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The distribution So 14 of 29 are 110 mm or wider And 8 more have no thread at all Against the spice shelf next door Which is the shelf matching its use 120TT is the widest thread here 110-400 and 110-405 look the same and are not The 2 at 48-400 and 2 at 53-400 are the narrow outliers By format 4 containers have handles 4 are square grip containers Pick the mouth first here References

9 at 110-400 and 5 at 120TT. Nothing else here comes close.

The distribution

9 containers at 110-400, 8 with no neck finish recorded, 5 at 120TT, 2 each at 48-400 and 53-400, and singles at 110-405, 89-400 and 120-400.

So 14 of 29 are 110 mm or wider

Which is nearly half the shelf on a finish most of this catalog never touches.

And 8 more have no thread at all

Those are the tubs and pails, which close with a lid across their full diameter. 8 of 29 is more than a quarter.

Against the spice shelf next door

Where the commonest finish is 70-400 on 54 of 205 containers. A spice jar is shaken and a pantry canister is reached into.

Which is the shelf matching its use

Nine of the ten leaves here are scooped or poured in quantity, and a wide mouth is what that needs.

120TT is the widest thread here

5 containers. A twist finish at 120 mm, which is about as wide as a threaded closure gets before a lid becomes the better answer.

110-400 and 110-405 look the same and are not

9 containers at one and 1 at the other. Two finishes a millimetre of thread pitch apart, which is the kind of distinction that produces a wrong order.

The 2 at 48-400 and 2 at 53-400 are the narrow outliers

For sugar, which pours, and for nothing else on this shelf.

By format

12 jars, 9 bottles, 8 tubs and pails. The bottles are the narrow-neck minority and the tubs are the fully-open majority at the other end.

4 containers have handles

HDPE round tubs with handle. Two and a half litres of flour is heavy and a handle decides whether a container gets used.

4 are square grip containers

Which pack better in a cupboard. Square beats round for storage density, which for a pantry is the whole point.

Pick the mouth first here

Because nine of ten leaves need it wide and the narrow options are two containers each.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. Of the 29 containers in this group, 9 are on a 110-400 finish and 5 on 120TT, so 14 are on a finish of 110 mm or wider, and a further 8 have no neck finish recorded because they are tubs and pails that close with a lid across their full diameter. The home coffee, tea and spice shelf next door has 70-400 as its commonest finish, on 54 of 205 containers.

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.