BristolUK

I thought this was funny.
Pack it in: which food company has the most ‘cynical’ packaging?
I remember buying some frozen ribs over here that only took up two-thirds of the length of the box.

Cookies are a major offender in the bags and trays. Particularly noticeable when you see a pack of Hobnobs in the same store and wonder why other cookies can't come in a tube.

Siouxie

Some more examples

https://www.entertales.com/false-packaging-mistakes/

Shard

One of the take away sushi I get is in a box that makes it looks like it is 8 pieces, but it's only 6 pieces. Underneath the sticker (covering the end quarter of the box) is just a sachet of soy sauce. Sneaky.

dave_j

There's some soap that's sold as cheese. Anyone seen any?

scrubbedexpat091

Remember the old disclaimer sold by weight not volume.

BristolUK

You must mean Edam.

Or perhaps not. That would mean there was some sort of taste to it.

Howefamily

I find it amusing when the "healthy" snack bars are anything but healthy... Hubby bought some Cliff bars for a snack at work, hes currently trying to keep off carbs, so for him hes only avoiding bread and pasta it seems. I was thinking of sneaking one, as it said white chip and macadamia nut but read the box. Each bar has 41g of carbs with I think it was 3g of fibre. I figured I would rather have some toast frankly....

mikelincs

I well remember one day at work where a girl was extolling the virtues of a snack bar for her lunch because it stated it was 90% fat free. I, very kindly, pointed out that that meant it contained 10% fat, which caused her to ditch the bar, she just hadn't been able to see beyond the 90% part on the wrapper.

BristolUK

There's a lot of shrinkflation about.
Most "2L" tubs of ice cream are now actually 1.8, 1.6 and there's even a brand with 1.5. The tubs themselves don't appear to be three-quarters the size they used to.

Bacon used to be in 500g packs. That's unusual now, the vast majority are 375g. That's a big (hidden) price increase.