On 13/02/2015 2:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-02-13 3:07 PM, graham wrote:
>
>>> I also saw that the marmalade was made in Canada and the jar contained
>>> 17.5 oz. This, as the jar indicates, is 496g. I wonder why they don't
>>> put a little more in the jar and make its weight a round 500g?
>>>
>>>
>> But that would be 17.64oz and USians would then ask why it wasn't
>> rounded off to 18oz.
>> Pre-packed coffee and other items up here are often sold in 454g
>> packets. Go figure!
>
>
> That is because 454 grams is pretty darned close to a pound.
>
That was my point. Why not round down to 450g or up to 500g?
The former would be easily attainable without much modification of the
packaging machinery.
Graham