What sizes are milk and cereal in your country sold in? (buy, organic)
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Milk in the United States is usually sold in gallon jugs (3.785L) at the grocery store. The next smallest size is either a quart (0.8L) or a liter, can't remember, but we always buy it by the gallon.
Cereal is usually sold in boxes about 20 ounces in size (560 mL), give or take 2 ounces.
Where I am from they sell milk in a 1 liter bag, 0.5 l bottle, 0.5 L box, or 1L bottle. Lots of different designs and sizes. The cereal is about 250gm = 9 oz, I think.
Milk in Argentina is only sold in 1 liter sachet or bottle. I dont think i ever seen in any supermarket more a sachet or bottle of more than 1 liter. 1 liter is the maximum.
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Germany: 1 litre packs are standard. I know of one manufacturer which also offers 1.5 l packs and in larger shops they sometimes sell 0.5 l ones.
Most cereals are from Kellogs and contain about 450 grams (1 lb). Most other manufacturers sell their cereals in similar sizes (about 400 - 600 grams, I think).
Long-life milk in cartons is always sold by the litre here if I recall correctly. Fresh milk usually in either 1, 2, 4 or 6 pints, but they always give the conversion into metric so the packaging will say 568 ml etc.
Milk in the United States is usually sold in gallon jugs (3.785L) at the grocery store. The next smallest size is either a quart (0.8L) or a liter, can't remember, but we always buy it by the gallon.
Cereal is usually sold in boxes about 20 ounces in size (560 mL), give or take 2 ounces.
Anyplace Ive ever been in the USA, 90% or more of milk displays are in one-gallon plastic jug, also available in half-gallon plastic jug, and extremely rare in any other smaller size than that, except for specialty milk, like organic or soymilk. Pint or half-pint cardboard cartons are sold for single-serving (= abut half- or quarter-liter). Nearly everyone buys a full gallon, because a half-gallon costs A LOT more than half the price of a whole gallon.
Milk in the US has a best-by date about two weeks forward, and most families (and even a lot of single people) have no trouble consuming a gallon in two weeks.
In Chile, I bought my milk unpasteurized from a horse cart that passed through the streets several times a week, in wine bottles with aluminum foil over the top, so I dont know how it was sold in stores. In Jordan, it came in 1-liter plastic bags.
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