710 ml is a soft conversion of the 24-oz size, which is somewhat common. cm
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David King Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 17:39 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:30764] RE: 0.5 liter bottles. 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 >> >>
