Krudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1937arrow-down1135file-text
arrow-up1802arrow-down1imageIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldKrudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square257fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down2·edit-211 months ago The maximum allowable variance for a package with a net weight declaration of 5 oz is 5/16 oz. oddly, that’s just over 8g, the difference noted in OP’s example. so, OP’s package is within he allowable tolerance, just.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months ago5/16 oz out of 5 oz is just over 6%.
minus-squareGenEcon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoThank you! I don’t get why they use such weird measurements. Why not use %?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoProbably because, as evidenced by most others’ attempts to do simple arithmetic in this thread, percentages are even more difficult to calculate.
oddly, that’s just over 8g, the difference noted in OP’s example. so, OP’s package is within he allowable tolerance, just.
5/16 oz out of 5 oz is just over 6%.
Thank you! I don’t get why they use such weird measurements. Why not use %?
Probably because, as evidenced by most others’ attempts to do simple arithmetic in this thread, percentages are even more difficult to calculate.