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The mouth was chosen last

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Capacity was matched and the neck was not And the narrow options here are tiny 110-400 and 110-405 were treated as the same The tubs were matched by thread Pasta length was not checked A clear container was chosen for nuts And an opaque one was chosen for a pantry The handle was not considered Settling was not allowed for And the liner was left unspecified Mouth, then capacity, then closure And the case packs let you test it References

Nine of ten leaves need a wide mouth.

Capacity was matched and the neck was not

Which is the commonest failure across this whole library. A 2,514 mL container on a 48-400 neck holds the right amount and cannot be scooped from.

And the narrow options here are tiny

2 containers at 48-400 and 2 at 53-400, out of 29. Everything else is wide.

110-400 and 110-405 were treated as the same

9 containers at one and 1 at the other. Two finishes that look identical in a product list and are not interchangeable.

The tubs were matched by thread

8 of the 29 have no neck finish, because a tub closes with a lid across its diameter. They are matched on diameter.

Pasta length was not checked

Long pasta does not bend. Height and diameter are published, so the geometry is checkable and it is easy to skip.

A clear container was chosen for nuts

9 of 29 are clear. A nut is a fat and oxidizes in light, and the opaque options are 14 white and 5 natural.

And an opaque one was chosen for a pantry

Which is the other direction: not knowing what is in a jar is a real cost in a cupboard of identical white canisters.

The handle was not considered

4 containers have one. Two and a half litres of flour is heavy and the other 25 have nothing to hold.

Settling was not allowed for

Flour packs down substantially, so a container filled level arrives looking two thirds full. 10 dome lids are the article that helps.

And the liner was left unspecified

Which is where the moisture answer lives, and only 3 of the 149 closures here are sealing discs.

Mouth, then capacity, then closure

Which is the order for this shelf, because nine of the ten leaves are scooped.

And the case packs let you test it

16 to 600 with a median of 80, and only 4 of 29 full case only. A small trial is affordable here.

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.