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I believe the 2nd, lower number is the drained net weight, which is what you should use.

You might pick up an inexpensive kitchen scale to verify.

Romaniac
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Thanks so much. That makes sense.

I do have a good kitchen scale.  I'll do that the next time I open a jar.  (This time, I ended up just dumping in both cans, knowing that if one weight was right I would have a bit too few and if the other weight was the one I should have used, I'd have a few too many.

I guess the trick now is to figure out what the American recipe's '15 oz' can refers to - drained or undrained weight!

Thanks again.

Also, the large e symbol signifies that the filled quantity is estimated, but conforming to EU tolerances on margin of error.....a fun fact I guess

That IS interesting.  I had no idea what the 'e' was.  But I'd never have guessed 'estimated.'

By the way, I've no idea if I used too many or too few beans, but the soup was good and I have enough to not cook for a week!

Thanks.