Containers

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The ratio And the depth is in one article The rest So there is no dispensing closure at all And 3 sealing discs are the only barrier article The 10 dome lids are the interesting ones And they are the right answer for a bulk dry good 5 round tub lids and 3 pail lids The plain lid problem is resealing And the liner is where the moisture answer lives Buyability is the best part of this shelf 9 of 29 are quote only References

A large closure count is not a wide closure range.

The ratio

149 closures for 29 containers, which is better than five to one and one of the most lopsided measured in this library.

And the depth is in one article

110 of the 149 are continuous thread polypropylene lids. Which is 74 percent of the closure shelf doing one job.

The rest

16 metal or aluminum CT caps, 10 dome lids, 5 round tub lids, 3 plastic round pail lids, 3 sealing discs, 1 metal lug or twist cap, 1 metal overshell lid.

So there is no dispensing closure at all

No pour spout, no sifter, no flip top. For a scooped product that is correct, and for sugar it is a gap.

And 3 sealing discs are the only barrier article

Out of 149. For a dry product whose enemy is moisture, that is thin.

The 10 dome lids are the interesting ones

A dome adds headroom without capacity, which for a product that settles means a container that still looks full.

And they are the right answer for a bulk dry good

Flour settles substantially, which the pet food property examines as the third functional reason for slack fill.

5 round tub lids and 3 pail lids

Matched to the 8 containers with no neck finish, which is a sensible pairing rather than a generic one.

The plain lid problem is resealing

A continuous thread polypropylene lid reseals, which is right for a container opened daily. Whether it seals well depends on the liner.

And the liner is where the moisture answer lives

Which this property does not enumerate, because several other properties in this library set out the liner families in detail.

Buyability is the best part of this shelf

Only 4 of 29 are full case only, case packs run 16 to 600 with a median of 80, and 20 of 29 are available.

9 of 29 are quote only

So the price is not published on nearly a third, measured as a snapshot on one day.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 178 rows: 29 containers and 149 closures, which is one of the smallest container counts in this library and a closure ratio of better than five to one. 950 to 7,571 mL with a median of 2,514, and nothing under a quart. 20 HDPE, 7 PET and 2 glass. 12 jars, 9 bottles, 8 tubs and pails. 5 PE wide mouth containers, 4 HDPE round tubs with handle, 4 plastic square grip containers, 3 plastic round pails, 3 HDPE single wall canisters, 2 PET wide mouth containers. 14 white, 9 clear, 5 natural, 1 black. Necks: 9 at 110-400, 8 unrecorded, 5 at 120TT, 2 each at 48-400 and 53-400, and singles at 110-405, 89-400 and 120-400. Closures: 110 continuous thread polypropylene lids, 16 metal or aluminum CT caps, 10 dome lids, 5 round tub lids, 3 plastic round pail lids, 3 sealing discs, 1 metal lug or twist cap, 1 metal overshell lid. Buyability, a snapshot: 20 of 29 available, 9 not; 9 quote only; 4 full case only, with case packs from 16 to 600 and a median of 80.

Written from 21 CFR 101.7 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. That section reaches a food in package form, meaning a package for sale, so almost none of it reaches somebody filling a pantry canister; it is quoted because the four permitted terms and the 231 cubic inch gallon are worth knowing and because it shows what changes when a jar is sold rather than filled. The mass against volume gap is set out in the specialty supplements property. Nothing here addresses net quantity formatting, type size, placement, metric declarations, or state weights and measures law.