Has nutrituinal information on food packs ever been in Imperial? I mean, I accept that the [kilo]calorie is accepted in this field whereas the BTU is not, however....


We do have units in imperial to express the information as it is expressed in metric customarily (i.e. mass units- pounds, pounces, drams, grains; energy units- foot-pound, inch-pound, BTU etc.; capacity units- fluidounces, pints etc).

So.....

Has nutrit. info. ever been in English units?

It is highly unlikely that nutritional information will ever be expressed in Imperial units. It never has been. Moreover, the same information is expressed the same way throughout the EU - something for which I was thankful.

I am diabetic and as such must be very careful about my sugar intake. When I was working in Germany and in Italy, I knew that I could look at a label in s supermarket and I knew that it had exactly the same meaning as the label in the UK.

Has nutrituinal information on food packs ever been in Imperial? I mean, I accept that the [kilo]calorie is accepted in this field whereas the BTU is not, however....


We do have units in imperial to express the information as it is expressed in metric customarily (i.e. mass units- pounds, pounces, drams, grains; energy units- foot-pound, inch-pound, BTU etc.; capacity units- fluidounces, pints etc).

So.....

Has nutrit. info. ever been in English units?

metre:
How could it ever be in imperial when virtually nobody knows what a grain is and how many there are to various units. Mind you it's you people, who extol the virtues of not needing to know the inter relationships of units. By the way how would you express a ml? In fractions?

The simple answer is no, nutritional information (other than the serving size) has never been in imperial.
However, it would be just as simple to have it in imperial, because (in the US at least) only one unit may be used for each item. For example, sodium content must be given in milligrams. It may not be given in grams. All that matters are the RELATIVE NUMBERS. The units are irrelevant.

Millounces- fractions and multiples thereof, along with the millifluidounce and BTU would work.

Not strictly the case.

Althought the nutrient bit is in metric, the column headings used by tesco show both per metric and per imperial notion.

Re: Nutritional Information in Imperial?? July 27 2004, 8:42 AM

Bryan:
Millounces- fractions and multiples thereof, along with the millifluidounce and BTU would work.

metre:
Truly a mouthful. In true imperialistic spirit you advocate yet another set of measurements. Viva all confusing diversity!

err, wot?

He had no counter-argument, Bryan

Re: Nutritional Information in Imperial?? July 28 2004, 9:18 AM

Bryan:
Millounces- fractions and multiples thereof, along with the millifluidounce and BTU would work.

metre:
Truly a mouthful. In true imperialistic spirit you advocate yet another set of measurements. Viva all confusing diversity!

Bryan:
err, wot?

metre:
I never knew business and people used millounces. Can you give me some examples please?

Metre, Bryan said these units "would work". No one said that anyone used them. Look before you jump.

Yes, and given "milli" is but a mere prefix, it wouldn't be a great jump for people to understand millounces.