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Is 28 grains as heavy as a Jelly Bean?

It's about one-and-three-fifths times as heavy as a Jelly Bean
The weight of a Jelly Bean is about 17 grains.
(for Jelly Belly beans; approximate)
Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about 18 grains. President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and 49,000,000 grains of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.
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