![]() ![]() Is only the UK an exception? DirkvdM 09:55, 2 December 2005 (UTC) Reply In the UK, soft drink cans are 330ml and bottles are 500ml almost without exception. Bottles used to be 330 ml in the Netherlands too, but I thought all of Europe had changed to the standard bottles. Lomn | Talk / RfC 14:50, 1 December 2005 (UTC) Reply I based the fluid ounce thing on the article - point three says 1 fluid ounce is exactly 30 ml. Similarly, a handy 20 fl oz bottle lists 591 ml, for 29.6 ml / fl oz again. My 12 fl oz can of Coke is 355 ml, for 29.6 ml / fl oz. AllanHainey 13:22, 1 December 2005 (UTC) Reply The fluid ounce (at least in the US) has not been redefined, though 30 ml is a close approximation. DirkvdM 08:09, 1 December 2005 (UTC) Reply It's been a wee while since I bought a can of fizzy juice but they were always 330ml in the UK, as far as I know they still are. 30 ml is also the standard beer bottle volume in Europe, and, what's more, all bottles are the same shape, so bottles can be used interchangeably between companies (or how do you say that?). Is there a mistake in the article? By the way, in Europe it's also 30 ml. Apparently it has been redefined to coincide with 30 ml. Anonymous, 06:00 UTC, DecemDepends on which fluid ounce you mean. As to why competing companies will often settle on a single standard size, like the 12-ounce can, that's because the can makers and the vending machine makers can give them a better price if they do that. That's the way it seems to have gone with soft drinks in recent decades - with many other products they prefer to keep reducing the size while leaving the price the same. They might introduce a 20-ounce bottle at the old 16-ounce price, then when everyone has gotten used to drinking 25% more, raise the price a few cents (most of the price is for the container and handling, not the drink) and come out ahead. A company will change the size of their product whenever they think they can make more money that way. You may remember that the next larger size (in the US) of soft drinks was a 16 fl.oz. No special reason that's just what it happens to be now, but these things often change over time. Why is the standard Soda/Beer can 12 fluid ounces? ![]()
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