Drink can

"Beer can" redirects here. For other uses, see Beercan (disambiguation).
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Beverage can
The stay-tab opening mechanism characteristic of most drinking cans since the mid-1980s. The 'wide-mouth' version, seen here, was introduced in the late 1990s.
Can of Belgian Pils represented on a mural of the railway station of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

A drink can (or beverage can) is a metal container with a polymer interior designed to hold a fixed portion of liquid such as carbonated soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, fruit juices, teas, herbal teas, energy drinks, etc. Drink cans exteriors are made of aluminum (75% of worldwide production)[1] or tin-plated steel (25% worldwide production) and the interiors coated with an epoxy resin or polymer. Worldwide production for all drink cans is approximately 370 billion cans per year.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The Canmaker FAQ". Canmaker.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.