The same dual quantity declarations are also found on all products sold domestically, as required. Simply put, measurement is an international language and the metric version of quantity declarations appears to be the international language of trade. Simila does not believe new requirements for product labels is part of a sinister plan to force metric on the United States. Now there are competitors from other parts of the world who are willing to provide those same products with a quantity format that is more familiar to most countries. Given the choice between a quality product from the U.S. measured in units that aren't normally used or understood and a quality product from another country measured in units that are familiar, it's no wonder that metric labeling is preferred.
Bottled water is packaged in one liter bottles.
Consumers are getting familiar with them. Most of us think of them as two liter or one liter, not as a 76.1 fluid ounce size or a 33.8 fluid ounce size. Aseptic box drinks and pouches that will go into many lunch boxes when kids go back to school next week are conveniently portioned in metric units. Those boxes or pouches are normally an even 250 milliliters or 200 milliliters, which amounts to 8.45 and 6.76 fluid ounces respectively. Both quantity declarations are on the label.