NIST is selling Peanut Butter for $415.33 per jar

https://shop.nist.gov/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=2387

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9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 17d (1 reply)

Says $1,246.00 on my screen

Oops, didnt see its 3 jars!

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 17d

Same.

Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 4 pts · 17d (4 replies)

The fuck is one going to do with "standard reference" peanut butter? Is that a common need?

LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 17d (1 reply)

It's for calibrating machines that measure peanut butter quality. This is a verified "pure" reference product to ensure machines are measuring accurately. The nist sells a bunch of various reference grade products. Veritasium made a great video on the subject: https://youtu.be/esQyYGezS7c

Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 6 pts · 17d

That actually makes a lot of sense, I never thought about there being a machine to measure peanut butter quality.

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 17d (1 reply)

Here is a video of someone baking cookies with NIST reference ingredients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjxpZHv7Hk

They are extremely expensive and not very tasty.

Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 17d

Ingredients, I'd expect to have standard, reference Ingredients...but peanut butter being a mixture, it just surprises me, like how they decided on which recipe?