Lara answered my question about the size of the can of formula you can
buy in Australia for $13 (Aussie dollars, which are close to US ones).
 They are 900 or 980 grams.

All I have to go on about the sizes of cans in the US are the
photographs I took in a discount pharmacy in 2008, showing price
labels on the shelves and reading the sizes of the cans in my own
photos.  They are a very odd size, not a round, or even a whole,
number in ounces nor in grams.  The most common size was about 730
grams.

The unit price in Australia was $14.44 per kilo if it was a 900 g can,
and $13.27 if it was 980 g.  In contrast, if one paid $13 for a 730 g
can in the US, that is $17.82 per kilo.  As I mentioned, the prices
were much higher in the store I took pictures in, about $29 for a 730
g can, which is nearly $40 per kilo.  I don't know how much costs have
risen in the four years since I was there.   Given that half of
families with babies in the US have low enough incomes to qualify for
WIC, I am guessing that the cost of formula is noticeable in the
family budget.  Not so here; people are well off and anyway, women
have the opportunity to stay near their babies for many months after
birth.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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