Le Parfait

Welcome to our Le Parfait boutique, a French brand of glass preserving jars created in the early 1930s by the Verreries Mécaniques Champenoises (VMC) in Reims. Born at a time when domestic glass preserving was emerging as a reference practice, the brand established itself in French grocery stores with a clear positioning: to democratise the rubber-sealed airtight jar for home use. More than 90 years later, Le Parfait remains an absolute benchmark for home preserving and canning, with French manufacturing in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Le Parfait's expertise

Le Parfait masters the full range of techniques associated with home canning: mechanical clip jars, screw-top jars, dedicated sealing rings and sterilisation accessories. Thick glass, precise neck calibration and seal reliability are the brand's signatures.

• Mechanical clip jars (Super): historic closing system with metal lever and rubber seal
• Screw-top jars (Familia Wiss): terrine system, ideal for pâtés and confits
• Jam jars (Confiturier): wide-neck jars for jams and compotes
• Rubber seals and accessories: dedicated spare parts for every format

Most popular collections on AZ Boutique

The Le Parfait jars available on AZ Boutique cover the main uses of home preserving, from fruit to long-keep preparations.

• Familia Wiss: screw-top jars for terrines, pâtés and long-keep preserves, AZ Boutique's best-selling collection
• Super: the historic mechanical clip and rubber seal collection, the reusable Le Parfait reference
• Confiturier: wide-neck jars for jams, compotes and jellies
• Fraîcheur: jars dedicated to short-term refrigerator storage and transport

Choosing your Le Parfait jars

What is the difference between Super and Familia Wiss jars?

The Super jar is Le Parfait's historic model: mechanical lever, round rubber seal, separate glass lid. It opens and closes indefinitely — the seal being the only part to replace. The Familia Wiss uses a screw-on metal lid with a built-in flat seal: the lid is single-use for vacuum sealing, making it the reference format for terrines and long-keep confits.

How do I succeed at home canning with a Le Parfait jar?

For successful canning, the jar and its seal must be clean and intact. Fill to 2 cm from the rim to leave the necessary headspace for the vacuum, close, then sterilise in a water bath or steriliser for the time required by the recipe (from 30 minutes for jams to 3 hours for meat). On cooling, the seal forms the vacuum that signals a successful preserve.

How can I check that a Le Parfait jar is properly sealed?

For a Super jar, after cooling, gently lift the glass lid without the clip: it should remain held by vacuum. For a Familia Wiss, the centre of the metal lid should be slightly indented inward. If the lid bulges or clicks, the vacuum has not formed: the preserve must be eaten quickly or restarted.

Do I need to change Le Parfait seals after every use?

For Super jars, the red rubber seal should be replaced for each new sterilisation: it is the wear part that ensures the vacuum's integrity. The glass lid and metal clip last for decades. Le Parfait sells replacement seals for every format to allow long-cycle use of the original jar.

Le Parfait on AZ Boutique

Discover more than 50 Le Parfait products on AZ Boutique, mainly in Glassware and Kitchen utensils: Super jars, Familia Wiss jars, jam jars, seals and home preserving accessories.