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Comment on everyone talks about chip bags being 50% wasted space but no one talks about creamed corn cans being 50% wasted space

OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I hate having to repeat this over & over, but chip bags are NOT 50% wasted space. They’re 50% larger than their contents, and then filled with 50% air for extra padding, so you don’t get a bag of crumbs.

You pay for the weight of the chips in the bag, not the amount of fullness.

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realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
my point is that everyone talks about that but no one talks about the same thing happening with cans of creamed corn despite cans being sturdy enough to not need padding

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- ulterno@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Because then it won’t be creamed.
  
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  - MassiveSquid@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yes, exactly. The goo isn’t wasted space, it’s just as much part of the creamed corn as the whole kernels.
    
    I’m pretty sure that OP is just messing around but it’s actually fun to think about.
    
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- OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The cans are sold by weight of the content, not size of the can.
  Other reasons they may be putting the small amount in a larger can (since padding isn’t an issue):
  
  that’s the size of cans they have on hand from the factory.
  
  packing/shipping & stacking/displaying that standard can size might be more cost effective.
  
  They want dupe customers into thinking they’re getting more for their money.
  
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  - realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    the government is meddling
    
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    SpookyLights@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    How so?
    
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lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
They are not filled with air, they’re typically filled with nitrogen

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- Mescalito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.
  
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  - lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.
    
    Great, start a chip company and start filling your bags with air.
    
    You’ll learn quickly that there’s another predominant element in air besides nitrogen (surely it won’t matter though, it’s only 20.8%).
    
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  - SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They mean 100% nitrogen. If they just filled chip bags with regular air they would be more sensitive to pressure changes.
    
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  - 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It’s got less oxygen and moisture in it so that bacteria doesn’t have the energy to breed and spoil the contents.
    
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  - funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    even more so when you open the bag
    
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- OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I was going to say nitrogen but didn’t want to come off as too pedantic.
  
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