Here is our list of the three best airtight containers for cereal to keep your favorite cereal fresh and crunchy.
Dry breakfast cereal left in an open bag can go stale very quickly so one easy solution is to get yourself some airtight storage containers. These will keep your cereal tasting fresh and crunchy for far longer than folding over the bag and leaving it on the pantry shelf.
What Material Is Best For Cereal Storage Containers
When it comes to storage containers for your pantry, you really have three choices, metal, glass, or plastic. All have their advantages and disadvantages.
Metal containers are great, and will protect your food from light, air, moisture, and bugs provided you can find good quality ones that have tight-fitting lids. This isn’t so easy to do anymore. Additionally, they can rust and dent, and they don’t fit tightly on the shelf very well. Lastly, you can’t see through the sides of metal cans, so you can’t see at a glance how much you have in them, or even what is in your storage containers.
Glass containers are readily available with airtight lids, but they really don’t work well for bulk storage. Glass containers big enough for cereal tend to be heavy, slick, and break when you drop them (or break your foot if you hit that instead). I like glass containers for decorative storage, just not bulk storage.
This leaves us with plastic storage containers for cereal. While on the whole, I’m trying to use the least amount of plastic I can these days, I feel ok with good quality plastic storage containers for my dry goods because they will last for decades. Plastic containers are light, transparent, don’t readily break when dropped, and seal tightly to keep moisture, air, and bugs out.
How Big of a Storage Container Do I Need For Cereal?
Taking an average of the top breakfast cereals in America, you can estimate about one cup of volume for every 1.28oz of weight. Since a regular-size box of cereal is about 12oz, you can assume that you will need a container of at least 9.38 cups or 2.25l in size to hold it. This does vary though from cereal to cereal. This table shows the volumes per pound of America’s favorite cereals.
| Cereal | Cups per oz | Cups per pound | Liters per pound |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cheerios
|
0.92
|
14.67 |
3.52
|
|
Rice Krispies |
0.94 |
15.05 |
3.61
|
|
Cinnamon Toast Crunch |
1.45 |
23.14 |
5.55 |
|
Frosted Flakes |
1.31 |
20.88
|
5.01 |
|
Raisin Bran |
2.08 |
33.30 |
7.99 |
|
Lucky Charms |
1.27 |
20.32 |
4.88 |
|
Corn Flakes |
0.99 |
15.80 |
3.79 |
|
Apple Jacks |
1.06 |
16.93 |
4.06 |
|
Cap'n Crunch |
1.34 |
16.93 |
4.06 |
|
Life Cereal |
1.48 |
23.70 |
5.69 |
|
Fruit Loops |
1.06 |
16.93 |
4.06 |
|
Honey Bunches Of Oats |
1.48 |
23.70 |
5.69 |
|
Fruity Pebbles |
1.41 |
22.58 |
5.42
|
|
Special K |
1.10 |
17.61 |
4.23 |
Most panty cereal containers on the market are between four and five liters, so will easily hold a regular size box of cereal and might be a bit full for a ‘family’ size box of cereal.
Sistema KLIP IT PLUS Cereal Container
Sistema is my go-to brand for storage containers in general, mainly because their rectangular containers stack really nicely on the shelf.
The quality of the plastic has always been top-notch and I’ve never lost one to breaking or having it crack as can happen with cheaper plastics. Of course they are dishwasher safe so cleaning them is easy enough.
Each container will hold 4.2l and stands 27cm high by 26cm deep and 12 cm wide. Call me an organizational freak, but I like my containers to all fit nicely on a shelf beside each other. The 4.2 liter size means it will hold all but the largest boxes of cereal.
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Rubbermaid Pour Top Cereal Containers
When it comes to storage containers, Rubbermaid is the granddaddy of them all. These Rubbermaid Pour Top Cereal Containers follow their time tested designs for making durable, leak free containers.
The tight snap on lids make for a very effective seal, while the flip top lid allows you to pour cereal without having to take the whole lid off. As with the Sistema Cereal Containers, the flip top lid is hinged so as not to wear out quickly.
A big advantage to these containers is that they are the most affordable option of my choices, and can be found in most stores, and of course on Amazon, which is were I usually go to get decent prices on storage containers.
Size wise, this container is 9.5″ deep x 4.75″ wide x 10.4″ High, and holds 4.2 liters.
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Rubbermaid Brilliance Cereal Container
The Rubbermaid Brilliance Cereal Container is the pretty version of their standard cereal container. Made from a harder, crystal clear plastic, these containers give you the transparent shine of glass without the fragility.
While most people do love these containers, they are for people that are more concerned with aesthetics than budgets, but if you aren’t worried about that, these cereal containers make a beautiful addition to your kitchen.
Very similar in size to the other cereal containers, the Rubbermaid Brilliance Cereal Container measures 10.3 x 9.6 x 4.5 inches and holds a respectable 4.25 liters of ceral.
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