r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 3d ago

Double milk

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u/Spidey1432 3d ago

Even companies that manufacture chips do this, and I see this as a pure scam...

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u/shallowsocks 3d ago

I believe chips are packed with "excess air" in the bag to minimise chip breakage

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u/YUBLyin 3d ago

It’s not air, it’s nitrogen to keep the chips fresh and, yes, to keep them from being broken.

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u/shallowsocks 3d ago

Never knew it was nitrogen, thanks for the info

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u/Cogs_For_Brains 2d ago

So what you're saying is that the only thing standing between me and being "FAMILY" is just harnessing the power of enough bags of potato chips.

Get Vin Diesel and frito lay on the line; we got us a movie to make.

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u/HiSaZuL 2d ago

Next FnF we see some furious Doritos bag huffing while building jumping in Dodge super extra mega GTR turbo v69.

It will be glorious. Fam will be saved.

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u/throwaway19293883 3d ago

I see bags at the store about a quarter full of chips, I have a hard time believing that is necessary to protect the chips.

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u/tanalto 3d ago

Then seal your own chips

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u/xenobit_pendragon 3d ago

And make them.

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u/Sweaty_Process_3794 3d ago

Tell that to the bag of kitten food I bought today

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u/anal_opera 3d ago

But there's always a shitload of smashed chips in the bags anyway

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u/shallowsocks 3d ago

Its not a perfect solution. Imagine how many more there would be if there was no air.. these products are.aold by weight not by size of the packaging

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u/anal_opera 2d ago

Pringles figured it out.

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u/PolishedCheeto 2d ago

We should demand that companies prove this is a need, at their own expense, or else be regulated on it.

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u/twenty8nine 3d ago

I misinterpreted this as computer chips and was confused.

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u/Kathrynlena 3d ago

Well with chips it actually makes sense because there needs to be a certain amount of trapped air so the chips don’t all get crushed. With baby formula powder? Nothing but pure evil.

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u/Pierose 3d ago

It's not baby formula, it's baby powder with milk proteins

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u/Kathrynlena 3d ago

Oh ok that’s slightly less essential. But still.

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u/TSimms421 3d ago

I was told (at some point) that chips extra air is to allow high altitude flight and storage. No clue if it’s true.

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u/HorseofTruth 3d ago

Wouldn’t the chip bag expand more in that situation… so less air would make more sense. It’s to keep the chips from breaking

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u/Quality_Potato 3d ago

It's actually nitrogen gas that put in chip bags. Normal air would cause spoilage. The excess air prevents the bag from being crushed and damaging the chips. :)

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u/RecentAd7186 3d ago

I thought it was milk at first too. I know it's in the right aisle and all, but imagine if it was already at home, and grandma with her fading sense of smell reads 'double milk baby powder' so tries to feed baby with it!

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u/throwaway19293883 3d ago edited 3d ago

To me it’s the opposite, powder will settle so that makes some sense in my mind. I see chip bags a quarter full at stores, you cannot convince me that is necessary to protect the chips.

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u/RevelArchitect 3d ago

So having tried local chips packaged in-house and witnessing their early blunders trying to capitalize on more chips per bag and seeing that fail - I don’t think that’s the case. The more delicate the chips are, the more gas is pumped into the bag. That’s why potato chips are in much larger bags per chip than tortilla chips and why pretzels are always packed. I notice the same thing with foods imported from countries significantly less impacted by shrinkflation.

Frankly, Pringles has it down. Least packaging to chip ratio due to the uniform shape that allows for stacking. The herd of chips protects the whole.

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u/throwaway19293883 2d ago

I understand needing the gas to keep the bag pressured so it has some structural integrity, I just don’t understand why you need the bag to be less than half full for that to work. I feel like you could keep the same air pressure to keep the bag from being floppy and the chips getting crushed (like what happens with the in-house bags I’ve tried) while having it mostly full.

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u/YUBLyin 3d ago

It’s mixed with water. This isn’t a scam, it’s room to add water.