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In addition to hiking prices and shrinking product sizes, some food companies have also been quietly downgrading ingredients to reduce manufacturing costs in a process known as 'skimpflation.'

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[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Some of it is because of Nutritional Information panels, but I agree that most of it is just greed.

I saw a box of candies that was under 100g that as I child I would traditionally have eaten as a snack. The "suggested serving" size was significantly smaller than the box size in order to keep the "calories per serving" low. In order to keep us the ruse, the box is now called "a sharing box" and it said something like "Share with 6 friends!".

So, most of this is to be greedy, but some of it is to be deceitful.