Calorie counters - noticed anything odd about cans??

[CrimsonMama]

For instance... I have one third of a can of low sugar beans with my dinner. Previously I just kinda guess a third of the tin. However the other day I wanted to weigh it and measure my third precisely (thanks to a lovely new digital scale I recently brought).

Well.... Are we all get swindled??? My tin of beans is supposed to weight 410g. After emptying the contents it came to only 392g. Hmm. Weighed the empty tin as maybe the net weight includes the can but the tin was 72g. Total 464g. So the 410g is not supposed to include the tin.

I found the same weighing other food items that are tinned. Are we all getting swindled out of the amount we think we are getting for our money? Or is there a "simple explanation" cited by the food companies?

Ps also means my calculation for a third in calories is actually lower than thought! Which is a bonus!

[telute]

I noticed this the other day with some ice cream - so it's not just cans!

[CrimsonMama Restart June 2023 in reply to telute]

Seriously? Damn! I might start weighing my cereal bars!!