Tin Containers & Metal Tins

If you’re looking for tin containers, you’re at the right place. uCan-Packaging offers a large assortment of tin cans for sale. All your metal tins come with a beautiful seamless design and rolled edges for safe handling. They are furthermore food-safe and corrosion resistant. Have a quick scroll through our web store, and we can guarantee you that you’ll find the tin you’re looking for. In today’s world, tin boxes are one of the most popular packaging used thanks to the fact that they are affordable, durable, and sustainable.

What are Tin Containers?

Tin containers are compact metal boxes designed for storing and distributing goods. Think for instance about cosmetics, candles, food, or even medicine. The tin itself is crafted out of a thin metal, which is usually iron or aluminum. Although not always, these small metal cans often feature a tin plating. They can be found in any form, size, and color. These packaging materials are mostly applied in the food and cosmetics industry.

Besides their dominant presence in the above-named industries, they are often used for personal storage purposes. Especially the older tins that have a nostalgic value can often be found in people’s living rooms or kitchens where they function as decoration. Still today, decorated tin boxes are being sold during the holiday season. These beautiful small tin containers with lids are a popular gift as they are often filled with chocolate or cookies. One famous example of such custom-made can is the one from Denmark’s butter cookies. The smaller types of these decorated tins are often reused by people to store their personal items. For some people, collecting rare cans has even grown out to be a hobby.

What Are Tin Containers Made Of?

Although people often use the term ‘’Tin Container’’, almost no cans produced up to date are composed only out of tin. The reason that people call these small metal containers "Tin Cans" dates back the second half of the 20th century. During this time, cans were made out of tinplate steel. This was done to combine the corrosion resistant feature of tin with the low price and strength of stainless steel. Nowadays, these cans are often crafted out of different substances such as aluminium. All the tins found in our webshop are made out of high-grade aluminium. Traditional metal cans crafted out of stainless steel that come with a plating are available on request.

Small Metal containers

For those of you who wish to buy traditional tin cans, we offer a large selection of tin-plated metal cans for sale. Although all cans listed in our online shop are crafted out of aluminum, each model can also be delivered in a plated iron version. All these empty cans have been crafted out of high-end iron that has been finished off with a thin plating. Thanks to this, the can has a tough and durable design. At the same time, they won’t suffer from rusting. Each container is 100% food-safe. They can be used for storing dry and wet foods alike. Generally speaking, traditional cans are heavier in weight compared to other cans. Added to that, they are also more costly. Despite this, traditional cans are popular in certain industries thanks to their strength.

Aluminum Tins

As its name suggests are aluminum tins crafted out of lightweight aluminium rather than plated steel. This lightweight material started to replace the traditional can packaging in the late 1950’s. The popularity of these affordable lightweight tin boxes rose especially thanks to the fact that they are less costly to produce. At the same time, they offer the same resistance to corrosion while being easier to form. The latter resulted in an easier and less time-consuming manufacturing process. Thanks to this, these tin cans are now stamped out of a single thin sheet.

Tin boxes made out of this material are affordable, lightweight, and do not rust. Besides that, they bring along another great advantage. Because they are easy to form and shape, they offer great customization possibilities. Thanks to this, people are able to fully design their own personalized tins. Just like our metal containers, all aluminum tins in our webshop are of 100% food-safe and furthermore come equipped with an EPE liner.

The Advantages of Tin Cans

The inherent qualities of aluminium and iron make it an excellent wrapping. These tincans are not only common in the canned food and the drink industry. Companies also use them to keep industrial, household, and promotional products. Metal food containers have grown out to become one of the most applied forms of packaging materials in the world.

Besides being cheap, these cans are manufactured in any shape and size imaginable. Additionally, they allow you to use different printing techniques to add beautiful colours. This brings along great opportunities for companies to differentiate themselves. Tincans are furthermore light in weight. This makes them easy to carry and affordable to ship in bulk.

Tin containers with lids can be commonly found in many different industries. Thanks to their durability and resistance to rusting, they often function to pack food products and makeup or to store wax lights. These tins are food-safe and will thus not affect the taste or the quality of its content. They have furthermore been designed to take a hit and can handle internal pressure. This makes them extremely durable. The cans provide an excellent barrier against water, oxygen, and light. Because of this, metal tins offer great protection to your product.

Last but not least, they offer one of the most sustainable and environmentally friendly packaging options. Metal food containers are 100% recyclable, without experiencing loss in quality. Studies have shown that around 30% of all tins in circulation contain recycled metals. Recycling such packaging can save the global economy billions of dollars per year. This makes them the most sustainable form of packaging on virtually any measure. These cans offer an affordable, safe, and sustainable way to promote your company and to pack your product.

What Are Metal Tins Used For?

Tin containers such as the ones in our webshop offer an abundance of innovative packaging solutions. They are popular among companies as these cans are corrosion resistant and do not rust. Added to that, they are 100% food safe and won’t affect the look, taste, or quality of its content. They furthermore offer great protection to its content. Thanks to this, tincans have grown out to become the number one choice of packaging throughout the world. This can especially be noticed in the beverage and makeup industry. Nowadays, however, their popularity is also rapidly increasing across different industries.

In today’s world, tins are so much more than a simple packaging. These beautifully designed tin cans can feature any form, size, and colour imaginable. Because of this, they have become a way for companies to promote their brand. Think for example about those beautiful biscuit tins of Denmark’s butter cookies. Or imagine those detailed and beautifully painted holiday tins. Companies use these unique tincans to attract customers, and it is working!

Some companies have managed to craft such beautiful tins, that even after their content has been finished people will not dispose of them. Small tin cans are often kept by consumers for decoration purposes or to store personal items. Others use them for handicrafts or other DIY crafts such as turning them into toys for their children. Some people even go as far as collecting tin cans and have turned it into their hobby. A Belgian woman has collected approximately 57,000 different models. This makes it one of the largest privately owned tin collections in the world.

Listed below, you’ll find the most common purposes for which tin boxes are being used.

Cosmetic Containers & Makeup Containers

Metal containers are often used along with aluminum bottles in the cosmetics industry where they function as makeup containers or cosmetic containers. Especially the smaller sized tins can be often found in this particular industry. They are commonly being filled up with cremes, lotions, or wax. Additionally, they can be used as so-called lip gloss containers. Smaller sized window tins are popular to be used as lip balm containers. The larger sized tin boxes are more commonly used to store hand cremes, body lotion, or hair gel. With their screw caps and EPE liner, small tin containers are easy to seal off and can be carried around in your purse without needing to worry about leakage.

Spice Containers

Small tins and medium-sized containers can often be found back in people’s kitchens where they are being used as so-called spice containers. Tin boxes are highly popular in the food and beverage industry where they are used to hold a wide range of goods. Their most common purpose in this industry is to function as spice tins. When used for spice storage, these tins can be filled up with fresh herbs and dried spices alike. With their EPE liners in place, tin containers make sure your herbs stay fresh for a longer period of time. Thanks to their re-closable top, these tin boxes can be easily re-used or re-filled once they have run out of their original content. Especially window tins are popular spice jars as their see-through lids are great for display their colourful content. Besides being used for the storage of herbs, these tin cans can also be filled up with other dried foods such as fruits, coffee, or nuts. Besides that, they’re also often used as tea tins.

Candy Tins & Cookie Jars

Tins can often be found in candy stores in the form of colorful candy tins or cookie jars. Thanks to their convenient top that can be sealed off tightly, these tiny tins are great for holding sweets, chocolate, and cookies. All our tins are BPA-free and food-safe which makes them suitable to keep foods and beverages. As the vast majority of our tincans come equipped with an EPE liner, they allow sweets to be stored for a long period of time without losing taste or color. Especially large and medium-sized cans are often used as candy tins or biscuit jars. Small metal containers, on the other hand, are often filled up with bubble gum or mints. Besides the regular models, window tins are also highly popular in this industry. Their see-through top makes them great for displaying colorful sweets and treats to your customers. After all, who wouldn’t be tempted to buy a beautifully decorated tin can filled up with treats or chocolate?

Candle Tins

You can find them in almost every modern household – candle tins. Many home decoration companies out there are filling up tin boxes with wax and turning them into stylish wax lights. With their lids, these tin box candles can be easily closed off when they are not burning. Tin cans that function as candle tins most commonly hold scented wax lights. The cap allows you to easily seal of your wax light in order to conceal the smell when they are not in use. Additionally, they allow you to safely store them away without your wax lights losing color or scent. Besides functioning as a storage container for your wax light, the tin boxes furthermore function as decoration. Adding a simple paper etiquette or colourful print to these tins turns them into a beautiful piece of home decoration.

Choosing The Right Lid For Your Tin Container

Are you looking for the right tin container to store your goods but are you confused by the wide range of lids and closing mechanisms available? Tin boxes come in all sorts and volumes and can furthermore be equipped with a different lid. As a result, it is sometimes difficult to choose the right tin for your product.

Below, uCan-Packaging will take you through the 3 most common types of tops that can be found on our tin containers.

Screw-Top Metal Tins

Screw top tins are by far the most popular tin containers. These round tin boxes are easy to use for storing a wide range of different goods. With their screw top, these small containers allow you to seal them off tightly. Thanks to this, you’ll be able to safely carry around your tins without needing to worry about spillage of its content. These screw tops furthermore make it easy to re-use your container numerous times because the top can be opened and closed as many times as you please.

Screw top metal tins come in many different volumes. Depending on the volume, these tins are used for different purposes. The purpose of their usage furthermore depends on whether the containers have been equipped with a regular cap or a clear-top cap. So-called window tins are commonly used to hold colourful treats such as candy. When used for this purpose, the screw caps come in even handier as they, along with their EPE liner, close off your tin can tightly. Thanks to this, no outside air and moist is able to enter your tins – thus significantly increasing the shelf life of your goods.

The smaller sized screw top metal tins in our assortment are highly popular in the foods, makeup, and medical industries. Here, the storage tins hold sweets, herbs, lotions, cremes, and pills. Our larger tins, on the other hand, are more commonly used as cookie jars or for holding tea or coffee. Naturally, large tin containers are an overall great storage container that can be used for holding any type of good or personal item.

All the metal containers in our assortment that have been equipped with a screw top come with an EPE liner. An EPE liner can be found in the cap of your tin boxes in the form of a soft padding. The purpose of this padding is to keep out external air, moist, and light by sealing off your tin container more tightly. As a result, the shelf life of the content of your cans will increase significantly – thus allowing your goods to stay fresh for a longer period of time. Tin containers can literally be used to store any type of product. They are furthermore corrosion resistant, cheap, durable, and a sustainable wrapping. All these factors combined have resulted in the fact that these empty cans are, in today’s world, one of the most popular packaging materials used by companies and organizations.

Slipcover Metal Tins

Another popular closing mechanism used on tin containers is slipcovers. Slipcover metal tins may look pretty similar to any other tin can. What separates them from the rest, however, is their easy and efficient closing mechanism. Slipover tins can be easily opened by simply lifting up the lid of your tin. This model tin box does not require you to turn or twist your lid as is the case with screw top tins. Instead, you can simply lift up your hand after which the top will slide right off. Slipcovers can either be round or rectangular tins. This easy closing mechanism makes your tin can easy to be used and reused for numerous times.

Similar to screw top tins, all our slipcover tins have been equipped with an EPE liner. This soft padding prolongs the shelf life of your goods by keeping out air, moist, and light. Nevertheless, slipcover tins cannot be sealed off as tightly as the beloved screw top tins mentioned above. As a result, slipcover tin containers are commonly used to store cosmetics such as cremes, lotions, or waxes. Additionally, they can also be found in the food industry where they are applied on for instance biscuit jars and spice containers. Slipcover tins are available with both regular caps and clear-top lids. They furthermore come in all forms and volumes ranging from round to rectangular. The tin boxes are crafted out of recyclable materials which makes them a highly sustainable wrapping. They furthermore come with rolled edges and seamless finish for safe usage. Along with their cheap price, slipcover tins are among the most commonly used tin boxes around the globe.

Window Tins

Window tins differentiate themselves from other containers by means of their beautiful clear top lids. The top of a window tin is most commonly produced out of aluminium along with durable plastic. There are, however, also more expensive clear top tins that have been equipped with a glass lid. Every clear top metal tin that can be found in our webshop comes with a plastic window. Premium tins with a real glass see-through top are available upon personal request. Just like all our other tin boxes, clear top tins come in different forms and volumes. If you happen to be looking for a particular clear top tin that is not available in our web store, please do not hesitate to contact us. All our tin containers are fully customizable upon request and we are happy to create that one special tin for you.

Thanks to their beautiful see-through caps, windowed tins treat you to a great way to display your goods. Clear top tins can often be found in the food or makeup industries. Here they are being filled up with colorful goods ranging from sweets and herbs to makeup. These tin containers are furthermore often used as home decorative tins when they are being filled up with wax lights. Because of their see-through caps, window tins do not come equipped with an EPE liner. As a result, they are less popular for holding fresh goods with a limited shelf life.

Do Tin Cans Have BPA?

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a term that we often come across in the packaging industry yet many of us do not really know what it stands for. BPA is a chemical substance that is used to produce certain types of plastics and resins. As of today, Bisphenol A is one of the most produced chemicals in the world that can mainly be found in plastic bottles, jars, and jugs. Additionally, it is also applied to other everyday items such as toiletries, household electronics, CDs, and thermal paper. When talking about tin cans, this substance becomes relevant as its resin can be used for coating purposes to protect the inside of the can from its content in order to prolong its lifespan.

Although Bisphenol A brings along an abundance of useful industrial applications, the use of this chemical is raising concerns among some people. The main reason behind this lies in the fact that it is commonly believed that these plastics and resins can dissolve and affect the package content. Once mixed with the content, it may enter the human body when it is consumed resulting in possible health issues. Throughout the past, plenty of scientific research has been conducted yet no evidence was found that fully supports these claims. Nevertheless, it always is better to be safe than sorry.

The chemical is more commonly found in plastic food boxes, jars, and bottles. It can, however, also be found in tin containers. Especially the larger models that are used to pack food often contain BPA-coatings. Luckily, many factories are nowadays offering BPA-free cans. At uCan Packaging, we only work with such suppliers. Therefore, we can guarantee that all our cans are 100% food-safe and free of Bisphenol A. If you wish to know more about Bisphenol A, you can check out our previously written article ‘’What Does BPA Stand For?’’. This will provide you with all info you have to know about this chemical.

Customized Tin Containers

Small metal containers offer a unique and innovative way to differentiate your company or product from competitors. They provide you with an unlimited resource for self-promotion and creating brand awareness. These beautiful and well-crafted tins can feature any design imaginable. Additionally, you can select the perfect size and colors for your container. It is even possible to choose from different construction and closing methods. Like this, your tins will fully represent your brand or product.

At uCan Packaging, we offer the possibility to design your own unique tins. Throughout this process, you’ll enjoy the free help of our industry professionals. When creating your custom made metal tins, you will be able to choose from different shapes and sizes. Additionally, you can select the construction method and lid of your liking. Hereby you can, for instance, think about hinged lids, screw caps, slipcovers, or see-through lids.

We furthermore offer different printing methods to personalize your tin box. Whether you are looking for a full-print lacquered design or a simple paper etiquette, everything is possible. Share with us what you have in mind, and together we’ll co-create a unique container that perfectly suits your product.

More detailed information on how to design your own custom-made cans can be found at our custom made tins page. Here you’ll find all you have to know about the different production and printing methods. For more information, you’re always welcome to contact one of our professionals by email. We offer personal support and customer service in English, Dutch, and Chinese and aim to reply all messages within a 24-hour notice.