710 ml is quite strange for bottled drink size. 750 ml is the normal
size for wine, and it could be used for other drinks easily and logically.
David King
Euric wrote:
Why not 330 mL, 500 mL, 750 mL, 1 L and 2 L? Why 710 mL?
Euric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Chernack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, 2004-08-13 12:34
Subject: [USMA:30740] RE: 0.5 liter bottles.
Some stores advertise them as "1/2 liter", others as "16.9 oz". I have
noticed that the Coke bottles have .5 liter on the top of the label and
16.9
oz (500 mL) on the bottom. Pepsi has 16.9 oz in big print at the top and
16.9 (500 mL) on the bottom.
On another note, I think it is ridiculous that we have so many sizes of
drinks to begin with. We only need about 4 or 5 (355 ml, 500 ml, 710 ml,
1
l and 2 l). I thought it was silly to add the 1.5 l bottles as they have
only done it to get more shelf space in the supermarket. Personally, I
would rather buy a 2 l over a 1.5 l as it is more economical. If I didn't
need as much, a smaller size would be fine.
Phil
