The nominal quantity is one of the details that food manufacturers are obliged to provide. It gives information about the weight or volume, and sometimes also the number of pieces, of the food contained. As a rule, liquid foods are labelled by volume (in litres or millilitres), all other foods by weight (in grams or milligrams). The larger the package contents, the larger the font size must be for the filling quantity information.
The frequently used “e” is the so-called EEC symbol (EEC = European Economic Community). The EEC symbol is a voluntary declaration by the manufacturer and confirms that the legal requirements for the filling quantity and its labelling according to the German prepackaged packaging regulation have been met. The primary purpose of the EEC symbol is to facilitate free trade within the entire European Union (EU) for products manufactured in an EU member state.
