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So why not just snap to simplified Chinese? You'd get a billion person headstart and the ideograms are probably just as arbitrary.

• Banthum 9y ago
  I did have that thought! But most likely these are all several characters in Chinese.
• claar 9y ago
  protein: 蛋白 fat: 脂肪 salt: 盐 carbohydrate: 糖类 calorie: 千卡 I dunno...
  • yorwba 9y ago
    I just checked a bag of noodles I had lying around, and it uses protein: 蛋白质, fat: 脂肪, sodium: 钠, carbohydrates: 碳水化合物, energy content: 能量 (measured in kJ: 千焦) So there is the additional problem of a. measuring different things (or using different units) and b. using different words to mean the same things.
    • 13of40 9y ago
      I think the important question is whether a Chinese reader would understand the character脂 (also 'fat') on its own without the whole phrase, the way we would understand 'carb' or 'cal'.
      • claar 9y ago
        That's a great thought.. can anyone chime in?