Common can sizes

8 ounces can

• Weight
  8 ounces
• 1 cup
• Products
  Fruits, vegetables, specialties for small families

Picnic can

• Weight
  10-1/2 to 12 ounces
• 1-1/4 cups
• Products
  Mainly condensed soups. Some fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, specialties.

12 ounces vacuum can

• Weight
  12 ounces
• 1-1/2 cups
• Products
  Mainly for vacuum-packed corn.

Number 300 can

• Weight
  14 to 16 ounces
  (14 ounces to 1 pound)
• 1-3/4 cups
• Products
  Pork and beans, baked beans, meat products, cranberry sauce, blueberries, specialties.

Number 303 can

• Weight
  16 to 17 ounces
  (1 pound To 1 pound 1 ounces)
• 2 cups
• Products
  Principal size for fruits and vegetables. Also some meat products, ready-to-serve soups, specialties.

Number 2 can

• Weight
  20 ounces (1 pound 4 ounces)
  or 18 fluid ounces ( 1 pint 2 fluid ounces)
• 2-1/2 cups
• Products
  Juices, ready-to-serve soups, some specialties, pineapple, apple slices. No longer in popular use for most fruits and vegetables.

Number 2-1/2 can

• Weight
  27 to 29 ounces
  (1 pound 11 ounces to 1 pound 13 ounces)
• 3-1/2 cups
• Products
  Fruits, some vegetables (pumpkin, sauerkraut, spinach and other greens, tomatoes).

Number 3 cylinder or 46 fluid ounces can

• Weight
  51 ounces (3 pounds 3 ounces)
  or 46 fluid ounces (1 quart to 14 fluid ounces)
• 5-3/4 cups
• Products
  Fruit and vegetable juices, pork and beans, Institutional size for condensed soups, some vegetables

Number 10 can

• Weight
  6-1/2 pound to 7 pound 5 ounces
• 12 to 13 cups
• Products
  Institutional size for fruits, vegetables and some other foods