Reviewed
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