eli5: Why are soup/food cans so much more robust than beverage cans, even though both cans are made to withstand the pressure of being stacked vertically for shipping and storage?

Question

Crushing a soda can is easy, crushing a soup can is way harder. The soup cans are also often corrugated. What explains the difference?

In: 3794

Answer 1

The can is built for the pasteurization process and product life span not so much the stacking.

Soup cans are typically retort which require high pressure and high temperature.

Soda cans are usually just hot fill. Sometimes, there is some level of pasteurization but it’s not the same as retort.

Beer is usually straight filled as the alcohol is the preservative.