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?

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Answer 1

Oh man, do I have the video for you!

[*The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can*](https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw?t=423)

In this video Bill Hammack the Engineer Guy explains *all* the facets of what makes the aluminium beverage can a fantastic invention. The timestamp is specifically where he talks about why the cans are pressurised and how that makes them strong!

EDIT: name spelling