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In Finland, they advertise the largest container of mayonnaise as "American Size"

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  • O [email protected]

    Are all your jars made from plastic?

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    For most things where dropping it is likely and would definitely break it. It also lines up with the cost change for glass going up as the container gets bigger.

    I figure part of it is people having a preference for the lighter jar for big quantities, and liking the rigidity of glass for the smaller ones.

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    • K [email protected]

      600g? Those are rookie numbers. You call that American size? Our smallest jars are 390 (15 oz) grams. Regular and large jars are 780 (30 oz) and 1248 grams (48 oz). And they do have ridiculously big jars too, 1 gallon jars, i.e. 128 oz and 3328 grams, for, like, restaurants and doomsday preppers... or dudes that just really love mayonnaise, I guess.

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      Restaurants use a 10 gallon bucket (37.8 liters).

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      • S [email protected]

        Liter? Americans aren't even consistent with their weird systems of measurements. Why is it not marked as 568.3844 fl oz? Or 0.244 football fields or 38.38383 yards or smth

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        All food and drinks are sold in metric amounts which typically are also very close to an imperial measure.

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        • N [email protected]

          For anyone unaware, the gallon size of condiments (mayo, ranch dressing, hot sauce, etc) is typically for food service. IOW, restaurants and the like.

          That said, there's nothing stopping individuals from getting it, so the point is still valid.

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          The 10 gallon size is for food service. The gallon size is for large families. I knew a couple with ten kids who would kill a gallon of mayo quickly.

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          • D [email protected]

            I just converted it. It's more than 200kg!
            Does the whole family drink a glass of it everyday?
            How in the world are you finishing that in a month?

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            They are exaggerating. The foodservice packs top out at 10 gallons/37.85 liters as it becomes too heavy.

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            • Q [email protected]

              Restaurants use a 10 gallon bucket (37.8 liters).

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              So does my homemade mayo shower.

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              • heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                Am Statesian. That's a medium here

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                Costco size in the US:

                For those in less free areas, that's about 3x the size as the one in the picture. Regular grocery-store mayo (in a jar) is about half the Costco size (something like 850 grams?), and mayo in a squeeze bottle is about the size of the jar picture above.

                We, uh, kinda like mayo here...

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                • K [email protected]

                  Wow, this made me realize I haven't seen mayo in a glass jar in years.

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                  Avocado mayo comes in a glass jar in my area.

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                  • vicksvaporbbqrub@sh.itjust.worksV [email protected]

                    Mayo tanker truck waiting patiently for the BBQ sauce and Pepto Bismol tanker trucks to depart...

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                    As someone who lives in Utah, there better be a ketchup truck pulling up soon because I have a hankering for fry sauce!

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                    • O [email protected]

                      Are all your jars made from plastic?

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                      The cheap stuff is. If you get the avocado mayo, it generally comes in a glass jar and is about the size of the OP.

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                      • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brD [email protected]

                        In Brazil the "American cup" is the smallest size of cup and I'm always found that hilarious.

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                        Could that be from an "americano" coffee?

                        If it holds soda, then it makes no sense at all, because a small is larger than many areas' "large" (sometimes 16oz, or almost 500 ml).

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                        • K [email protected]

                          600g? Those are rookie numbers. You call that American size? Our smallest jars are 390 (15 oz) grams. Regular and large jars are 780 (30 oz) and 1248 grams (48 oz). And they do have ridiculously big jars too, 1 gallon jars, i.e. 128 oz and 3328 grams, for, like, restaurants and doomsday preppers... or dudes that just really love mayonnaise, I guess.

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                          I haven't seen anything under 20oz in my supermarket, but I'm not buying the fancy "organic" stuff, just the squeeze things for picnics and the larger jars for home.

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                            So does my homemade mayo shower.

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                            Why did you DIY? I thought those came standard...

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                            • O [email protected]

                              Out of curiosity, I just checked my pantry. I have two 30 ounce jars (1400+ grams), sitting in reserve.

                              This genuinely represents a failure to comprehend the scale of American food products.

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                              Rookie numbers. We get the 64oz Costco size.

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                                Liter? Americans aren't even consistent with their weird systems of measurements. Why is it not marked as 568.3844 fl oz? Or 0.244 football fields or 38.38383 yards or smth

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                                It's 64oz, or a half gallon, i.e. the smallest unit of milk anyone would buy.

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                                • R [email protected]

                                  America labels things in freedom and metric. What doesn't make sense to be is using volume and not weight.

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                                  Yeah, I had to look up a converter to figure out how many grams a mayo-ounce is.

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                                  • M [email protected]

                                    Oh sorry, family word maybe? A child cheater is a flexible spatula (rubber or silicone) rounded on one side, that scrapes all the yummy cake batter out of the bowl and into the baking pan, leaving not enough to lick.

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                                    Definitely a local thing, I've never heard of it, and I'm a born and raised bowl licker.

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                                    • penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.orgP [email protected]

                                      I found a 128 ounce (3.758 litre) jar at Walmart.

                                      https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hellmann-s-Extra-Heavy-Mayonnaise-Jar-4800126540-2218/10291785?classType=VARIANT

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                                      That seems kind of expensive. The Costco 64oz variety is often on sale for <$10.

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                                      • D [email protected]

                                        I just converted it. It's more than 200kg!
                                        Does the whole family drink a glass of it everyday?
                                        How in the world are you finishing that in a month?

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                                        One glass? Do you want to get dehydrated?

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                                        • M [email protected]

                                          I prefer the 300 gallon IBC tote. Then I can unload it from my pickup truck with the pallet forks on my skid-steer and put it straight into the mayo door on the side of my house.

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                                          I heard the Rivian comes w/ an air compressor. Maybe consider using that to spray the mayo straight from the truck so you don't need the fork lift.

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