This invention provides a
gas barrier laminate, which is a thinner film and can maintain excellent
gas barrier and
aroma retention properties even after vacuum packaging in high temperature and
high humidity environments. This invention relates to a
gas barrier laminate, characterized in that it comprises a plastic substrate (I) and a gas
barrier layer (II) laminated on the plastic substrate, wherein the
total thickness of the gas barrier laminate is less than 100 μm, (1) the plastic substrate (I) comprises a
metal-containing layer, wherein the
metal-containing layer comprises at least one of a
metal and a metal compound and a resin component, (2) the total content of the metal and the metal compound in the metal-containing layer is 0.1 to 20% by
mass, (3) the gas
barrier layer (II) contains a polycarboxylic acid, (4) the metal-containing layer and the gas
barrier layer are laminated in direct contact, and (5) the composite
elastic modulus of the gas barrier layer (II) when the surface of the laminate is subjected to a cooking treatment at 120°C for 30 minutes is measured by
nanoindentation method is 9.0 to 12.5 GPa.