"Dreadful *tinny* sort of words, tin tin tin!"
“Tins”?
Are you Britt?
Just curious.
I can’t speak for Kipp, but I’m not a Brit and I call them tins. Because thats what they’re called.
The grocery shelf food containers that we call "cans" and the Brits call "tins" are made of a tin/steel alloy that can withstand the manufacturing process of having the food cooked inside the container before it is sealed shut by machine. They have paper labels wrapped around but only pasted in one seam, and they must be opened with a can opener. Where we say "canned" or "canning" about the process, the Brits say "tinned" or "tinning."
The decorative round or squared containers called "tins" in the U.S. have higher production values and are generally larger and wider, so that when opened, they display festive foods inside, such as cookies in fluted paper cups or fruit cakes that fit precisely inside their tins. Those containers have a tight-fitting lid that lifts off and on, and both the lid and the main container are of higher quality metal, chiefly aluminum, and are painted on the outside with decorations or brand motifs. They are made to be reusable, either for food items or miscellaneous items, and are traditionally called "tins" or "cookie tins."