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Ointment jars and topical compounds

By Dwight Davis, Founder

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84 jars. And a choice between inert and unbreakable.

An ointment jar is a jar

Wide mouth, shallow body, dug out with a spatula. 84 of the 106 containers on this shelf are jars and the format is correct.

And a topical compound is the same container problem

A cream or an ointment base in a jar, dispensed by hand or by spatula, with a closure whose only job is to seal.

The material choice is the real decision

60 polypropylene against 46 glass, which is a genuine split rather than a formality.

Glass is inert

Chemical Resistance 5 of 5 and no sorption. For a preparation with a lipophilic active or a preservative system to protect, that is the safe wall.

And it breaks

Impact Resistance 1 of 5, the only low rating in either material set. A glass ointment jar dropped in a pharmacy is a glass ointment jar on the floor.

Polypropylene is the opposite trade

Impact Resistance 4 and Chemical Resistance 4. Tough, light, and a hydrophobic surface that a lipophilic molecule will partition into.

Hot fill is the other polypropylene question

An ointment base poured warm sets in the jar, and temperature range is published on 410 of the 486 rows here. That is the field to read.

The liner is in contact in both cases

119 heat induction seal, 51 F217, 47 pressure sensitive, and 63 with no liner or no record. For a preparation with a shelf life the liner belongs in the specification.

26 of 106 are clear

Which lets a preparation be inspected without opening it. Against 28 white, 17 natural, 13 black and 12 amber.

Headspace is worth getting right even here

An ointment does not evaporate, and a large headspace over a small fill still raises the surface to volume ratio that drives sorption. Filling the size you choose is part of the answer.

And the jar proportion suits the dispensing

A shallow wide jar empties properly with a spatula, which is why 84 of the 106 containers here are jars rather than bottles.

Both leaves are genuinely served

Which is worth saying plainly, because the other two in this group are not.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 486 rows: 106 containers and 380 closures, which are the same rows the cannabis topicals group returns. 15 to 237 mL with a median of 118. 60 PP and 46 glass. 84 jars, 17 bottles, 4 tubs and pails, 1 tube. 28 white, 26 clear, 17 natural, 13 black, 12 amber, 6 blue, 4 frosted. Necks: 18 at 70-400, 16 at 89-400, 14 each at 58-400 and 53-400, 8 at 18DIN, 7 at 43-400, 5 unrecorded. Liners on the closures: 119 heat induction seal, 51 F217, 47 pressure sensitive, 33 No Liner, 32 Plastis standard, 30 unrecorded, 27 foam, 25 PE foam, 10 Plastis pasteur, 3 polycone.
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. Our published material properties are a five-point rating on five attributes, per material class rather than per product: Chemical Resistance, Clarity, Impact Resistance, Rigidity and Scratch Resistance. For the two materials on this shelf, glass is rated Chemical Resistance 5 of 5, Clarity 5, Rigidity 5, Scratch Resistance 5 and Impact Resistance 1; polypropylene is rated Chemical Resistance 4, Clarity 5, Rigidity 5, Scratch Resistance 5 and Impact Resistance 4. Ten material classes are rated in total. These are a screening tool on a resin family and not a compatibility finding for a formulation.
Written from 21 CFR 211.94 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Part 211 is current good manufacturing practice for finished pharmaceuticals; compounding under section 503A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act carries conditional exemptions from certain requirements including cGMP, and nothing here asserts that 211.94 applies to any particular compounder. Our chemical resistance figures are a five-point rating on a resin family, not a compatibility finding for a formulation. No container in this catalog is supplied sterile or depyrogenated, and we publish no extractables data and no certificate of analysis.