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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11612572

I bought 175 g pack of salami which had 162 g of salami as well.

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[–] rah@feddit.uk 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How do you know the packaging was printed for the US market?

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's actually more likely that it wasn't printed for the US market (pasta in the US is most commonly sold in packages of 1 pound/453g), but that brand of pasta does sell to a US market which subjects them to US regulations. It seems weird to me that they would go through the effort of cheating on packaging only in some markets.

It's a lot more likely that the pictured disparity is caused by a combination of (1) the 410g figure being a nominal value with an accepted error margin, and (2) home kitchen scales not being the most precise instruments.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

It’s actually more likely that it wasn’t printed for the US market

The English-French bilingual packaging suggests this particular box was sold in Canada (although the brand isn't familiar to me). I'm sure we have some similar law, though.