Multi-Compartment Grain Storage Container – Airtight Pantry Bin

A pantry container divided into separate compartments and sealed airtight, intended for grains such as rice, flour, lentils and oats kept in one vessel rather than several. The compartments are the design decision here: a single container's footprint holds what would otherwise take up a shelf of jars.

An airtight seal is what makes dry storage worth doing at all. Grains take up moisture from the air, which is what turns them soft and lets them spoil, and a seal holds the contents at a stable humidity instead of the room's. Separate compartments also stop the contents mixing and keep smells from crossing between them, which matters as soon as strongly scented items share a single container.

On a pantry shelf or out on a counter, holding whatever gets reached for most often. Consolidating several opened bags into one container is mostly about making the quantities visible again.

• Type: Airtight storage container
• Configuration: Multiple compartments