Hmm, in London I realised this tin of Dr. Pepper I bought was labelled twice as "355ml", but yet I know 355ml is 12 __American__ fluidounces!! What is going on here guys!?!?

The standard size for a soda can (tin) in the US is 12 fl. oz. (US) – although you do occasionally see cans in 8 fl. oz. (US) and 16 fl. oz. (US). So, to answer your question, I suspect it’s because Dr. Pepper is an American company – just like you might find a British beer sold in British fluid ounces here (I’m not a beer drinker, so I can’t say for sure).

This is not unlike a conversation Steve and I were having regarding specialty Coca-Cola glasses, found at: http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=101350&messageid=1091833018&lp=1095543212

The significant thing is tho' Niles is that Dr. Pepper, like all soft drinks here, is sold in 330 ml tins. sometimes, on foreign imports, US or UK floz are given as well, but it remains 330 ml. This is the first 12 US floz tin I have seen.

<<all soft drinks here [are] sold in 330 ml tins>>

Okay, then you're absolutely right – that is weird (I thought I remembered your Pepsi cans being smaller…). Could it be that the degree of metrication you guys have has made it harder for their UK bottling plants to acquire Imperial sized equipment? But if that were true, then the trend would be seen in all Coca-Cola products, not just Dr. Pepper. Maybe someone should e-mail Coke and ask them what’s up.

If the price is the same as your ordinary-size tin, count your blessings, my friend – you’re getting more for your money.

Don't know about Coca Cola plants, but the fill heads on bottling equipment I've seen can be set to any desired (metric) measure (within certain parameters obviously)

I searched on "fill heads" and came up with

http://www.whytechemicals.co.uk/webSites/Whytechems/Whyte%20Chemicals.nsf/0/a84f4378a646a5da80256a25004afd61?OpenDocument

"To serve the bead milling systems there are various types of filling machines installed in the building.

2. A two head automatic Karmelle filler with a break tank, labeller, jet coder, check weigh facility, nitrogen purge facility, capper, induction sealer and boxing equipment with box coder. This machine can fill any bottle size from 0.5 Lts. to 10 Lts. It has the capacity to fill at the rate of about 1,500 Lts per hour into 5 & 10 Litre bottles and at a rate of about 500 bottles an hour on the 0.5 Lt to 1 Lt range.

3. 1 single head semi automatic filling machines with all the above ancillary equipment. With a capacity for filling about 800 Lts. per hour into 5 and 10 litre bottles. This line would generally be used for relatively small filling runs of approximately 200 Lts. up to 5,000 Lts.

4. A 6 head automatic filler with all the ancillary equipment. This can be fed from the flowable plant or from an independent header tank. This equipment is used to fill bottles ranging from 250 mls to 1Lt and has a capacity of up to 10,000 units per shift. The throughput is very dependent on the type of product being filled."

5. A 4 head automatic filler with all the ancillary equipment. Again this can be fed from the flowable plant or from an independent header tank. The filling range is 250 mils to 1 Lt and has a capacity for filling approximately 7,000 units per shift. Again the through put is very dependent on the type of product being filled."

Bryan:
About 5 years ago, I was given, with my 6 spicy wings at a local takewaya a 355ml can of coke. It was of all things from France. I have never seen another, despite seeing ones marked 33cl, 0,3L 330ml and other such codes.

Where did you buy it?
S.CRuple

A newsagents on regent Street run, oddly enough, by Englishmen it would seem (and not one of these arabic shops). I have commented before on how a number of the foreign tins of drink seem to be 330 ml marked in UK or US floz afterwards, but this is the first time I have seen a tin that was of a "non-metric size" (not that 330ml is exactly a metric size, but that is not relevant)