http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/4948398055/in/set-72157614032028033/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/cocacola-introduces-new-30liter-size,1696/

How does this article on soda cups square with the recent BoingBoing posting of what a “pot” container should look like, and whether selling pot legally should be allowed under prop 19, given that it’d lead to some extra lung cancers and lost productivity through incapacity? It looks like BoingBoing is taking an inconsistent position, selling soda is wrong, selling drugs is right?

anyways, I’m off to kowtow to some US security demands, laters

During our honeymoon to Hawaii a few years back, we went to the Old Cheesecake Factory for lunch and grabbed an entree (I believe it was a pasta entree). We’ve already heard about American portion sizes, so we decided to split the entree between the two of us. It was still too much, so we decided to grab a doggy bag.

That doggy bag was good enough for two more meals. So one lunch entree was good enough to supply two not-so-wimpy eaters with three meals. That’s *SIX* meals in a single American portion size.

Now granted, we weren’t eating until we were pain and rolling out the door like we would at a buffet, but six meals seems a little much for a single meal portion.

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/10/25/changing-soda-serving-sizes/

And the behemoth looking thing fits in a car cup holder so bulgy-like ENOUGH: show me the 64!

Thats. . . .a half gallon! Of freaking soda pop! A sign of the Decline : O

My husband and I were shopping around last night for a bigger coffee mug and also stumbled upon a 40 oz Thermos. Wow…more coffee please!

http://www.amazon.com/Thermos-Stainless-Beverage-Bottle-Midnight/dp/B0017IHRNM

Speaking of food portions, I totally agree with them being too big. Once at Olive Garden I ordered a lunch size entree. I was told that, despite it costing a lot less, it only had one less ravioli. At least I saved money…

Also, for the couple of comments implying that HFCS is used nefariously as some sort of addictive tool, just look into price controls of sugar and corn subsidies for the real answer. Get rid of those and there’d be sugar throughout. It’s cheap in most of the world, but not here. In Coca-Cola amounts, the difference is expensive.

Just drink your water, shield your eyes from the awful ‘they’ rabble Antinous refers to, and get on with something related to your own life maybe.

What are these amounts in normal units of measure?

The thing is, while the extra drink doesn’t cost McDonalds anything, who would ever order a large coke when a small would get you 32oz?

I think the UK sizes are 0.25, 0.4 and 0.5 L, but I may be wrong.

Coffee in the UK is much worse, since we’ve gone straight to what I assume are US sizes in Starbucks/Costa/etc. It costs about 5% more to go from small to large. The small is equal to a large cofee mug full to the brim. The large is at least double the size and has two handle so you can lift it. Last time I checked, a hot liquid container with 2 handles = a cauldron.

Go to a movie theater and the most normal sized drink is a “children’s” sized drink. A “small” is usually around 20 oz. or so I think?

The thing is the most nefarious change is the subtle shift from 16 oz. bottles to 20 oz. bottles. That small 4 oz. difference makes all the difference in the world.

I had 9% body fat. (Now I’m a vegetarian, never drink soda, and fat… go figure.)

I think I got the 44oz a few times (with soda) until I spilled it in my lap while driving. I would drink the thing before it got ever remotely warm, and I think I would get very little ice to maximize drinkage. It was never for a social occassion — the idea was to drink it when you needed it — NOW!

Looking back, it all seems kind of gross.

It’s constantly reinforced that giving up soda was one of the best things I have ever done.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75091497@N00/2809230657/

Big Gulp: 32 US fl oz
Super Big Gulp: 44 US fl oz
Double Gulp: 64 US fl oz.

And did you know there was a “Gulp?” I didn’t until recently, when I spotted one. 20 US fl oz. I don’t think they know how to sell less than that.

When was the last time you saw single cans, and not a 20 oz bottle, of pop for sale? Most of the machines deliver 20 oz bottles these days.

Oddly, “Big Gulp” and up are trademarked, but “Gulp” is not.

B) It would be great to read some anthropological data about those 64 oz drinks. How long do people typically take to finish one? Do they actually finish it or through part away when it gets too warm? How much is consumed at home or are they more for social outings?

C) I recently moved from the US to Australia. The average can size is 12 ounces. But all the soda here is sugar (sucrose) sweetened rather than fructose sweetened. I wonder if the sugar limits intake in comparison.