3 L Dry Food Canister for Rice, Sugar and Pasta with Seal Lid

An opened kilo of rice lives folded over with a clothes peg, and it still tips across the cupboard shelf the first time you reach past it.

What Are the Key Features of This 3 L Sealed Canister for Rice, Sugar and Pasta?

• Made for staples, not for leftovers - a wide mouth takes a mug or a scoop straight down into the rice, and the rim pours without half of it running down the cupboard door.
• A lid that seals instead of resting - the store specifies an airtight seal, which is what stops sugar setting into a brick in summer humidity and stops flour tasting of the cupboard it lives in.
• 3 L as listed - about an opened kilo bag of rice or sugar tipped straight out of the paper, with room for a scoop.
• Beige, grey or red - one colour per staple is a labelling system that costs nothing, and it ends the routine of opening three canisters to find the sugar.
• Lifts down with one hand - the reason to choose this over a glass jar of the same size, because staples live on the high shelf and a tiled floor does not forgive dropped glass.

Where Can You Use This Dry Food Canister?

• On a cupboard shelf holding an opened kilo of rice that currently lives under a clothes peg
• Lifted down one-handed from the high shelf where staples are kept
• On the counter for sugar, flour, pasta or lentils
• Beside the kettle for tea and coffee
• One colour per staple, so you stop opening three lids to find the sugar

Why Choose Plastic Over a Glass Jar for Rice on a High Shelf?

• The seal is about humidity, not the fridge - sugar left half open sets into a brick, flour takes the smell of the cupboard, and open bags invite weevils.
• Comes down off the high shelf one-handed - a full glass jar of rice is a two-handed lift over ceramic tiles; drop this and you sweep up rice.

Details

Material & Build

• Airtight seal lid - it closes onto a seal, not onto bare plastic.
• Plastic.

Dimensions

• Capacity: 3 L, as listed. It takes an opened kilo bag of rice or sugar decanted straight out of its paper with headroom left for a scoop.
• Measure the gap between your shelf and the one above it before you buy more than one.

Specifications