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[–] Todesschnitzel@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Protip: 1 Read the weight. 2. Read the kilo-price. 3. Compare It. 4. Profit

This is probably gonna spare you a little bit of money at least.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Works great for people who can conceptualize quantities well, but not so well for those of us who can't.

People are always asking me for estimates of quantities and amounts in my position, and I can never provide them.

No matter how much I weigh and calculate, seeing the bag is going to trump the mathematical facts, every time.

[–] Todesschnitzel@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I agree though: the bag in hand plus the weight etc. Is very useful.

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The extra space is to cushion the chips during transport so you don’t have a pile of broken chips and dust. Typically they are also filled with nitrogen as it is inert and keeps oxidation and moisture in the bag to a minimum.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to see one of these charts that measures the amount of air in bags now vs. in the 80s or 90s. I could have sworn we had fairly full bags of chips back then, withouth them being reduced to rubble like so many people say.

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, I agree with you. The shrink-flation is real.

[–] gezepi@lemmyunchained.net 2 points 1 year ago

Apparently the companies will adjust the ratio depending on how it is shipped and various other factors.

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago

So most of them should be sold as nitrogen bags with a side order of sliced cooked potato (TBC), to avoid violation of sale of goods legislation in your country.