The five leaves
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Pet treat
The leaf this shelf fits best. A dry treat in a 950 to 3,785 mL container, opaque, with a wide opening and a plain lid.
Freeze dried raw
Very low bulk density and fragile pieces, so it needs headspace for protection and settles substantially. Both reason one and reason three are in play.
And it is moisture sensitive
A freeze dried product takes up water readily, which puts the liner at the center. 46 of the 157 closures here carry a heat induction seal and 22 are recorded as No Liner.
Pet supplement powder
A scooped product, so room to get a scoop in is a function under reason four. Our wide mouth containers and tubs are the format.
Pet broth
A liquid, which changes the slack-fill analysis entirely because a liquid does not settle. Reason three is not available and the fill can be measured exactly.
Which makes a liquid the strict case
No settling allowance, no crushing to protect against, and a container that can be filled to a defined level. The space has to be justified some other way.
Wet pet food
The leaf this catalog serves worst. Wet food is retorted or canned and we hold no can, no retort pouch and no pressure-rated container.
So four of five are dry or liquid bulk
Which is what the shelf is: 20 tubs and pails, 10 jars, 9 bottles, and 12 of the 20 tubs and pails are pails.
The scale suits a producer rather than a shopper
21 of 37 containers are over a gallon. For a retail treat pouch this is the wrong shelf and for a bulk tub it is the right one.
And the case packs are approachable
Only 2 of 39 are full case only, and the smallest case pack is 8. That is the loosest position measured anywhere in this library.