares of the Company, which option is not intended to be an "Incentive
Stock Option" as defined under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, and which is granted separate from any stock option plan of the
Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and covenants
contained herein, the Company and the Optionee hereby agree as follows:

         1.) Grant of Option - The Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
effective as of July 21, 1993 (the "Date of Grant"), an option (the "Option") to
purchase an aggregate of twenty thousand (20,000) Common Shares (the "Option
Shares") of the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         2.) Option Price - Subject to any adjustments pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5, the purchase price of the Shares subject to the Option
(the "Option Price") is $8.75 per share, which price is not less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of a single Common Share as of
the date of this Agreement.

         3.) Term of Option; Time of Exercise -

         (01) The term of the Option is for a period of five (5) years
         commencing on the Date of Grant and terminating on July 20, 1998. 

         (02) The Option shall be exercised by the Optionee in whole or in part
         from and after the date hereof, provided that the shares shall be
         exercised in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares.

         (03) The Option shall become void and expire as to all unexercised
         Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on July 20, 1998.

         4.) Exercise of Option - Manner -

         (01) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Option may be
         exercised in whole or in part by written notice to the Company at its
         offices in Rogers, Minnesota, addressed to the attention of the
         president. Such notice will state the election to exercise the Option
         and the number of Shares being purchased, provided that the shares
         shall be purchased in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares, and
         will be signed by the person or persons so exercising the Option. The
         exercise of the Option will be conditioned upon the receipt from the
         Optionee (or his heir(s) or legal representative(s)) of a
         representation that, at the time of such exercise, it is the intent of
         such person(s) to acquire the Shares for investment and not with a view
         to distribution; provided, however, that the receipt of this
         representation will not be required upon exercise of the Option in the
         event that, at the time of such exercise, the Shares subject to the
         Option are covered by an effective registration statement under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The certificates for unregistered
         Shares issued for investment will be restricted by the Company as to
         transfer unless the Company receives an opinion of counsel satisfactory
         to the Company that such restriction is not necessary.

         (02) Notice of exercise of the Option will be accompanied by payment of
         the full Option Price of the Shares being purchased and the Company
         will issue and deliver a certificate or certificates representing such
         Shares as soon as practicable after such notice and payment are
         received. Payment of such Option Price will be made (a) by a check
         payable to the order of the Company, (b) subject to acceptance by the
         Board, by the transfer from the Optionee to the Company of previously
         acquired Common Shares of the Company, issued and outstanding for at
         least six (6) months prior to exercise, having a then-current aggregate
         fair market value, determined as of the close of business on the
         business day preceding the transfer, equal to the Option Price of the
         Shares as to which the Option is exercised, or (c) subject to
         acceptance by the Board, by any combination of check payment and
         transfer of previously acquired Common Shares. The certificate or
         certificates for the Shares as to which the Option has been so
         exercised will be registered in the name of the Optionee (or his
         heir(s) or legal representative(s)) and will be delivered as aforesaid
         to or upon the written order of such person(s). In the event the Option
         is exercised by any person(s) other than the Optionee, such notice will
         be accompanied by appropriate proof of the authority and right of such
         person(s) to exercise the Option. All Shares purchased upon the
         exercise of the Option will be fully paid and nonassessable.

         5.) Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock - In the event each of the
outstanding Common Shares (other than shares held by dissenting shareholders)
should be changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares
of stock or other securities of the Company, or if further changes or exchanges
of any stock or other securities into which the Common Shares have been changed,
or for which they have been exchanged, are made (whether by reason of merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
reclassification, split up, combination of shares or otherwise), then for each
Common Share subject to the Option there will be substituted and exchanged
therefor the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into or for
which each outstanding Common Share (other than shares held by dissenting
shareholders) is so changed or exchanged. In the event of any such changes or
exchanges, if the Board, in its sole discretion, should determine that in order
to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights hereunder an adjustment should be
made in the number, kind, or option exercise price of the Shares or other
securities then subject to the Option, such adjustment shall be made and shall
be effective and binding for all purposes of this Agreement. In no event shall
the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to the
Option immediately after any substitution, exchange, or adjustment over the
aggregate option price of such shares be more than the excess of the aggregate
fair market value of all shares subject to the Option immediately before the
substitution, assumption, or exchange over the aggregate option price of such
shares, nor shall the adjusted Option give the Optionee any additional benefits
that the Optionee did not have under the old Option.

         6.) "Piggyback" Registration Rights - If the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its Common Shares under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), on a form that would also permit registration
of the Option Shares it will promptly give written notice thereof to the holder
of the Option Shares. Promptly upon the written request, given within thirty
(30) days after mailing of any such notice to any holder of Option Shares, the
Company will use its best efforts to cause all the Option Shares for which such
holders shall have so requested registration, to be registered under the
Securities Act. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 6
shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering of securities of the
Company, the Company may require the Option Shares, requested to be registered,
to be included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the
Common Shares being registered and otherwise being sold through underwriters
under such registration; provided, however, that if the Option Shares represent
the only securities of the Company other than previously authorized but unissued
to be sold in such underwritten public offering, and the managing underwriter
determines, in its sole and reasonable judgment, and advises in writing that the
inclusion of any or all of the Option Shares originally covered by a request for
registration would interfere with the successful marketing of such previously
authorized but unissued securities then (a) the number of shares of the Option
Shares otherwise to be included in the underwritten public offering shall be
reduced pro rata (based upon the number of shares of Option Shares for which
registration was requested) among the holders thereof requesting such
registration and (b) those shares of the Option Shares which are excluded from
the underwritten public offering shall be withheld from the market by the
holders thereof for a period, not to exceed ninety (90) days, which the managing
underwriter reasonably determines to be necessary in order to effect the
underwritten public offering. In connection with any registration of the Option
Shares pursuant to this Section 6, the holders thereof will execute such
documents reasonably required by the Company, including customary
indemnification requirements.

         7.) Nontransferability of Option - The Option granted under this
Agreement is not transferable by the Optionee, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any
attempt to do so will void the Option. The Option is exercisable only by the
Optionee or the Optionee's legal representative.

         8.) Rights as a Shareholder - No rights of a shareholder of the Company
will inhere in the Optionee with respect to any of the Shares until this Option
is duly exercised as to such Shares and the person has become holder of record
of such Shares. No adjustments will be made for cash dividends or other
distributions or other rights as to which there is a record date preceding the
date such person becomes the holder of record of such Shares.

         9.) Withholding Taxes - The Optionee acknowledges that under the law in
effect as of the date of this Agreement, he will generally realize income for
federal and state income tax purposes at the time of the grant and/or exercise
of the Option, and further, that such income may constitute compensation subject
to withholding of income taxes. At the time of any exercise of the Option, the
Optionee will make arrangements with Company to satisfy any withholding tax
obligations resulting from the exercise of the Option.

         10.) Governing Law - This Agreement will be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Optionee have executed this
Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

COMPANY:
ULTRA PAC, INC.                             OPTIONEE:

By: ____________________________            ________________________________
    Its:                                    Calvin S. Krupa



                                 ULTRA PAC, INC.
                      NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of August 3, 1994, is by and between ULTRA
PAC, INC., Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and CALVIN S. KRUPA (the
"Optionee").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") encourages
ownership of shares of the One Cent ($.01) per share par value common stock (the
"Common Shares") of the Company by certain employees, directors, officers and
other service providers of the Company.

         B. The Company desires to afford the Optionee an option to purchase the
Common Shares of the Company, which option is not intended to be an "Incentive
Stock Option" as defined under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, and which is granted separate from any stock option plan of the
Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and covenants
contained herein, the Company and the Optionee hereby agree as follows:

         1.) Grant of Option - The Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
effective as of August 3, 1994 (the "Date of Grant"), an option (the "Option")
to purchase an aggregate of twenty thousand (20,000) Common Shares (the "Option
Shares") of the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         2.) Option Price - Subject to any adjustments pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5, the purchase price of the Shares subject to the Option
(the "Option Price") is $7.25 per share, which price is not less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of a single Common Share as of
the date of this Agreement.

         3.) Term of Option; Time of Exercise -

         (01) The term of the Option is for a period of five (5) years
         commencing on the Date of Grant and terminating on August 2, 1999.

         (02) The Option shall be exercised by the Optionee in whole or in part
         from and after the date hereof, provided that the shares shall be
         exercised in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares.

         (03) The Option shall become void and expire as to all unexercised
         Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on August 2, 1999.

         4.) Exercise of Option - Manner -

         (01) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Option may be
         exercised in whole or in part by written notice to the Company at its
         offices in Rogers, Minnesota, addressed to the attention of the
         president. Such notice will state the election to exercise the Option
         and the number of Shares being purchased, provided that the shares
         shall be purchased in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares, and
         will be signed by the person or persons so exercising the Option. The
         exercise of the Option will be conditioned upon the receipt from the
         Optionee (or his heir(s) or legal representative(s)) of a
         representation that, at the time of such exercise, it is the intent of
         such person(s) to acquire the Shares for investment and not with a view
         to distribution; provided, however, that the receipt of this
         representation will not be required upon exercise of the Option in the
         event that, at the time of such exercise, the Shares subject to the
         Option are covered by an effective registration statement under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The certificates for unregistered
         Shares issued for investment will be restricted by the Company as to
         transfer unless the Company receives an opinion of counsel satisfactory
         to the Company that such restriction is not necessary.

         (02) Notice of exercise of the Option will be accompanied by payment of
         the full Option Price of the Shares being purchased and the Company
         will issue and deliver a certificate or certificates representing such
         Shares as soon as practicable after such notice and payment are
         received. Payment of such Option Price will be made (a) by a check
         payable to the order of the Company, (b) subject to acceptance by the
         Board, by the transfer from the Optionee to the Company of previously
         acquired Common Shares of the Company, issued and outstanding for at
         least six (6) months prior to exercise, having a then-current aggregate
         fair market value, determined as of the close of business on the
         business day preceding the transfer, equal to the Option Price of the
         Shares as to which the Option is exercised, or (c) subject to
         acceptance by the Board, by any combination of check payment and
         transfer of previously acquired Common Shares. The certificate or
         certificates for the Shares as to which the Option has been so
         exercised will be registered in the name of the Optionee (or his
         heir(s) or legal representative(s)) and will be delivered as aforesaid
         to or upon the written order of such person(s). In the event the Option
         is exercised by any person(s) other than the Optionee, such notice will
         be accompanied by appropriate proof of the authority and right of such
         person(s) to exercise the Option. All Shares purchased upon the
         exercise of the Option will be fully paid and nonassessable.

         5.) Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock - In the event each of the
outstanding Common Shares (other than shares held by dissenting shareholders)
should be changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares
of stock or other securities of the Company, or if further changes or exchanges
of any stock or other securities into which the Common Shares have been changed,
or for which they have been exchanged, are made (whether by reason of merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
reclassification, split up, combination of shares or otherwise), then for each
Common Share subject to the Option there will be substituted and exchanged
therefor the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into or for
which each outstanding Common Share (other than shares held by dissenting
shareholders) is so changed or exchanged. In the event of any such changes or
exchanges, if the Board, in its sole discretion, should determine that in order
to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights hereunder an adjustment should be
made in the number, kind, or option exercise price of the Shares or other
securities then subject to the Option, such adjustment shall be made and shall
be effective and binding for all purposes of this Agreement. In no event shall
the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to the
Option immediately after any substitution, exchange, or adjustment over the
aggregate option price of such shares be more than the excess of the aggregate
fair market value of all shares subject to the Option immediately before the
substitution, assumption, or exchange over the aggregate option price of such
shares, nor shall the adjusted Option give the Optionee any additional benefits
that the Optionee did not have under the old Option.

         6.) "Piggyback" Registration Rights - If the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its Common Shares under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), on a form that would also permit registration
of the Option Shares it will promptly give written notice thereof to the holder
of the Option Shares. Promptly upon the written request, given within thirty
(30) days after mailing of any such notice to any holder of Option Shares, the
Company will use its best efforts to cause all the Option Shares for which such
holders shall have so requested registration, to be registered under the
Securities Act. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 6
shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering of securities of the
Company, the Company may require the Option Shares, requested to be registered,
to be included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the
Common Shares being registered and otherwise being sold through underwriters
under such registration; provided, however, that if the Option Shares represent
the only securities of the Company other than previously authorized but unissued
to be sold in such underwritten public offering, and the managing underwriter
determines, in its sole and reasonable judgment, and advises in writing that the
inclusion of any or all of the Option Shares originally covered by a request for
registration would interfere with the successful marketing of such previously
authorized but unissued securities then (a) the number of shares of the Option
Shares otherwise to be included in the underwritten public offering shall be
reduced pro rata (based upon the number of shares of Option Shares for which
registration was requested) among the holders thereof requesting such
registration and (b) those shares of the Option Shares which are excluded from
the underwritten public offering shall be withheld from the market by the
holders thereof for a period, not to exceed ninety (90) days, which the managing
underwriter reasonably determines to be necessary in order to effect the
underwritten public offering. In connection with any registration of the Option
Shares pursuant to this Section 6, the holders thereof will execute such
documents reasonably required by the Company, including customary
indemnification requirements.

         7.) Nontransferability of Option - The Option granted under this
Agreement is not transferable by the Optionee, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any
attempt to do so will void the Option. The Option is exercisable only by the
Optionee or the Optionee's legal representative.

         8.) Rights as a Shareholder - No rights of a shareholder of the Company
will inhere in the Optionee with respect to any of the Shares until this Option
is duly exercised as to such Shares and the person has become holder of record
of such Shares. No adjustments will be made for cash dividends or other
distributions or other rights as to which there is a record date preceding the
date such person becomes the holder of record of such Shares.

         9.) Withholding Taxes - The Optionee acknowledges that under the law in
effect as of the date of this Agreement, he will generally realize income for
federal and state income tax purposes at the time of the grant and/or exercise
of the Option, and further, that such income may constitute compensation subject
to withholding of income taxes. At the time of any exercise of the Option, the
Optionee will make arrangements with Company to satisfy any withholding tax
obligations resulting from the exercise of the Option.

         10.) Governing Law - This Agreement will be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Optionee have executed this
Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

COMPANY:
ULTRA PAC, INC.                             OPTIONEE:

By: ____________________________            ________________________________
    Its:                                    Calvin S. Krupa



                                 ULTRA PAC, INC.
                      NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of July 25, 1995, is by and between ULTRA PAC,
INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and CALVIN S. KRUPA (the
"Optionee").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") encourages
ownership of shares of the common stock, no par value (the "Common Shares"), of
the Company by certain employees, directors, officers and other service
providers of the Company.

         B. The Company desires to afford the Optionee an option to purchase the
Common Shares of the Company, which option is not intended to be an "Incentive
Stock Option" as defined under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, and which is granted separate from any stock option plan of the
Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and covenants
contained herein, the Company and the Optionee hereby agree as follows:

         1.) Grant of Option - the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
effective as of July 25, 1995 (the "Date of Grant"), an option (the "Option") to
purchase an aggregate of twenty thousand (20,000) Common Shares (the "Option
Shares") of the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         2.) Option Price - Subject to any adjustments pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5, the purchase price of the Shares subject to the Option
(the "Option Price") is $6.00 per share, which price is not less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of a single Common Share as of
the date of this Agreement.

         3.) Term of Option; Time of Exercise -

         (a) The term of the Option is for a period of five (5) years commencing
         on the Date of Grant and terminating on July 24, 2000.

         (b) The Option shall be exercised by the Optionee in whole or in part
         from and after the date hereof, provided that the shares shall be
         exercised in increments of five thousand (5,000) shares.

         (c) The Option shall become void and expire as to all unexercised
         Shares at 5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on July 24, 2000.

         4.) Exercise of Option - Manner -

         (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Option may be
         exercised in whole or in part by written notice to the Company at its
         offices in Rogers, Minnesota, addressed to the attention of the Chief
         Financial Officer. Such notice will state the election to exercise the
         Option and the number of Shares being purchased, provided that the
         shares shall be purchased in increments of five thousand (5,000)
         shares, and will be signed by the person or persons so exercising the
         Option. The exercise of the Option will be conditioned upon the receipt
         from the Optionee (or his heir(s) or legal representative(s)) of a
         representation that, at the time of such exercise, it is the intent of
         such person(s) to acquire the Shares for investment and not with a view
         to distribution; provided, however, that the receipt of this
         representation will not be required upon exercise of the Option in the
         event that, at the time of such exercise, the Shares subject to the
         Option are covered by an effective registration statement under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The certificates for unregistered
         Shares issued for investment will be restricted by the Company as to
         transfer unless the Company receives an opinion of counsel satisfactory
         to the Company that such restriction is not necessary.

         (b) Notice of exercise of the Option will be accompanied by payment of
         the full Option Price of the Shares being purchased and the Company
         will issue and deliver a certificate or certificates representing such
         Shares as soon as practicable after such notice and payment are
         received. Payment of such Option Price will be made (a) by a check
         payable to the order of the Company, (b) subject to acceptance by the
         Board, by the transfer from the Optionee to the Company of previously
         acquired Common Shares of the Company, issued and outstanding for at
         least six (6) months prior to exercise, having a then-current aggregate
         fair market value, determined as of the close of business on the
         business day preceding the transfer, equal to the Option Price of the
         Shares as to which the Option is exercised, or (c) subject to
         acceptance by the Board, by any combination of check payment and
         transfer of previously acquired Common Shares. The certificate or
         certificates for the Shares as to which the Option has been so
         exercised will be registered in the name of the Optionee (or his
         heir(s) or legal representative(s)) and will be delivered as aforesaid
         to or upon the written order of such person(s). In the event the Option
         is exercised by any person(s) other than the Optionee, such notice will
         be accompanied by appropriate proof of the authority and right of such
         person(s) to exercise the Option. All Shares purchased upon the
         exercise of the Option will be fully paid and nonassessable.

         5.) Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock - In the event each of the
outstanding Common Shares (other than shares held by dissenting shareholders)
should be changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares
of stock or other securities of the Company, or if further changes or exchanges
of any stock or other securities into which the Common Shares have been changed,
or for which they have been exchanged, are made (whether by reason of merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
reclassification, split up, combination of shares or otherwise), then for each
Common Share subject to the Option there will be substituted and exchanged
therefor the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into or for
which each outstanding Common Share (other than shares held by dissenting
shareholders) is so changed or exchanged. In the event of any such changes or
exchanges, if the Board, in its sole discretion, should determine that in order
to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights hereunder an adjustment should be
made in the number, kind, or option exercise price of the Shares or other
securities then subject to the Option, such adjustment shall be made and shall
be effective and binding for all purposes of this Agreement. In no event shall
the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to the
Option immediately after any substitution, exchange, or adjustment over the
aggregate option price of such shares be more than the excess of the aggregate
fair market value of all shares subject to the Option immediately before the
substitution, assumption, or exchange over the aggregate option price of such
shares, nor shall the adjusted Option give the Optionee any additional benefits
that the Optionee did not have under the old Option.

         6.) "Piggyback" Registration Rights - If the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its Common Shares under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), on a form that would also permit registration
of the Option Shares it will promptly give written notice thereof to the holder
of the Option Shares. Promptly upon the written request, given within thirty
(30) days after mailing of any such notice to any holder of Option Shares, the
Company will use its best efforts to cause all the Option Shares for which such
holders shall have so requested registration, to be registered under the
Securities Act. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 6
shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering of securities of the
Company, the Company may require the Option Shares, requested to be registered,
to be included in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the
Common Shares being registered and otherwise being sold through underwriters
under such registration; provided, however, that if the Option Shares represent
the only securities of the Company other than previously authorized but unissued
to be sold in such underwritten public offering, and the managing underwriter
determines, in its sole and reasonable judgment, and advises in writing that the
inclusion of any or all of the Option Shares originally covered by a request for
registration would interfere with the successful marketing of such previously
authorized but unissued securities then (a) the number of shares of the Option
Shares otherwise to be included in the underwritten public offering shall be
reduced pro rata (based upon the number of shares of Option Shares for which
registration was requested) among the holders thereof requesting such
registration and (b) those shares of the Option Shares which are excluded from
the underwritten public offering shall be withheld from the market by the
holders thereof for a period, not to exceed ninety (90) days, which the managing
underwriter reasonably determines to be necessary in order to effect the
underwritten public offering. In connection with any registration of the Option
Shares pursuant to this Section 6, the holders thereof will execute such
documents reasonably required by the Company, including customary
indemnification requirements.

         7.) Nontransferability of Option - The Option granted under this
Agreement is not transferable by the Optionee, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any
attempt to do so will void the Option. The Option is exercisable only by the
Optionee or the Optionee's legal representative.

         8.) Rights as a Shareholder - No rights of a shareholder of the Company
will inhere in the Optionee with respect to any of the Shares until this Option
is duly exercised as to such Shares and the person has become holder of record
of such Shares. No adjustments will be made for cash dividends or other
distributions or other rights as to which there is a record date preceding the
date such person becomes the holder of record of such Shares.

         9.) Withholding Taxes - The Optionee acknowledges that under the law in
effect as of the date of this Agreement, he will generally realize income for
federal and state income tax purposes at the time of the grant and/or exercise
of the Option, and further, that such income may constitute compensation subject
to withholding of income taxes. At the time of any exercise of the Option, the
Optionee will make arrangements with Company to satisfy any withholding tax
obligations resulting from the exercise of the Option.

         10.) Governing Law - This Agreement will be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Optionee have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

COMPANY:
ULTRA PAC, INC.                             OPTIONEE:

By: ____________________________            ________________________________
    Brad C. Yopp                            Calvin S. Krupa
    Chief Financial Officer




             [LETTERHEAD OF: LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD.]


May 9, 1996

Ultra Pac, Inc.
21925 Industrial Boulevard
Rogers, Minnesota 55374

Re:      Ultra Pac, Inc. (the "Company")
         Registration Statement on Form S-8
         Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreements

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have examined: (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance by you of 80,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock, no par value (the "Common Stock") in the
manner set forth in the Registration Statement; (b) the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, both as amended to date; and (c) the
Company's corporate proceedings relative to your organization and to the
issuance of the Common Stock.

In addition to the examination outlined above, we have reviewed such other
proceedings, documents, and records and have ascertained or verified such
additional facts as we deem necessary or appropriate for purposes of this
opinion.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

         1.       Ultra Pac, Inc. has been legally incorporated and is validly
                  existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota.

         2.       The Common Stock being issued by you as contemplated in the
                  Registration Statement will, when issued, be validly issued,
                  fully paid, and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit hereby that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder.

Sincerely,


/s/ LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, Ltd.

LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, Ltd.



                                                                    Exhibit 23.1



               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We have issued our report dated April 13, 1996 (except for notes E and H, as to
which the date is April 26, 1996) accompanying the financial statements and our
report dated April 26, 1996 accompanying the schedule of Ultra Pac, Inc.
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1996,
which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent
to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the
aforementioned reports.




/s/ Divine, Scherzer & Brody, Ltd

St. Paul, Minnesota
April 26, 1996





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