"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
...
> Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>> On Nov 19, 2:40 pm, "James Silverton" >
>> wrote:
>>> Default wrote on 19 Nov 2009 20:01:07 GMT:
>>>
>>>>> Hello All!
>>>>> I bought a can of soup labelled "Organics Organic Classical
>>>>> Tomato Soup", assuming that it would be enough for two since
>>>>> it said "Don't add water". However, when I came to eat it, I
>>>>> had to wonder what perverse marketing logic went into the
>>>>> packaging since it was marked "Serving size 1 cup" and
>>>>> "Servings per container about 1 1/2".
>>>> Serving sizes are standardized by the FDA in the US for many
>>>> products. That's to make it easy to compare one product with
>>>> another.
>>> That may be true but why should a can contain 1 1/2 servings?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> James Silverton
>>> Potomac, Maryland
>>>
>>> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>>
>> Because nobody eats HALF a can . . . or saves it for later!
>> Lynn in fargo
>
> Ahem! I ate half of a can of soup today and saved the other half in a
> Rubbermaid container for tomorrow.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Nobody
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.



Me too, Janet. As much as I love soup, there's always some of the canned
stuff left over. Yummy homemade soup, no contest. There's no such thing as
a 'serving size'

Jill