Containers

What we actually stock for this

Updated October 2026

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The shelf, measured The forms The sifter is mostly not here Which matters more for some leaves than others Nothing here is large Color The closures, by liner References

A small-jar shelf: 158 containers, none larger than 296 mL, and one promise the archetype makes that it cannot keep.

The shelf, measured

One hundred and fifty-eight containers from 50 to 296 mL, with 244 closures. By material, 86 PET, 52 PP and 20 glass. The dominant necks are 70-400 at 54, 58-400 at 36 and 89-400 at 27, so wide mouths throughout.

The forms

97 single wall jars, 26 double wall jars, 15 straight-sided jars, 5 round tubs, 4 specialty bottles, 3 spice bottles, 3 specialty jars, 2 mason and paragon. Jars rather than shakers, which is the honest shape of this shelf.

The sifter is mostly not here

The archetype note promises a sifter fitment. Of the 244 closures, 207 are plain continuous thread, 21 are dome lids and only 7 are spice caps. If your product is shaken rather than scooped, that is a seven-item choice and we would rather say so.

Which matters more for some leaves than others

Sprinkles and cocoa are scooped or poured; food coloring is dispensed in drops and wants a different fitment again. Reading the archetype as a single answer for nine products is the mistake it invites.

Nothing here is large

The top of the range is 296 mL, under ten fluid ounces. For a bulk flour or sugar format this is the wrong shelf, and the wider jar shelves elsewhere in the catalog go considerably larger.

Color

51 clear, 34 white, 19 black, 18 amber, 14 natural, 9 blue and 7 green. Clear sells a colorful product, which is most of this category; amber and black protect a light-sensitive one.

The closures, by liner

69 HIS, 41 F217, 31 pressure-sensitive, 27 none, 21 standard plastisol, 19 PE foam and 14 foam. For a hygroscopic powder the liner is the only part of the package doing real work.

References

21 CFR 101.22(j), which requires a food containing an added chemical preservative to declare both the common or usual name of the ingredient and a separate description of its function, giving "preservative", "to retard spoilage", "a mold inhibitor", "to help protect flavor" and "to promote color retention" as examples. law.cornell.edu

Written from federal statute and regulation, not from a kitchen. Food labeling has more parts than three sections, and a state cottage food program may add or subtract requirements for a local sale. Nothing here is clearance for a specific label, and whether an ingredient is cleared for food use is a question about that ingredient.