Brent: Is the letter below one you sent to the manufacturer? It sounds like it to me, but I didn't catch anywhere that made that clear to me.
Ezra JPB Cliveden wrote: > I was particularly disappointed this week to receive as part of a lunch pack > a bottle of "fresh Samantha pure spring water" (their use of upper and lower > cases) labelled as "16.9 OZ (1/2LITER)" (again, their upper case and spacing > or lack thereof). Not only is it hard to read such a volume label; it is > also embarrassing to think that Fresh Samantha has apparently not hired any > high school graduates in Scarborough, Maine to design their product labels > in such a way as to make the volume readily apparent in SI units. It is also > unfortunate that our labeling standards allow this type of error. (BTW, had > I not received this bottle as part of the lunch, I would not have purchased > it, as I make it a point to try to avoid products with labels that are > inaccurate, misleading, or poorly or unattractively designed, even if the > packaging is metric.) > > On a different subject, the Nutrition Facts label on this bottle reminds me > of the confusion generated by labels based on old units (a serving size of > "8 oz. (240mL)" (their abbreviations and spacing) that provide a mixture of > SI and non-SI units for fat, sodium, carbohydrates, protein, and Calories. > Why has the government not defined the serving size to be 250 to reflect SI > units? A little less than 2.1 servings in the bottle. Good thing all the > nutrition numbers per 8 oz are 0, or I wouldn't know how much fat I was > ingesting by drinking this water! > > Best regards, > Brent > > _____ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Nat Hager III > Sent: 20 April 2002 17:37 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19545] Gatorade > > >From www.packexpo.com. 500 ml designer water is well entrenched by now, but > it would be nice to get rid of 709 ml ("24 floozy") and round it off to > something rational. > > Nat > > Gatorade ‘propels’ into bottled water market > (04-08-2002 - Ben Miyares' Packaging Management Update(R)) > > Gatorade Co. (Quaker Oats/PepsiCo), Chicago, IL, launches Propel Fitness > Water nationally later this month in 500-, 700-millilitre PET bottles. > Ergonomically designed sport’s bottle (700-ml size) features squeezable grip > zone, easy twist open/close mouthpiece cap. Lightly flavored, noncarbonated, > purified water contains B vitamins to assist in conversion of fats, > carbohydrates into energy; antioxidant Vitamins C, E to help neutralize body > ’s free radicals; 10 calories per 8-ounce serving. Four-flavor line includes > Black Cherry, Lemon, Orange, Berry.
