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ELI5: why do some heavy products come in thin cardboard packaging (like soda cans), but some light products come in stout cardboard packaging (like toddler applesauce pouches)?

Most packaging seems pretty unintuitive!

Edit: great answers everyone, thanks!
gpt
Soda cans by themselves typically are great at staying erect.  They are also pressurized which helps hold the load.  So, the box basically only needs to hold the weight of the cans so a person can carry them around.  

The applesauce pouches are much more flaccid so the packaging has to prevent the pouches from squishing down and ejaculating their contents everywhere.