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TIL the FDA uses metric system.
by ggrelet 3y ago
TIL the FDA uses metric system.
- Hamuko 3y agoAren't all nutritional labels in the US in metric?
- ornornor 3y agoWait really? You buy quantities in imperial but the nutritional labels are in metric? Good luck with that!
- tedunangst 3y agoWhy would I need to be lucky? When would I care how many ounces of protein are in my sandwich?
- ornornor 3y agoSounds overly complicated? Especially if one unit makes sense to you but the other one doesn’t because you never use it in daily life?
- dmonitor 3y agoserving size is usually in imperial
- kube-system 3y agoAll packaged foods in the US are required by law to be dual labelled in metric and customary units since 1994. The package size, serving size, and nutrition facts are all labelled in metric. It is really a myth to say that the US "doesn't use metric". (and it's also a myth to say that they use imperial units, US customary units diverge in many cases from imperial units) The US widely uses a mix of both customary and metric units.
- toast0 3y agoDon't worry, our labels say calories, but are really kilocalories. The serving sizes are often in imperial (although the closest label shows serving size 1 can). The quantities of fat, sodium, sugar, protein are all grams or milligrams for sodium. But ounces and grams for those things are equally unrelatable for me. I don't consider the mass of these items, I just know them as a quantity on a label. If I were cooking and adding sugar or salt, it would be by volume, not mass.