Reluen 32oz Seasoning Containers Review: Do They Really Swallow a Bulk Bag?

You buy the Costco-size bag of taco seasoning, get it home, and realize none of it fits in the little spice jars you already own. That is the exact problem the Reluen 32oz Seasoning Containers are built to solve.

This is a two-pack of clear, food-grade plastic shaker jars, each holding a full 32 fluid ounces, with a red dual flip-top lid. One side of the lid is a row of small sifter holes for sprinkling; the other is a large D-shaped opening for pouring. At $14.99 for the pair, they sit at 4.6 stars across 2,037 Amazon ratings.

I handled both jars, checked how the lid seals, and dispensed a 24 oz Costco taco seasoning through each side of the cap next to a name-brand McCormick shaker for scale. What I wanted to know was simple: do these actually swallow a bulk bag, and is the dispensing any good once they do?

Short version, they do the capacity job well. The caveats are about material and care, not about whether the thing works.

What I Liked

A Full 32 Oz Swallows the Whole Bag

Each jar holds a full 32 fluid ounces, which is the entire point of buying these. You can pour a bulk bag of something dry straight in and it will take the whole thing.

That replaces the awkward bag or the oversized tub that never seals properly. Next to the 24 oz Costco taco seasoning I tested with, the Reluen jar is still the bigger container.

The Dual Flip-Top Lid Does Two Jobs

The cap is a two-sided flip top. One side has a row of small holes for sprinkling, and the other has a big opening for pouring or scooping.

In practice that means you can get precise with a light shake of pepper or a seasoning blend, then flip to the other side when you need to dump a measured amount into a rub or a recipe. The lid is tight, too, and it is not going to pop open and spill everything in a cabinet. For the smaller non-food supplies elsewhere in the house, the GEOPHIA 12-Pack Plastic Storage Containers use a plain latching lid built for sorting rather than dispensing. And for leftovers, where you lift a lid off instead of shaking through it, the AGTRADE Glass Food Storage Containers cover that side of the kitchen in borosilicate glass.

Slim Enough to Store on a Pantry Shelf

At 7.87 inches tall and 3.4 by 2.68 inches at the base, these are bigger than they look in listing photos. The useful part is the slim front-to-back profile.

They still tuck into a cabinet or onto a pantry shelf without hogging space, which matters when you need to store two of them alongside everything else. Each jar weighs 0.14 kg empty, so a loaded one is not awkward to lift down.

A Wide Mouth You Can Refill Without a Funnel

The opening is wide enough that refilling is genuinely easy. You take the bag and pour it in, no funnel required.

That sounds minor until you have tried to decant a kilo of paprika through a narrow neck.

Odor-Resistant Plastic You Can Repurpose

Amazon lists the material as odor-resistant and BPA free, and that held up in handling. The plastic does not cling to the smell of whatever was in there last.

That matters if you plan to rotate a jar between a garlic blend now and sugar six months from now. It is also why the same jar works for spices, salt, sugar, rice, ground coffee, or a BBQ rub without a permanent identity.

It Keeps Cleaning Powders From Going Rock Hard

These are not only for spices. They work for cleaning powders like baking soda and Bar Keepers Friend, and that use case shows up repeatedly in owner reviews.

One five-star reviewer put it plainly: “I was fed up with the rock-hard result of leaving it in the original container too long. This avoids that perfectly, no matter how long it takes me to use it up.” Powders that seize in their cardboard packaging stay usable here because the jar seals better than the box did. The same sealing logic applies to liquids, where the FYNECHEF 48 Pack Stainless Steel Bottle Pourers use a snug rubber cork to cap open bottles and keep dust and bugs out between pours.

Shatter-Resistant Where Glass Is Not

This is plastic, not glass, and that is a real trade-off if you wanted heavy glass on display. The flip side is that Amazon lists the material as shatter-resistant, and in handling it feels it.

Drop one on a tile kitchen floor and you sweep up seasoning, not seasoning and broken glass. For a jar that travels from the kitchen to the patio and back, that is the right call.

What Needs Improvement

Hand Wash Only, Despite What the Listing Title Says

The Amazon title calls these dishwasher safe. The fifth bullet on the same listing says the opposite: “Recommended to hand wash, not dishwasher safe at high temperatures.” The specs table says “Hand Wash Only.”

Treat them as hand wash. The wide mouth makes that quick, but know it before loading one into a bottom rack.

Plastic, Not Glass

If you want a premium glass canister set sitting out on an open shelf, this is not it. These are a practical, functional plastic set rather than a decorative one.

Shoppers on r/PlasticFreeLiving go looking specifically for a large plastic-free shaker and come up short. This set will not satisfy them.

The Sifter Holes Are on the Large Side

Side by side with a name-brand McCormick shaker, the Reluen holes are noticeably bigger. For coarse salt, a BBQ rub, or baking soda that is an advantage, and a light tap still gets a small amount.

For a potent ground spice, the bigger holes give up some control. Buyers of other big-hole sifter lids say the same, with one r/aldi thread calling the large-hole side “quite annoying to use.”

No Gasket, and Shaker Lids Collect Gunk

Reluen lists an airtight seal, and owners confirm the cap tightens securely and keeps powders from hardening. But this is a plain plastic flip top with no rubber gasket, and plastic lids are the usual suspect when a jar stops sealing over time.

The other caveat is a habit, not a defect. Shaking any sifter lid over a steaming pot lets moisture into the holes, where it cakes.

Only Two Jars, and Only One Lid Color

You get two containers per set in a single red colorway. That covers a couple of bulk staples, not a whole pantry.

Kitting out a spice cabinet means buying several sets, with no color-coding to tell the sweet jar from the savory one.

How It Compares

Versus a McCormick Seasoning Shaker

This is the comparison I ran on camera, because it is the jar most people already own. The McCormick shaker’s sifter holes are smaller than the Reluen’s, so it meters a fine spice more delicately.

Capacity is where it stops being close. A supermarket McCormick shaker holds a few ounces; the Reluen jar holds 32, so one replaces a shelf of them.

Buy spices in supermarket quantities and the McCormick is fine. Buy them by the kilo and you need the bigger jar.

Versus Glass Spice Jars

Glass is the honest rival here, and it wins on looks. A glass canister set photographs better on an open shelf, does not scratch, and feels more substantial in the hand.

It also weighs more, costs more per jar at this size, and shatters. The Reluen set gives up the display-piece quality to be light enough to carry to the grill and tough enough to survive the counter. That same function over finish trade shows up across budget kitchen gear, including the Amorston 22 Piece Knife Set, which spends its money on the steel rather than the handles.

Versus Small-Format Keepers Like ProKeeper+

Products like the ProKeeper+ Seasoning Keepers are the other end of the category: clear, BPA-free, and about 5 ounces each, made for the spices you use in teaspoons.

Six of those still would not hold what one Reluen jar does. Buy the small keepers to organize a spice rack; buy these to store the bulk bag the rack cannot accept.

Versus Generic 32 Oz Six-Packs

Search “large spice jars” and you will find 32 oz plastic bottles sold six to a box with plain black caps, listed by restaurant suppliers as an empty chef-size spice container. Those chef size bottles win on price per jar.

What you give up is the lid. Generic caps are usually a single sifter pattern, where the Reluen cap gives you small holes and a large pour opening in one flip top. Shaker-top closures made up roughly 28.4% of spice jar market revenue in 2025, so the category agrees the cap matters.

Final Verdict

I am rating the Reluen 32oz Seasoning Containers 4.4 out of 5.

They do the one job they were designed for without fuss: a 32 fluid ounce jar swallows the bulk bag, the wide mouth refills without a funnel, and the dual flip-top lid handles both a light sprinkle and a full pour. Owners back that up, with 4.6 stars across 2,037 Amazon ratings and no critical reviews surfacing in the current listing.

The deductions are honest ones. It is hand wash only despite what the title claims, the sifter holes trade fine control for speed, and two plastic jars in one color will not restyle a pantry.

If you are tired of wrestling with bulk bags and jars that are too small, this set is worth checking out.