A method for forming a plastic container, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plastic preform; heating the preform; locating the preform within a mold comprising mold halves, the mold having cavity surfaces defining a cavity generally corresponding to a desired shape of a resultant container; heating an end product to an elevated temperature, the elevated temperature being above ambient temperature; introducing the heated end product into the heated preform to at least partially cause the heated preformed to expand into contact with the cavity surfaces and to conform with the shape of the cavity, thereby forming the resultant container filled with the heated end product, the resultant container having a first size; removing the resultant container filled with the heated end product from within the mold; capping and sealing the resultant container with the heated end product therein to form a capped container; shrinking the capped container to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size, the step of shrinking the capped container includes the step of modulating the shrinkage of the container with latent heat of the heated end product, characterized in that - after simultaneous molding and filling of the resultant container, the resultant container is capped and sealed, - thereafter, the capped resultant container undergoes controlled cooling to produce the final container with the end product located therein, - by controlling the temperature of the mold halves, the temperature of the preform and the temperature of the end product during forming of the resultant container, the resulting crystallinity of the plastic forming the resultant container is controlled, - thereafter, by controlling the ambient temperature about the capped resultant container, the rate at which the capped resultant container cools is also controlled, - such as by controlling the crystallinity of the resultant container and the rate at which the resultant container cools results in the ability to control the shrinkage experienced by the resultant container. providing a plastic preform; heating the preform; locating the preform within a mold comprising mold halves, the mold having cavity surfaces defining a cavity generally corresponding to a desired shape of a resultant container; heating an end product to an elevated temperature, the elevated temperature being above ambient temperature; introducing the heated end product into the heated preform to at least partially cause the heated preformed to expand into contact with the cavity surfaces and to conform with the shape of the cavity, thereby forming the resultant container filled with the heated end product, the resultant container having a first size; removing the resultant container filled with the heated end product from within the mold; capping and sealing the resultant container with the heated end product therein to form a capped container; shrinking the capped container to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size, the step of shrinking the capped container includes the step of modulating the shrinkage of the container with latent heat of the heated end product, characterized in that - after simultaneous molding and filling of the resultant container, the resultant container is capped and sealed, - thereafter, the capped resultant container undergoes controlled cooling to produce the final container with the end product located therein, - by controlling the temperature of the mold halves, the temperature of the preform and the temperature of the end product during forming of the resultant container, the resulting crystallinity of the plastic forming the resultant container is controlled, - thereafter, by controlling the ambient temperature about the capped resultant container, the rate at which the capped resultant container cools is also controlled, - such as by controlling the crystallinity of the resultant container and the rate at which the resultant container cools results in the ability to control the shrinkage experienced by the resultant container. - after simultaneous molding and filling of the resultant container, the resultant container is capped and sealed, - thereafter, the capped resultant container undergoes controlled cooling to produce the final container with the end product located therein, - by controlling the temperature of the mold halves, the temperature of the preform and the temperature of the end product during forming of the resultant container, the resulting crystallinity of the plastic forming the resultant container is controlled, - thereafter, by controlling the ambient temperature about the capped resultant container, the rate at which the capped resultant container cools is also controlled, - such as by controlling the crystallinity of the resultant container and the rate at which the resultant container cools results in the ability to control the shrinkage experienced by the resultant container.