June 5, 2017 - 3:23am
net weight of bread.
Hello all,
I am about to start selling my breads through a few local shops. So I'll need proper labeling and packaging. The labels need to show the bread's net weight. My question has to do with that weight.
Is "net wt." the baked bread?
Just because I weigh each loaf and really don't vary much from one to the next, there's no guarantee of continuity after they are baked. In other words, if I scale each loaf at precisely 900 gr. the baked weight will still vary slightly from one to the next. There's a small range of weights.
So what am I supposed to have printed on my labels? Can I average it?
Thanks,
Kim
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and found this guide https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/weights-and-measures/small-bakers-and-average-weight
In Canada the net weight is the weight of the product for sale not the pre-baked weight. So totally accurate weighing of dough may not give you totally accurate finished weight, so bakers will generally weigh a little heavier to come up with the stated weight. The baker's dozen comes from this because baker's weren't confident of the finished weight of 12 buns.
Gerhard
Because there's no point in any of us guessing the right reply unless we know where you are.
I'm in the UK and I sell bread - I could give you the details for the UK, but if it's no-use to you then I'll be wasting my time.. Every country has its own rules on this. Please update your profile page so we know...
-Gordon
U.S.
That's the only way to be sure. It's likely that net weight refers to the final product and that it's fine to be a little over. But that's using common sense, which laws and regs don't always do.