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Re:Beware of 'shrinkflation,' inflation's devious cousin by pkaye on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:25PM (#28090285)
A recent change in US nutrition labels is the serving size should be more realistic so they update the numbers to match consumer behavior. The other thing is consumption is influenced by container size. People tend to drink entire bottles of soda regardless of size so labeling should reflect that.

https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/changes-nut...

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Re:Beware of 'shrinkflation,' inflation's devious cousin by c618b9b695c4 on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:41PM (#28090506)
Still not great leaving it up to manufacturers. Would have loved if it was a flat XX/100grams plus an additional column of XX/package.
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Re:Beware of 'shrinkflation,' inflation's devious cousin by SCHiM on Friday August 06, 2021 @06:04PM (#28093289)
I mean, obviously the best thing is:

1gram, 100gram, container size.

That way: you always know the exact amount you're actually buying, + it's easy to calculate if you consume less than the container, either by nx the amount of 1gram or nx100 gram of the product. Nothing else really makes sense, for any reason.

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