Steel Food Cans
Steel Food Cans
Consumers want more than freshness from their packaging. They want convenience, sustainability and pleasing aesthetics, too. Whether it’s fruit, vegetables, soup, meat or ready meals, Sonoco makes steel cans that check those boxes and then some.
Freshness and Convenience from Farm to Table
Sonoco manufactures two-piece and three-piece steel food cans and components across our 12 world-class manufacturing facilities in the United States. Metal food cans ensure freshness and extend shelf-life of the products they protect and remain one of the oldest food packaging formats around the globe. Being 100% recyclable, steel food cans have the highest recycle rate of any food packaging material because of their ability to be infinitely recycled.
Reliable Metal Food Can Manufacturing Partner
For 125 years, Sonoco has provided high performance packaging for consumer and industrial goods. Our steel food cans are manufactured to the highest standards and passes rigorous testing to ensure the product is protected throughout the supply chain.
Our world-class facilities across the US ensure continuity of supply for the brands we serve.
Steel food cans protect the precious product our brands entrust to us with a package built to perform throughout the supply chain.
Ready when you are! Sonoco offers a wide selection of stock can sizes, ranging from the standard 202 size to institutional and food service options such as the 603 size.
Our efficient order processing ensures quick turnaround times to meet your brand's specific requirements.
Steel Food Can Markets
Steel Food Can Options
3-Piece Welded Food Cans
- Three-piece tinplate food cans available in a variety of sizes
- EZ Open and standard food can ends available
- Can be used for a wide range of applications
Steel Food Can Options
2-Piece D&I Food Cans
- Two-piece drawn-and-ironed food cans available in a variety of sizes
- EZ Open and standard food can ends available
- Can be used for a wide range of applications
Steel Food Can Options
2-Piece DRD Cans
- Two-piece laminated draw-redraw tinplate food cans in a variety of sizes
- EZ Open and standard food can ends available
- Can be used for a variety of applications, including pet and fish
Success Story
Discover how our tailored solutions have helped transform challenges into opportunities, driving significant growth and success for our clients across various industries.
From Farm to Can: The Red Gold Story
Red Gold’s dedication to quality starts with its farming partners—over 30 family farms across Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan—who spend 113 days growing then harvesting tomatoes at peak ripeness, ensuring freshness from field to can. This commitment to sustainability and long-term relationships makes Red Gold and Sonoco a natural fit.
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