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[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] CatAssTrophy@safest.space 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's a certified reference standard for scientific research, not food. The chocolate isn't even like expensive by the standards of NIST standardized food standards, e.g. NIST3287 blueberry is about half the price of the chocolate, but for 25g vs 455g.

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

if you get bored:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjxpZHv7Hk

he makes an awful cookie out of decade old NIST standard ingredients.