I think you are probably correct that it's probably 185 g, however 6 ounces is 
170 grams so it still does not quite add up. And if you put a mass for imperial 
nutrition data, they should put a mass for the metric data.

Mike

On 04/10/2011, at 15:52 , John M. Steele wrote:

> I assume the alcohol by volume is relatively low (wine diluted by fruit 
> juice).  Also it contains unfermented sugar.  The sugar would contribute to 
> SG being higher than water, the alcohol to being lower.  SG is probably 
> fairly close to 1, plus or minus.  They might have omitted a digit in 
> printing (185 g) or made some other error. 
>  
> 8 g of carbs is only 32 calories, leaving 68 calories (roughly 10 g) of 
> alcohol.  Do they declare ABV on the front label?  I get roughly 6.7% ABV 
> from my crude numbers.
> 
> --- On Tue, 10/4/11, Michael Payne <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> From: Michael Payne <[email protected]>
> Subject: [USMA:51194] Suspect Nutrition data?
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 2:48 PM
> 
> Found this on the back of a Wine Spritzer, 6 fl oz and 85 g? A direct 
> conversion of fluid ounces would have been 177 ml or the same in grams if it 
> were water, so something is wrong with this picture.
> 
> Alcohol has a relative density of 0,8 so the true conversion from 177 ml to 
> grams would be around 141,6 grams.
> 
> Mike Payne

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