For those who answered the 440ml beer question!?!
Why do/did beer manufactures choose 440ml for its cans of beer, why such an odd amount, ie: 440ml not 450ml!
Answers: A pint is 568ml so that can't be the answer!
Why do/did beer manufactures choose 440ml for its cans of beer, why such an odd amount, ie: 440ml not 450ml!
DRINKS cans are now made in dozens of sizes worldwide, depending on local needs, from 150ml up to 750ml. Before the second world war, beer in the US was filled in steel cans which used what had been a traditional size for canning peas. This held 12 fluid ounces of drink and the volume and diameter of the can was retained when the modern style of so-called "two-piece" (with a lid and a body) drinks can was introduced in the late fifties. A volume of 12oz is 355ml, and this is still the standard in the US: in Europe it was converted to the round figure of about one-third of a litre, or 330ml. Demand in Europe for bigger volumes in beer cans lead to the third larger size of 440ml and later the 500ml. Smaller sizes such as 150ml, 200 and 250ml are employed for children's drinks and mixers where bigger volumes are not required. Regional traditions influence can sizes. In Venezuela, 8oz and 10oz beer and soft-drinks cans prevailed until recently because they fitted in the local cooled vending machines.
Because a can or botlle holds 12 ounces.
I did not make my point..
The marketing ploys have always cheated the consumer.
The consumer has always accepted it with out looking
that is why I continue to buy Keystone 12 pak @ $4.89 +
I buy 2 total $11.78 = 49￠ea.
But I admit I can not find that price in the big cities
But that is because the store owners are gouging US
Could it be 330ml cans 33% extra free
originally there was only one country making cans so everybody had to use them. There was only 1 size so all packaging, shelving, vending machines etc were made to suit. once more sizes became available most people kept the standard size as it was too costly to change. metrication came along and the can was converted into the nearest equivalent which was 440ml.