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?

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

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A lot of times cans with food in them are pasteurized in the can, so they need to be able to withstand the heat and subsequent pressure.

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