To expect the correct weight of product stated on the packaging?

[goldangel]

My nut bread needed 130g of seeds which would have been about half of the 250g bag, but to be sure I weighed it and there was only 173g in the bag.

Then my 300g bag of flaxseed weighed in at 238g.

Scales were at 0 when I weighed.

Thought it was my scales but when I weighed a jar of pesto and a tin of beans they came up correct.

Pics attached.

Has anyone else found that? I feel a bit cheated.

And here's the beans.

There will be some variance in weight in products nature of the process of manufacturing. However there are usually acceptable variances based on a %.

Big supermarkets, multi global companies will have very very tight rules on this to their suppliers, failing to deliver on weight often related in fines.

Smaller companies perhaps not as will look at their direct customers complaining.
The first bag is completely unacceptable.

Surely the weight of the bean tin is the contents not the contents plus the tin? A bag of rice, sugar or flour would be a better check of your scales accuracy.

The ‘e’ on the packaging allows for slight inaccuracies for foods like seeds. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_sign

How sad, I just weighed a 415g tin of beans!! It weighed 477g including the tin.

The weight of the beans doesn't include the tin! Are you sure your scales are accurate. Try weighing something loose or wrapped in lightweight plastic. A bag of pasta maybe.

Thanks Pseudo, I can't believe that's allowed! There is no way the size of the packaging would allow more content.

Who knew that was even an E or what it meant, I've never noticed it before, absolutely shocking and I agree unacceptable.

I'll do some more testing tomorrow, good idea Ella with pasta.

Complain, to use the e mark they have to keep records of the weights that go through and how far they deviate. I’d ask to see records for your production