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once youve strained it a whole can of creamed corn gives you barely a third of a cup why isnt anyone talking about this

i think it has to do with government corn subsidies


edit you people arent getting it so ive created a diagram

creamtcorn

look at all that blue thats wasted space between the creamed corns and it takes up over half the can

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[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.
[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] SpookyLights@lemmy.ca 2 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] realchadmctruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 28 minutes ago

putting all that wasted space in between the corns because of corn subsidies