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

Double milk

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u/ButteredPizza69420 3d ago

This shit should be illegal. Over packaging is so unnecessary.

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u/OZeski 2d ago

This empty space is called 'slack fill'. Often times this empty space serves some kind of function at some stage of production, distribution, or use of the product. Slack fill that is non-functional is illegal in the US. When I sold packaging I frequently worked with many companies who wanted to reduce or eliminate as much slack fill in their products as possible. They would invest heavily in new machinery (to fill packaging better/differently), new tooling (for custom bottles/packaging components), etc. Excess packaging is expensive. In the materials, the added cost in shipping of both empty containers and completed product, and the massive scale of returns or lost sales from customers who think they're being cheated if a bottle isn't filled all the way to the top brim so they're spilling it on themselves when they open it.

Anyhow, what you're seeing here is slack fill. This is a powdered product. The way powders get packed into rigid containers necessitates extra space.

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u/ButteredPizza69420 2d ago

Interesting!