On 2/13/2015 11:29 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/13/2015 1:48 PM, James Silverton 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?
>>
>>
>
> It could be that jar is a standard size that holds a standard number of
> fluid ounces and the marmalade is sold by weight. Different product
> have different density also. If they put grape jelly in it the weight
> may be 500g at the same fill level.

I'm not completely convinced but it's a reasonable solution. I'm not
going to do any experiments and, anyway, I don't like grape jelly :-)

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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