To be clear, this is a jab at the copious amount of sugar that companies throttle down our throats. It’s a critique of big companies.

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    20 hours ago

    Grams per ounce as a measurement is hurting my brain, but yes, it’s a disturbing amount.

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      That’s 3.25 g/floz, so:

      units "3.25 grams per floz" "grams per litre"
      	* 114.38401
      	/ 0.0087424808
      

      That is repulsive.

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Why the fuck would you use grams per litre. We use grams per 100 grams of products. Coke is like 33% sugar, that’s easy to calculate if you have g per 100g.

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          Why are you so upset about having to move the decimal point a single place to get your preferred output?

          I could see this reaction from someone using freedom units, but it’s just over the top for a sane measurement system.

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          Why not? Coke’s density is nearly equal to water, so once you’ve got everything in SI units, calculations become trivial. One litre of water is 1 kg/l, 100 g is 100 ml, which makes it 11.4 g of sugar in 100 g of product.

          (edit) The “original” can of coke (sold in the EU) in my hand doesn’t use grams. It lists the nutritional content in reference to both 100 millilitres and the can’s nominal volume of 330 ml. It says it contains 11.2 grams of sugar in 100 ml.

          Now calculating that in Troy pounds per long hundredweight would be actual insanity.