Food service
Do you sell capers in 4L foodservice tubs?
Not currently as a stocked line. Our Caper from Lio Food in Latakia, Syria, comes in 300 g and 360 g glass jars, packed 12 to a case — a genuine foodservice case format, just not the large-format 4L tub some kitchens are used to seeing from bulk caper suppliers. If your kitchen specifically needs a 4L or similar large-format tub, note that in your inquiry and we'll look at what our supplier houses can source; it isn't something we can promise from the current catalogue.
This page covers what we actually stock, why the smaller glass format still works for most foodservice volumes, and how to ask for something larger honestly.
What we stock: 300 g and 360 g glass
Lio's caper is graded by bud size — nonpareils and surfines (4–9 mm) through to fines (11–13 mm) — packed in glass rather than a bulk pail, sold by the case of 12 jars. Glass carries a practical advantage for a working kitchen even at foodservice volume: it reseals cleanly between uses, so a jar drawn down slowly across several services doesn't need decanting the way an opened bulk tub does.
For background on what capers actually are and how bud grading affects texture and use, see capers and desert truffles: two Levantine fine foods worth knowing.
Scaling volume with case count instead of jar size
A kitchen that would reach for one 4L tub can usually cover the same volume with a case of 300 g or 360 g jars instead — the total product is comparable, it just arrives in smaller, resealable units rather than one large container. That has a real upside for a garnish ingredient like capers, which are used in small amounts per dish: an opened jar that reseals well wastes less than an opened large tub that sits partially used for weeks.
For a kitchen weighing the trade-off, what wholesale case sizes actually mean explains how to read total case volume so you can compare it fairly against a bulk-tub format you may have used before.
Sourcing a larger format on request
If your operation genuinely needs a single larger container rather than a case of jars — a catering kitchen with very high caper turnover, for instance — say so in your inquiry with the format and volume you're picturing. We'll check with our supplier houses rather than substitute a format that doesn't actually match what you asked for.
Capers combine easily onto a broader inquiry alongside olives, tomato paste and other canned and preserved lines from the same Latakia house — building everything into one inquiry keeps delivery consolidated regardless of format.
Related questions
Do you carry a bulk caper tub for high-volume kitchens?
Not currently as a catalogue item — our stocked format is 300 g and 360 g glass jars, case of 12. A larger format can be raised in your inquiry for us to look into sourcing.
How many jars equal a typical 4L tub's worth of capers?
It depends on the exact tub size you're comparing against, but ordering multiple cases of the 300 g or 360 g jars is the practical way to scale volume in the meantime.
Is the quality different between a jar and a bulk tub format?
No — packaging format doesn't affect the capers themselves. Glass simply reseals better for kitchens drawing down a jar slowly across services.