Why do food manufactures use cylindrical cans so often?

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Why do they not use other shapes , such as a sphere or cuboid , why is it just restricted to cylinder?

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In any kind of container, the weak points are the edges. A cylinder does not have any edges on the side, so it is a stronger shape.

Now a sphere would be stronger, but it has some practical problems, such as stacking it. A cylinder is the best of both worlds.

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