Can Sizes and Equivalents
Many recipes specify a can size rather than a volume amount. This chart will also come in handy to determine how much to buy.
| Can Sizes | ||
| 8 ounces | 8 ounces | 1 cup |
| Picnic | 10-1/2 to 12 ounces | 1-1/4 cups |
| 12 ounces vacuum | 12 ounces | 1-1/2 cups |
| #1 | 11 ounces | 1-1/3 cup |
| #1 tall | 16 ounces | 2 cups |
| #1 square | 16 ounces | 2 cups |
| #2 | 1 pound 4 ounces or 1 pint 2 fluid ounces | 2-1/2 cups |
| #2-1/2 | 1 pound 13 ounces | 3-1/2 cups |
| #2-1/2 square | 31 ounces | scant 4 cups |
| #3 | 4 cups | |
| #3 squat | 2-3/4 cups | |
| #5 | 7-1/3 cups | |
| #10 | 12 cups | |
| #300 | 14 to 16 ounces | 1-3/4 cups |
| #303 | 16 to 17 ounces | 2 cups |
| Baby food jar | 3-1/2 to 8 ounces | depends on size |
| Condensed milk | 15 ounces | 1-1/3 cups |
| Evaporated milk | 6 ounces | 2/3 cup |
| Evaporated milk | 14-1/2 ounces | 1-2/3 cups |
| Frozen juice concentrate | 6 ounces | 3/4 cup |
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