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Hot pastes and condiments

Buckets for adjika, mustard, and tomato paste

Homemade adjika and khrenovina (horseradish relish) at the bazaar, mustard for kholodets (meat aspic), tomato paste for lagman and shorpo, pepper sauce for ashlan-fu: hot and spicy pastes are packed in small buckets for the market stall and large ones for cafe kitchens. HTI makes food-grade buckets from 560 ml to 21 L. The lid seals into a double rim to keep odors in, the wide opening lets a spoon reach the bottom, and the OPEN tamper-evident tear strip shows whether the bucket has been opened.

0.56-21 Lsizes for pastes
15 mlone spoonful in our calculations
373spoonfuls of paste in a 5.6 L bucket
OPENtamper-evident seal
Spoon counter

How many spoonfuls in a bucket

Hot pastes are used by the spoonful and by the ramekin. Choose a bucket and a measure: the tool shows how many servings one bucket holds and how many buckets you need for a thousand servings. You can also set your own serving size in milliliters.

Packaging from this page's lineup
560 ml plastic bucket80 mm
Ø 118 mm
900 ml plastic bucket134 mm
Ø 127 mm
1 L plastic bucket121 mm
Ø 132.5 mm
2.3 L plastic bucket132 mm
Ø 175 mm
3.8 L plastic bucket176 mm
Ø 200 mm
5.6 L plastic bucket193 mm
Ø 224 mm
11.5 L plastic bucket234 mm
Ø 295 mm
Hot and spicy

Smell, color, acidity: what sets spicy pastes apart

Mayonnaise and ketchup are mild, but adjika, horseradish, and mustard are products with character. They smell strong, stain everything red, and lose their heat if left open too long. That's why makers of hot pastes have their own questions about packaging, and below are answers to the four main ones.

White 5.6 L plastic bucket with lid and bail handle on a steel table in a Karakol lagman house kitchen next to hand-pulled noodles
Lagman house kitchen5.6 L: 373 tablespoons of tomato paste
The heat stays in the bucket

Horseradish and mustard lose their potency in open air, and in an open bowl their bite fades noticeably. The flat lid snaps back into the double rim after every scoop and keeps garlic and pepper odors from spreading through the cold room.

Red on white

Over time, tomato and pepper pastes can stain the inside wall, just as they stain any plastic container. So don't reuse an adjika bucket for dairy or cream. Stick to a simple rule: one container, one product.

Right down to the bottom

Paste is thick: you don't pour it, you scoop it. The tapered body widens toward the top, so a spoon or spatula runs along the wall all the way to the bottom without leaving residue in the corners. In a cafe where paste is scooped dozens of times per shift, that saves both product and the cook's time.

Homemade adjika, no tampering

At the bazaar, people buying hot paste worry that it's been watered down or tasted with a dirty spoon. The OPEN tamper-evident tear strip under the rim comes off only on first opening, and an intact bucket on the counter is more convincing than any sales pitch.

Counting in spoonfuls

How many spoonfuls in one bucket

Hot pastes aren't used by the liter: the cook adds a spoonful of tomato paste to the lagman, and the server sets a ramekin of mustard next to the meat. That's why bucket size is easier to measure in servings. In the table, nominal capacity is converted into 15 ml tablespoons and 30 ml ramekins, rounded down. Compare the figures with how many dishes your kitchen serves a day.

Lineup at the same scalebody width and height per factory spec sheets
VolumeModelOpening, mm15 ml spoonfuls30 ml ramekinsBest for
560 mlPKS5601183718homemade adjika at the bazaar
900 mlPKS900H1276030mustard and horseradish for retail
1 LPK10132.56633family supply, small cafe
2.3 LPK2317515376shashlik cafe, small canteen
3.8 LPK38200253126cafe serving local cuisine
5.6 LPK56224373186lagman house, busy kitchen
11.5 LPK115295766383paste producer, wholesale shipments

If a lagman house uses one spoonful of tomato paste per serving and dishes out a hundred and fifty servings a day, a 2.3 L bucket covers one shift and a 5.6 L bucket lasts two or three days. Mustard and horseradish are used more slowly and lose their heat in an open container, so choose a smaller size than the calculator suggests.

How to choose

Pick the size by how fast you use it

For spicy pastes, choose the size by how quickly the paste gets eaten once opened, not by how much you produce. The slower it goes, the smaller the bucket. If your recipe is acidic and contains vinegar, test it in a trial batch of buckets before switching your whole output over.

1Homemade adjika and horseradish relish at the bazaar: 560 ml, about 37 spoonfuls, a family-size purchase.560 ml bucket
2Mustard and horseradish for store shelves: 900 ml with a molded-in handle, or a 1 L bucket.900 ml bucket1 L bucket
3Shashlik cafes and small canteens: 2.3 L or 3.8 L of adjika to serve with meat.2.3 L bucket3.8 L bucket
4Lagman houses and Uyghur and Dungan cafes: 5.6 L of tomato or pepper paste right by the stove.5.6 L bucket
5Paste producers and wholesalers: 11.5 L or 18 L with a bail handle and plastic grip.11.5 L bucket
White 900 ml plastic bucket with molded-in handle and lid on a market stall in Shymkent next to a pile of red peppers
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Logistics

Fall preserving season without running out of packaging

Adjika and tomato pastes are mostly made in the fall, when peppers and tomatoes get cheaper, so you need packaging for the whole canning season at once. Empty buckets arrive nested in stacks, so a month's supply for your shop fits in a corner of the storeroom. You can pick up from the factory warehouse in the Bishkek Free Economic Zone (FEZ), Ak-Chiy village, and our own trucks deliver across Bishkek and Chuy Region, including Tokmok and Kant. We ship buckets to Karakol, Osh, Jalal-Abad, Talas, and Naryn via a freight carrier, and to producers in Shymkent, Almaty, Taraz, and Astana by the pallet within the EAEU. Your sales manager confirms delivery time and cost when you place your order. If you buy your peppers and tomatoes in the south, it's easy to collect empty buckets from the factory on your way back through Bishkek.

White 3.8 L plastic bucket with lid and bail handle on a wooden table by the grill of a roadside cafe, next to skewers
Questions and answers

Frequently asked questions about buckets for spicy pastes

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Yes, food-grade polypropylene buckets are used for adjika, mustard, horseradish, and tomato pastes. For recipes with vinegar and lots of spices, run a trial batch and test the product and packaging together before launching full production.

Spicy pastes have a strong smell, and a bucket can hold on to it even after washing. That's why buckets that held adjika or horseradish aren't reused for dairy products or baked goods. Keep a dedicated set of buckets for your product, and pack each new batch in new buckets.

Work out how many spoonfuls of paste go into one serving and how many servings you make a day. A busy lagman house usually does well with the 5.6 L bucket, a small cafe with the 2.3 L. Large 11.5 L buckets are handy for storage and production.

Our sales manager prices each order based on size, quantity, body color, and printing. Call +996 222 600 292, tell us your products and seasonal output, and you'll get a quote for the full set of sizes at once.

Yes, with a label or in-mold labeling (IML). An IML label is fused into the wall during molding and doesn't come off in the wash, so red drips rinse away without damaging the design. One bucket mold can carry different designs for hot, medium, and mild adjika.

Yes, by the pallet within the EAEU to Shymkent, Almaty, Taraz, Astana, and other cities. Your sales manager confirms delivery time and cost when you place the order. One pallet holds 7,200 of the 900 ml buckets or 1,920 of the 5.6 L buckets.

Clear buckets show off the bright color of adjika and pepper paste on the counter. White ones hide any staining on the walls and make your branding stand out, so cafes and wholesale buyers choose them more often.

Catalog

Packaging for spicy pastes in the HTI catalog

The catalog lists every bucket from 560 ml to 21 L, with dimensions and handle options. For milder sauces, see buckets for mayonnaise and sauces; for spicy salads, see buckets for Korean-style salads.

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Making adjika or pastes to sell?

Tell our sales manager which pastes you make and who buys them: bazaar shoppers, stores, or cafes. You'll get sizes matched to each channel, a pallet count for the canning season, and tips on fitting the product name and heat level on the bucket wall. If you also make pickles or Korean carrot salad alongside adjika, mention those too: one size often works for several products at once.