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  2. Grammage - Wikipedia

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    However, a sheet of common copy paper that has a basis weight of 20 pounds (9.1 kg) does not have the same mass as the same size sheet of coarse paper (newsprint). In the former case, the standard ream is 500 sheets of 17-by-22-inch (432 by 559 mm) paper, and in the latter, 500 sheets of 24-by-36-inch (610 by 914 mm) paper.

  3. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    The United States measures weight in pounds (avoirdupois), while recipes in the UK tend to include both imperial and metric measures, following the advice of the Guild of Food Writers. [6] The United States also uses volume measures based on cooking utensils and pre-metric measures.

  4. Check weigher - Wikipedia

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    It is normally found at the offgoing end of a production process and is used to ensure that the weight of a pack of the commodity is within specified limits. Any packs that are outside the tolerance are taken out of line automatically. [1] [2] A checkweigher can weigh in excess of 500 items per minute (depending on carton size and accuracy ...

  5. Shrinkflation - Wikipedia

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    In economics, shrinkflation, also known as package downsizing, weight-out, [2] and price pack architecture [3] is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity while the prices remain the same. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The word is a portmanteau of the words shrink and inflation .

  6. If You See Bloated Food Packaging, This Is What It Means - AOL

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    Different types of food packages use different amounts of air depending on the food, says Wei Zhang, a professor of food science and a food safety specialist at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

  7. Food packaging - Wikipedia

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    Testing modified atmosphere in a plastic bag of carrots. Food packaging is a packaging system specifically designed for food and represents one of the most important aspects among the processes involved in the food industry, as it provides protection from chemical, biological and physical alterations. [1]

  8. Hundreds Of Chemicals In Food Packaging Leach Into Our Food ...

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    For the study, researchers looked at 14,000 chemicals that come into contact with food during the packaging process and compared that to worldwide databases on human exposure to potential chemical ...

  9. Tare weight - Wikipedia

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    With a laboratory scale, the tare weight is the mass of the flask and the net weight is the mass of the contents. This can be useful in computing the cost of the goods carried for purposes of taxation or for tolls related to barge, rail, road, or other traffic, especially where the toll will vary with the value of the goods carried (e.g., tolls on the Erie Canal).