How Do Professional Candle Brands Determine the Correct Net Weight to Print on the Label When Using a New Jar?

How Do Professional Candle Brands Determine the Correct Net Weight to Print on the Label When Using a New Jar?

 

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CSI Jar & Container Guides · Net Weight
A new jar's listing, your recipe and your target fill all look like a net weight. None of them is. Professionals weigh ten real candles, subtract each one's own jar, and print a round figure below the lightest.
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the production trial that sets a label figure for a new jar (our judgement) · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
How do professionals set the net weight for a new jar? They don't take it from the jar's listing or the recipe. They water-fill the jar, test-pour to a fixed fill line, pour a production trial of about ten candles, weigh every finished candle minus its own empty jar, and declare a figure below the lightest one.

Why below the lightest, not the average? Because every candle you sell should contain at least what the label says. In our worked example the ten candles run 146–153 g around a 150 g target; a label of 145 g or 140 g is honest, 150 g is not.

What does a safe margin cost? Every gram over the label is wax and oil given away. At about ₹0.78 of material per gram, declaring 140 g when the average is 149.5 g gives away ₹7.42 a candle; 145 g gives away ₹3.51.

What about the law? India's Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules govern net-quantity declarations on pre-packaged goods. Check the current requirements for your product and channel. This is not legal advice.
The short answer
The rule: declare what your lightest production candle contains, never the recipe target, the jar's ml or the "150 gram" in a jar's name.
The method: water-fill → three test pours → ten-candle production trial → weigh each after cure, minus its own empty jar → declare below the lowest → write it on the spec sheet → re-check every batch.
The trade-off: a bigger margin protects the label and costs material. Tightening the process (pour by weight, tare each jar) narrows the spread and lets the label sit closer to the average.
The trap: jar weights vary. No CSI listing states an empty-jar weight, and a gross-weight check with one shared tare can hide a short fill of several grams.
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In this guide
Ten candles weighed: where the label figure goes Illustrative net weights (finished candle minus its own empty jar), 150 g target. Drawn to scale: 30 px per gram. 136 138 140 142 144 146 148 150 152 154 156 net candle weight, g label 140 g safe for a new jar label 145 g 1 g under the lightest target 150 g the recipe, not the label Trial batch poured to a tape line lightest 146 g, heaviest 153 g spread 7 g, average 149.5 g Tightened process poured by weight on the scale lightest 148 g, heaviest 151 g spread 3 g, average 149.8 g Every candle must meet the figure on the label, so the label sits below the lightest candle, not at the average. A tighter spread lets it sit closer. Weights are illustrative. Check the current Legal Metrology requirements for your product and channel; this is not legal advice.
Ten finished candles from a new jar, weighed net, twice: first as a trial batch poured to a tape line, then after tightening the process. The recipe target is 150 g, but the label figure has to sit to the left of the lightest dot. The tighter the cluster, the smaller the gap between what you declare and what you give. All weights are illustrative.
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Straight answer
How do professional candle brands determine the correct net weight to print on the label when using a new jar?
They measure it from production candles, not from the jar or the recipe. The usual process: water-fill the new jar to find its usable volume and fix a fill line; test-pour three candles to set a target fill weight; then pour a small production trial, about ten candles, exactly as production will be poured. After the cure, each candle is weighed and its own empty-jar weight subtracted, giving ten net weights. The declared figure is set below the lightest of them, with a margin for the variation ten candles cannot show, usually rounded down to a clean number. It goes on a spec sheet with the jar, fill line, load and wax, and is re-checked on every batch and whenever the jar, wax or process changes. In our worked example the trial runs 146–153 g around a 150 g target; the brand would print 145 g or 140 g, not 150 g. India's Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules govern net-quantity declarations on pre-packaged goods, so check the current requirements for your product and channel. This is not legal advice.
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Declare the lightest candle, not the recipe

A recipe says what you meant to pour. A label says what the customer is getting. Only a scale connects the two.

A new jar comes with three numbers that look like a net weight and are not. The listing figure ("fill weight of 200 ml", "150g fill capacity", "Capacity - 300g") describes the glass, measured in a way the page usually does not state. The planning figure (150 g in this series' standard jar) is an estimate from a water-fill and a rule of thumb. The target fill is what your pour instruction aims for. None of them is what an individual finished candle contains, and it is individual candles that customers buy.

Candles vary. Jars differ slightly in shape and base thickness; a tape line is read by eye; some wax stays in the pitcher; soy shrinks and a surface may be topped up. So ten candles poured to the same instruction give ten different weights. The professional habit is to treat the declared figure as a floor that every candle clears, and to set it from the bottom of the real spread, not the middle.

Four numbers that are not your net weight
Where each one comes from, and what it is for
Number Example Where it comes from Use it for Print it?
Listing capacity "fill weight of 200 ml" (White Matte); "150g fill capacity" (Clear 150 gram) The supplier's page, basis often unstated Shortlisting jars No
Planning figure About 150 g in the standard 200 ml jar Water-fill × 0.86–0.9 rule of thumb Ordering test materials No
Target fill 150 g Your test pours The pour instruction No
Lightest production candle 146 g in the worked example Ten weighed, cured production candles Setting the declaration Only something at or below it

How the planning figure is derived from a jar's ml is in the fill-weight hub; how big a container should be for a given net weight, so the wax does not sit near the rim, is in I Want to Sell a Candle as 200 g Net Weight — How Large Should the Container Be So the Wax Doesn't Sit Too Close to the Rim?. This guide starts where those end: you have a jar and a target, and you need the number for the label.

The professional process, step by step

Seven steps. The first three you may already have done; the last four are what separate a guess from a declaration.
1
Fix the fill line on the real jarWater-fill a jar to the brim and to your chosen line (commonly 1–1.5 cm below the rim, set by the lid). Mark the line in centimetres from the rim so every pourer uses the same one.
2
Test-pour three candles and set a target fillPour to the line at your real load, cool, top up as you would in production, and weigh. The average of the three is your target fill weight, the pour instruction, not the label.
3
Weigh and mark every empty jar you will use for the trialWrite each jar's empty weight on its base or a list. No CSI jar listing states an empty-jar weight, and jars differ; a shared average tare hides several grams (see the tare section below).
4
Pour a production trial of about ten candlesSame pourer, pitcher, temperature, wick and top-up routine you will use for real. Ten is our judgement: enough to see the spread, few enough that the candles are still sellable stock.
5
Weigh each finished candle after the cure, minus its own jarRecord ten net weights. Weigh them again a couple of weeks later from storage; if the figures drift, use the lower set. Note the lightest, the heaviest and the average.
6
Declare a round figure below the lightestLeave a margin for what ten candles cannot show: the next jar batch, a different pourer, the scale's own error. Round down, not up.
7
Write the spec sheet and the check routineJar name and batch, fill line, target fill, declared net weight, load, wax, oil, wick, trial weights and date. Add a batch check (for example, weigh the first five candles of every pour) and a trigger list for re-running the trial.
Mistake: printing labels before step 5, because the jar says "150 gram" and the recipe says 150 g. What happens: half the candles in the worked example below contain less than the label, and you find out when a customer, or a marketplace, weighs one. Fix: order labels after the trial, not with the jars.

Worked example: ten candles, one label figure

Illustrative numbers, real arithmetic. Replace every weight with your own.

Ten White Matte jars, target fill 150 g at 8% (138 g of CSI 464 and 12 g of Jasmine per candle), poured to a tape line. Each empty jar is weighed first, which is why the table can show the difference a shared tare makes. All weights are a worked example.

Production trial · worked example · grams
Net = gross minus that jar's own empty weight; the last column uses one average tare (212 g) for all ten
Candle Empty jar Gross (jar + candle) Net (own tare) "Net" with average tare
1 212 g 360 g 148 g 148 g
2 215 g 365 g 150 g 153 g
3 209 g 360 g 151 g 148 g
4 214 g 363 g 149 g 151 g
5 211 g 363 g 152 g 151 g
6 213 g 360 g 147 g 148 g
7 210 g 360 g 150 g 148 g
8 215 g 368 g 153 g 156 g
9 212 g 361 g 149 g 149 g
10 209 g 355 g 146 g 143 g

The true net weights run from 146 g to 153 g, a 7 g spread around an average of 149.5 g. Five of the ten are below the 150 g target, so a label of 150 g would be wrong for half of this batch. The candidates are 145 g, 1 g below the lightest, and 140 g, 6 g below it.

Choosing the declaration · worked example · material at ₹0.78 per gram
The margin protects the label; the giveaway is what it costs
Declared net weight Margin under the lightest (146 g) Average giveaway Per candle Per 1,000 candles Our judgement
150 g below zero: five candles short — — — Not an option
145 g 1 g 4.5 g (3.0%) ₹3.51 ₹3,512.92 Only once three batches confirm the spread
140 g 6 g 9.5 g (6.4%) ₹7.42 ₹7,416.16 The safe first label for a new jar

The per-gram figure is the material in one planning candle, 138 g of CSI 464 at the 10 kg price plus 12 g of Jasmine at the 1 kg price, divided by 150 g; it excludes the jar, wick, labour, freight, packaging and GST. Declaring 140 g rather than 145 g costs about ₹3.91 more per candle, which buys 5 g of protection against a batch that runs lighter than the trial.

The professional move: shrink the spread, then raise the label

The second row of the diagram is the same jar after three process changes: pouring by weight with each jar tared on the scale instead of to a tape line, holding the pour temperature with a thermometer, and one person doing the top-ups. In that illustrative batch the ten candles run 148–151 g, average 149.8 g. A 145 g label now has 3 g of margin under the lightest instead of 1 g, and the giveaway across 1,000 candles is ₹3,747.11. That is the real lever: brands with tight processes declare close to their target because their lightest candle is close to it.

Argued against our own interest: a generous margin means you use more of our wax and oil per declared gram. We would still rather you print 140 g on a new jar and move to 145 g after three batches than print 150 g and discover the short ones later.

Tare: the empty jar is half the measurement

Net weight is a subtraction. If you guess the number you subtract, you guess the answer.

No CSI jar listing states an empty-jar weight, and mass-produced glass varies from piece to piece and batch to batch. In the worked example the ten empty jars weigh 209–215 g, a 6 g spread (illustrative). Look at the last column of the trial table: with a single average tare of 212 g, candle 10 (true net 146 g) shows 143 g and candle 2 (true net 150 g) shows 153 g. A shared tare adds the jar's variation to the candle's.

Three ways to handle tare · our judgement
From most accurate to quickest
Method How Accuracy Use it for
Tare each jar on the scale before pouring Place the empty jar, press tare, pour by weight Net is read directly for every candle Trials, and production if you pour on the scale
Weigh and mark each empty jar Write the weight on the base; gross minus own tare later Exact, but slower Trials; checking stock after the fact
Average tare from a sample Weigh 10 empty jars; use the average for spot checks Off by each jar's difference from the average (up to 3 g either way in the worked example) Quick batch checks, only if the empty-jar spread is small

The lid, the label and any box are not part of the net weight; weigh the jar bare. When a new batch of jars arrives, weigh ten empties before pouring: if the spread has grown, your average-tare checks have become less reliable. What else to measure on a new batch of jars before production is in I'm Buying Candle Jars in Bulk for the First Time — What Measurements Do I Need Besides the Supplier's ml Capacity?.

Decide what your number includes, write it down, and check the rules for your channel.

Many makers take net weight as the finished candle, wax plus fragrance oil plus the wick and its tab, and exclude the jar, lid, label and packaging. Whatever basis you use, record it on the spec sheet so every batch is weighed the same way. Fragrance oil is part of the candle weight, not an addition to it: at 8%, a 150 g candle is 12 g of oil and 138 g of wax, and changing the load does not change the total a jar holds to its line (the load-change guide).

The legal note, plainly: India's Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules govern net-quantity declarations on pre-packaged goods, and may set other requirements for how and where quantities and other details are declared. Requirements can differ by product, pack and sales channel (shop shelf, online marketplace, corporate gifting). Check the current Legal Metrology requirements for your product and channel, and ask a qualified adviser if you are unsure. This is not legal advice, and we deliberately do not quote tolerance figures: design your process so every candle meets the label, rather than relying on any allowance.

Two practical consequences. First, your declared figure should be one your process meets on every candle, which is exactly what setting it below the lightest achieves. Second, the same framework covers weighing in trade; if you sell at volume, ask whether your weighing needs a verified instrument.

Keeping the figure true after launch

A declared weight is a promise that has to survive every new batch of jars, wax and pourers.

The trial sets the figure; routine checks keep it true. The plan below is our judgement for a small maker, not a regulation.

Batch checks and re-trial triggers · our judgement
What to weigh, and when to run the ten-candle trial again
Event Action Why
Every production pour Weigh the first five candles net; stop if any is below the declared figure plus half your margin Catches a wrong tape line or pitcher habit early
New batch of the same jar Weigh ten empties; water-fill three to the line Glass varies between batches
Wax change Re-run the ten-candle trial Set weight to the same line can shift a little; see I'm Switching From Soy Wax to Coconut-Soy Wax — Do I Need to Recalculate the Fill Weight for My Existing Candle Jars?
Load change Pour one jar to the line and weigh it Total should hold; confirm it
New pourer, pitcher or melter Weigh the first ten net Process spread is people as much as glass
New jar model Start again from step 1 Nothing carries over
Keep the trial candles
Label one trial candle "reference" with its net weight and date, and keep it. Months later, when a batch looks low, you can re-weigh a candle you know the history of.

What the process needs

A scale, the jars you will sell, and the materials for ten candles. Chosen on what the pages state, price and stock on 26 September 2026; CSI publishes no empty-jar weights or tolerances for these jars.

1
tool · every step of the process
Candle Making Weighing Scale
Net weight is a scale reading and nothing else. The page describes a digital scale showing "grams or ounces" with "simple one-button operation"; it states no maximum capacity or reading step. A filled jar weighs the candle plus the glass, which no CSI listing states, so check the unit's marking or ask us before relying on it for gross weights, and check it against a sealed 1 kg pack. For makers setting a first label figure. Argued against our own interest: if you sell at volume, ask whether your weighing needs a verified instrument under the same Legal Metrology framework; a hobby scale, ours included, may not be the right tool for that.
Pack Price Per unit What it covers
Single ₹354.00 ₹354.00 empty-jar tares, test pours, ten-candle trial, batch checks
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2
jar · the worked example in this guide
White Matte Glass Jar
The page states "a fill weight of 200 ml" and "Height 8 cm width 7 cm". In this series' worked example it makes a candle of about 150 g, a planning figure; this guide shows how that becomes a label figure. It gives no empty-jar weight, so tare every jar you use for the trial. ₹70.80 per jar at 5 or 10, in stock on 26 September 2026 (Pink Matte and two frosted colours are out of stock). Limitation: "fill weight of 200 ml" is a volume, not a net weight, and must never be copied onto a label.
Pack Price Per jar What it covers
Pack of 5 ₹354.00 ₹70.80 three test pours plus two spares
Pack of 10 ₹708.00 ₹70.80 the ten-candle production trial
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3
jar · "150g" in the name, not on your label
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
The page states "150g fill capacity", outer diameter 7 cm, base about 6.5 cm, a golden lid and "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C". The "150 gram" in the name is the listing's capacity figure, not a net weight you can print: your candle may weigh more or less once you pour to your own fill line. The page describes the jar as both curved and straight-sided; confirm the shape on WhatsApp. ₹94.40 per jar at 10 or 20. Limitation: its figure invites the shortcut this guide warns against.
Pack Price Per jar What it covers
Pack of 10 ₹944.00 ₹94.40 a ten-candle trial
Pack of 20 ₹1,888.00 ₹94.40 trial plus a first run
₹94.40 a jar; weigh ten before you print. Buy a pack of 10 — ₹944.00
4
jar · lidded, 85°C wording, confirm details
Black Glass Jar with Black Lid (150 gram)
The page states "Fill capacity: ~150 gm", "Height (with lid): Approx. 8 cm", outer rim about 7 cm, base about 6.5 cm, and "Safe for hot-pour up to 85°C". The listing title carries a stale "(Deliveries Starting 5th Dec)", its description mentions a golden lid while the title says black, and it calls the glass "clear"; confirm lid, height and dispatch on WhatsApp. In a dark jar the fill line is hard to see, so a customer judges it by the label: all the more reason the label must be right. ₹107.00 per jar at 10 or 20. Limitation: only a with-lid height is stated.
Pack Price Per jar What it covers
Pack of 10 ₹1,070.00 ₹107.00 a ten-candle trial
Pack of 20 ₹2,140.00 ₹107.00 trial plus a first run
₹107.00 a jar; the "~150 gm" is approximate by its own wording. Buy a pack of 10 — ₹1,070.00
5
labelling · the sticker next to your net weight
Candle Care Stickers Roll
CSI does not list printed net-weight labels; your net weight goes on your own label. What we do list is a roll of candle-care stickers for the burn instructions that usually sit beside it: 500 stickers at 1 inch or 1,000 at 1.5 inch, per the page, both in stock on 26 September 2026. For makers finalising their label set at the same time as the net weight. Limitation: the page describes the stickers only as "Candle Care Stickers"; check the wording and size suit your jar before ordering a full roll.
Pack Price Per sticker What it covers
Pack of 500 (1 inch) ₹413.00 ₹0.83 500 candles
Pack of 1000 (1.5 inch) ₹699.00 ₹0.70 1,000 candles
₹0.83 a candle at 500, ₹0.70 at 1,000. Buy the roll — from ₹413.00
The ten-candle trial · CSI live pricing, 26 September 2026
Materials for ten 150 g candles at 8%; the candles that pass are sellable stock
Item Need Buy Price
White Matte Glass Jar 10 Pack of 10 ₹708.00
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 1.38 kg + pitcher loss 1 kg + 500 g ₹767.40
Jasmine Fragrance Oil (costing example) 120 g 100 g + 50 g ₹660.00
Eco Candle Wicks Thick (C2) (use your tested wick) 10 10 Wicks ₹94.40
Total 10 candles ₹2,229.80 (₹2,583.80 with the scale)

The ten candles use about 1.38 kg of wax, ₹700.21 at the 10 kg per-gram rate, and 120 g of oil; the rest covers pitcher residue and top-ups. Jasmine's page states "Recommended load up to 10% soy, up to 6% paraffin", and every size was in stock on 26 September 2026; it is here only as a costing example.

Diwali 8 November 2026 is 43 days away. Labels printed before a production trial are the most expensive mistake in this guide. Run the ten-candle trial first, then send us your declared weight and candle count and we will quote jars and wax with a GST invoice and a dispatch date from Pune.
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The CSI principle
The label is set by your lightest candle. The process decides how light that is.
Weigh real production candles minus their own jars, declare a round figure below the lowest, and earn a closer figure by tightening the process, not by hoping.
"Nobody gets in trouble for a 150 g candle labelled 140 g. Plenty of makers have trouble with a 146 g candle labelled 150 g."
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Why trust this guide

CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells jars, wax and the scale named here and does not sell finished candles or labels. This guide tells you not to copy our listings' capacity figures, including a "150 gram" in a jar's name, onto your label, and to accept a margin that uses more of our materials per declared gram only because it protects you.

Every price was verified on CSI's live store on 26 September 2026; every pack in the pick tables was in stock on that date, and listing contradictions (the Black 150 gram jar's lid and stale dispatch text) are flagged. Capacity and heat wording is quoted from the pages.

The ten net weights, the empty-jar weights and the tightened batch are illustrative; the ten-candle trial, 140 g versus 145 g judgement and batch-check plan are editorial judgement, not regulation. The legal note is a pointer, not advice. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

How do I decide what net weight to put on my candle label?
Pour about ten production candles exactly as you will in production, weigh each after the cure, subtract each candle's own empty-jar weight, and declare a round figure below the lightest. In our worked example the trial runs 146–153 g, so 145 g or 140 g, not 150 g.
Does candle net weight include the jar?
No. Makers commonly declare the finished candle, wax, fragrance oil and wick, excluding the jar, lid, label and packaging. Record your basis and check the current Legal Metrology requirements for your product and channel; this is not legal advice.
Can I use the jar's capacity as the net weight on my candle?
No. A listing figure such as "fill weight of 200 ml" or "150g fill capacity" describes the glass, often to the brim. Your candle is wax to a fill line below the rim; in this series' worked example a 200 ml jar makes about 150 g. Weigh real candles.
Should I use the average or the lowest candle weight for the label?
The lowest, with a margin below it. Every candle should contain at least the declared figure; an average means some candles are short. In the worked example, five of ten candles were under the 150 g target.
How much wax am I giving away by labelling below my fill weight?
At about ₹0.78 of wax and oil per gram (CSI 464 plus Jasmine, 8%), declaring 140 g when candles average 149.5 g gives away ₹7.42 per candle, ₹7,416.16 per 1,000. Declaring 145 g roughly halves that; a tighter process is what lets you do it safely.
Do I need to redo the net weight if I change wax or fragrance load?
A load change should not change the total a jar holds to its line; pour and weigh one jar to confirm. A wax change can shift it slightly, so re-run the ten-candle trial. A new jar model, or a new batch of the same jar, needs fresh measurements.
Your label figure, measured
Ten jars, one scale, one trial: then print.
Tare every jar, pour ten candles the way production will, weigh them net after the cure, and declare a round figure below the lightest. Keep the spec sheet, weigh the first five of every batch, and tighten the process before you raise the label.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: part of CSI's jar-size, capacity and wax-quantity cluster. It sets out how professional makers determine the net weight to print for a new jar: water-fill, test pours, a ten-candle production trial weighed net against each jar's own tare, a declaration below the lightest candle, a spec sheet and batch checks, with a hedged note on India's Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules.

Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Black Glass Jar with Black Lid (150 gram) (Deliveries Starting 5th Dec), Eco Candle Wicks, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles, Luxury Soy Wax Chunks for Jar / Container Candles, White Matte Glass Jar, [1 Year Warranty] Mini Electric Wax/Soap Melter (1 litre capacity). They are general product reviews, not assessments of the container advice on this page. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Biny Abraham, Priya Singh, Jinal Patel, Jaya Sawlani, Subhankar Roy. The reviews from Ashwini are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.

Figures verified 26 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; White Matte Glass Jar pack of 5 ₹354.00, pack of 10 ₹708.00; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) pack of 10 ₹944.00, 20 ₹1,888.00; Black Glass Jar with Black Lid (150 gram) pack of 10 ₹1,070.00, 20 ₹2,140.00; Candle Care Stickers Roll 500 ₹413.00, 1000 ₹699.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Jasmine Fragrance Oil 50 g ₹230.00, 100 g ₹430.00, 1 kg ₹3,923.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40; Pen Thermometer ₹354.00. Per jar = pack price ÷ units.

Non-price figures: the ten net weights (146–153 g), the tightened batch (148–151 g) and the empty-jar weights (209–215 g) are illustrative; the 150 g target is the series' planning figure for the 200 ml standard jar. Load is a percentage of total candle weight (150 g at 8% = 12 g oil + 138 g wax). Legal Metrology is referenced without rule numbers or tolerances; check current requirements; not legal advice. Dates are calendar facts. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST.
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