quick how many gallons of ketchup are needed
alright, lot of assumptions...
assuming there is an average of
30 4" fries per large order from a fast food chain (saw somewhere that it was ave of 80-90 fries, but ranged in size from 2"-6", so i figured most are smaller ones and 1/2 or 1/3 would be the 4" we needed. this is using the thinner mcdonalds size fries, thicker and/or wave/crinkle fries would change this amount, and since i have something resembling a good estimate, i'm going with it), that'd be
1,584,000,000 large order of fries from mcdonalds.
according to
this, there is about
.25 oz in a packet. and assuming most people use
3 packets per large order of fries (we're all fat, remember?), that'd be
4,752,000,000 packets of ketchup. (i figure some people like a ton, and some none, so 3 sounded reasonable average). or
1,188,000,000 ounces of ketchup.
there's
128 fluid ounces in 1 liquid gal, so that's
9,281,250 gallons of ketchup needed.changing the # of fries in a large to 40 bring the gals down to about 7 million needed.
changing # of packets used to 4 brings the gal up to about 12 million needed.