Food Cans and Ends
Food Cans and Ends
Expand Your Locally Made Food Can and Ends Options with Sonoco
Choose from the widest format of metal food can and end options available with Sonoco, a leading metal packaging manufacturer. Strategically located near customers, we manage the complexities of food markets with the largest metal packaging footprint in EMEA.
Reduce Risks with Sonoco’s Manufacturing Footprint
Strategically located near you, Sonoco’s 46 metal plants throughout the EMEA and APAC regions ensure your product is packaged quickly and securely. Our talented experts not only offer in-person technical support when and where you need it but also suggest efficiency improvements that reduce downtime and spoilage issues.
Find the Right Metal Can for Your Product
Food Cans
Save resources without compromising quality, strength or reliability. Ranging from 38-mm to 230-mm diameters, Sonoco offers 2- and 3-piece food cans in steel and aluminium with easy-open and peelable ends.
Ecopeel™ Cans
Reduce CO₂ emissions by 20% (compared to standard 3 piece can), reduce product and packaging waste and pack product faster with the Ecopeel™ can. Filled from the bottom, this 3-piece can features a peelable aluminium foil that is directly sealed onto the steel can body.
Bowl Cans
Ideal for ready-to-eat products, this rounded can offers consumers portability and easy recycling options. Sonoco offers a variety of 2-piece bowl packaging with peelable lids in aluminium and steel.
Rectangular Cans
Preserve quality and promote sustainability. With a range of length, width and height options, Sonoco offers 2- and 3- piece rectangular cans with a peelable lid in steel and aluminium.
Irregular Cans
Enhance your canned meat products with irregularly shaped Sonoco cans. Offered in rectangular conical, trapezoidal and mandolina shapes, our 3-piece steel cans meet your product requirements.
Shaped Cans
Stand out from the competition with a distinctive can shape that is easier to grab. Sonoco offers three-piece steel shaped cans with easy-open and peelable ends that elevate your brand with a premium look in an infinitely recyclable material.
Infant Nutrition Cans
Protect infant products with Sonoco’s easy open three-piece cans. Equipped with a d-shaped Peelseam™ seal, this 3-piece is available in 99-, 127- and 153-mm diameters.
Meet Market Needs and PPWR Rules with Metal Packaging
Choose the right diameter, height, body and material for your product without the costly price of investing in size-specific equipment. From intaking ideas to launching a product, our in-house technical, R&D, operations and regulatory experts create innovative packaging that advance your sustainability objectives.
Already compliant with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) 2030 requirements, metal cans future-proof your packaging. Sonoco designs food cans for optimal recyclability, aligning with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks and contributing to lower lifecycle CO₂ emissions.
Pair Your Can with the Right End
Easy-Open Ends (EOE)
Make accessing your product and recycling easy with aluminium or steel easy-open ends (EOE). Available in regular and tabbed options, EOEs fit a variety of steel and aluminium can sizes and shapes, including round, rectangular and oval.
Peelseam™ Ends
Lock in nutrients with a Peelseam end. Using proprietary technology, Sonoco offers peelable ends for round-, rectangular-, oval- and mandolina-shaped steel and aluminium cans.
Markets
- Legumes
- Canned Meats
- Canned Milk & Protein Shakes
- Coffee & Tea
- Culinary
- Dry Beverages
- Fish
- Soups & Ready Meals
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Wet Pet Food
Markets
Legumes
Canned Meats
Canned Milk & Protein Shakes
Coffee & Tea
Culinary
Dry Beverages
Fish
Soups & Ready Meals
Fruits & Vegetables
Wet Pet Food
Our Services
Daily Technical Support
Receive support when you need it. Sonoco’s highly skilled technical experts are on hand to support your daily business activities, providing:
- Troubleshooting analysis.
- Emergency visits.
- Equipment repairs.
- Spare part deliveries.
- Machine change-over.
- Target setting.
- Seaming and capping evaluations.
Machine and Spare Parts Services
Improve your maintenance budget with Sonoco. We sell spare capping and seaming equipment parts, offering seamer and capper audits, routine visits, line validation, overhauls and service level agreements.
Ensure optimal efficiency. Sonoco sells capping equipment, dud detectors and dryers and advises on new line layouts and instalments.
Training
Maintain the highest standards with an experienced packaging partner. Sonoco customises technical training to meet your needs and properly equip line operators, technical team and quality department users.
Support your team with training on can and cap making. With handy pocket guides, wallcharts and other training resources, Sonoco supports your teams with best-practice advice and machinery technical training.
Lab Support
Maximise your business by using Sonoco’s extensive technical support. Our lab and technical experts support you throughout the entire process, offering:
- Shelf-life recommendations and food contact support.
- Process and thermal processing assistance.
- Palletization and can-handling audits.
- Root cause analysis.
- Trial and new product development support.
Decrease Product and Packaging Waste with Sonoco
A reliable packaging partner makes production, recycling and meeting sustainability goals simple, not complicated. Using infinitely recyclable materials, Sonoco metal cans save time and money with 200+ years of metal packaging experience, dedicated experts and on-location customer support.
Rely on Food Can Packaging from Sonoco
Connect with a Sonoco representative to discuss how our manufacturing footprint, metal packaging expertise and variety of formats can meet your needs.