Regular Mouth Mason Jar Water Bottle Set (2024)

FAQs

Which is better regular or wide mouth Mason jars? ›

Always remember that Regular Mouth Mason Jars for canning are best for pourable foods like Ball^® canning recipes for jams, jellies, salsas, sauces, pie fillings, and vegetables. Wide Mouth Mason Jars with their larger opening, make filling easier and are ideal for preserving whole fruits and vegetables.

The two most common and popular mason jar sizes tend to be 8 and 16 ounces.

Wide Mouth Quart – 32 oz – 4 cups.

Wide mouth jars are easier to fill and allow you to maximize your container space with products such as pickles, green beans, and more solid fruits.

There are many different size options for mason jars, and the most common sizes that people use for drinks are 16, 24, and 32-ounce jars.

REGULAR MOUTH 32 OZ MASON JAR: Regular Mouth jars are best for whole fruits and vegetables but are ideal too for canning salsas, syrups, sauces, fruits, vegetables, and juices. They can also be used to keep small, non-food items such as art and craft supplies, office stationery and much more.

Other common names for the original Mason jar include Ball jars (after the Ball Corporation), jam jars, fruit jars and simply glass canning jars.

These are called mold numbers. They identify the position that the mold in which the jar was made held on the glassmaking machine. Most machines would have from eight to ten molds, all making the same type of jar.

Wide Mouth Jars:

These jars are heralded for their ability to accommodate larger items such as pickles, beets, whole fruits, etc. They are believed to be easier to clean since you can usually fit an entire sponge or hand inside.

How many ounces is a wide mouth jar? ›

Ball Wide Mouth Quart (32 oz. ) Glass Preserving Jars are ideal for fresh preserving whole fruits and vegetables like peaches and green beans.

Ball Premium Glass Sharing Jar, Wide Mouth, 32 oz, 4 Count.

Mason Jar Lids Compatible With: Most [Regular Mouth] Mason Jar - size 2.75 inch (7cm / 70 mm) in diameter, CAN NOT compatible with other wide-mouth mason jar or bottles. Please check SIZE before buying,Thank you!

A regular sized reCAP Mason jar lids diameter is smaller than the length of the credit card, however, a wide-mouth reCAP is just slightly larger.

Real Mason jars have two types of mouths – a “regular mouth” and a “wide mouth.” The regular mouth jar is slightly smaller near the top, which helps to hold the food under the liquid level. This type of jar cannot be used for freezing because the smaller neck won't allow for expansion of the liquids as they freeze.

Clemson University says, Never use commercial jars such as mayonnaise and pickle jars for home canning. These jars are not very resistant to temperature extremes; they break easily.

The whole point of pickling is to provide food with an acidic environment whereby the food items can be preserved. Quality or material of the container or jar is of utmost importance in this case. The right choice is to go for tempered glass that can bear extreme temperatures involved in the canning process.