On 7/4/2014 1:02 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> I noticed recently that Trader Joe's has a replaced their line of
> preserves with those from E.D. Smith of Winona, ON, Canada.
> The jams are pretty good but I wonder why they use 17.5oz jars? That
> doesn't seem any likely metric measure either.


Sure it is. Rounded off from 500 grams. True conversion is 496.116655
grams 500g is actually 17.63698 oz.