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[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (38 children)

It's so you don't get a bag full of crumbs.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (34 children)

No one in the history of civilisation has complained about too many broken chips in a bag.

When people started complaining about the amount of air being included in the bag, "prevents broken chips" was the bs marketing PR line put out. It's just not true.

You know the easiest way to prove it's bs? Pringle's have introduced more air into their cans at the same time. Why? To match the shrinkflation of their competitors. Because adding air to a can of Pringle's can only result in MORE broken chips. Which, again, no one in the fucking world has ever complained about.

[–] _danny@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I am absolutely sad when I get a bag of broken chips. And it definitely works you can test it yourself with some ziplock bags. There most likely is some shrinkflation hidden in that air, but the majority of it probably is playing an important part for people like me who love their chips but hate the crumbs.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

There is definitively a point of diminishing returns. Half a bag of air just allows the chips to smash into each other and break. Only enough air to prevent outside forces compressing the chips is fine.

I'm not going to bother to find out when and how often these bags of completely crumbed chips made you sad in your life. They would no doubt be negligible and more related to transport issues than packaging issues.

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