Haven't started the list yet, but the "Didn't this use to look bigger?" hook reminded me of summer vacation last week. We had a pack of peanut butter Oreos and a pack of Double Stuff Oreos, and noticed that there wasn't much "Double" to the "Stuff," so we stacked two peanut butters, compared it to one of the Double Stuffs, and came to the conclusion that there was almost no difference between a regular Oreo and a Double Stuff one. Shrinkflation is just sad.
Yeah the new double stuff is what the originals used to be while the originals have half as much as before. I remember when the double stuff actually looked like someone doubled the cream of a regular Oreo. It's that way with the Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches, too. They used to be 3/4 the length and almost double the thickness, now they're the same thickness as the regular ones while still being 3/4 the length the you're just getting less for your money.
@@SesshouFan22yup. Fat Boys arent fat no more. Bought box two weeks ago amd thought the same exact thing! They feel different in my hand too!!!! Dont get me started on Oreos! 😮
Ah, a Biden voter. Inflation is hitting all of us, including corporations. They don’t want to raise prices, but they also want to make a profit and be able to pay their bills, much like we do. It’s like you asking for a raise in order to keep up with rising prices. And then the company you work for has to find a way to pay increasing wages. It’s a nasty little cycle. It’s called inflation, a side effect of unchecked government spending and printing more money, decreasing the value of the dollar. Vote wisely this November.
One thing I noticed was hen you mentioned Kraft mac and cheese , I remember when I was younger, the cheese was darker, and tasted better, now the cheese is paler and tastes terrible.
According to recent news, shrinkflation may not be legal for much longer if lawmakers have a say. That doesn’t mean it’ll stop since most companies do so much illegal activities. But at the very least it could be a step in the right direction for us consumers.
Working in product development and branding, I have faith at least some kind of law will eventually be passed to discourage the more offensively deceptive practices shown here. As for small changes to make the products healthier and safer, I’m all for that but with transparency and openness to the public for feedback.
Shrinkflation sucks! I'm fed up with it! Bring back normal sizes already! I mean, "large" size boxes of cereal used to be regular sized. Now, they call this a "large". Our "Family size" was our "large" back then. And the "Giant" size we have now was our "large" then
I actually found that bagged cereal gives you a lot more cereal if you’re looking for cold cereal and I also found that if you’re looking to buy bigger sizes, you should try either Costco or the one associated with Walmart even if you have to pay a membership fee it’s still less expensive in the long run and I found that out with Costco‘s water. I figured out that if Costco has a basic membership for 60 bucks a year and you buy approximately 20 cases of water with the amount of money that you save between that place and Kroger by the time you pay for 20 cases you are saving the $60 you need because at Kroger the water is approximately seven or more dollars a case and at Costco it’s around four dollars a case so in the end 20 to 22 cases of water from Costco will save you money which means that the cost is very much different and this is just water we’re talking about it might be surprising to figure out what else they give a better deal on
@jeremytoney9367 Bagged cereal may be more cost effective, but most of the cereals are full of sugar and not much fiber or essential nutrients. Shredded wheat is the exception, but it also dissappears quickly. Boxes have a lot more variety, and a lot more fiber- rich brands
I got a Toblerone for Christmas from a friend, opened it, and was completely baffled because I hadn’t had a Toblerone in years but remembered the peaks being more curved. Still slightly scarred
Whiska's Perfect Portions wet cat food used to come in a 100gram package. The company split the package in half, added more packaging, but each 'half' is only 37.5 grams. Same price but you're missing 1/4 of the cat food.
Yea I remember looking at a package of Black Diamond cheese slices with 22 slices in there when a week prior they were 24. I was dead broke at the time, practically homeless and this change meant I went a day or 2 without cheese. Back then I could eat for a month off $20 worth of groceries. That's no longer possible.
@@ForestTheGingerBoihe literally said he was flat broke .. he’s saying the 2 pieces of cheese they took away truly mattered . Get the stick outta your bum and be grateful you aren’t in his shoes
Actually I believe stuff like this is what makes a time machine somewhat practical. If I had a time machine, I myself would be a little bit nostalgic. I would probably go back to some of the restaurants that I like that are no longer around. I would also use it too shopping for better deal and to get the products that I remember growing up with which have changed today.
Subway in the UK isn't legally allowed to say "eat fresh", because their vegetables are flash frozen (as is their meat, which is made of a paste + meat glue and isn't actually pieces of steak etc). Their "bread" is classified as cake due to the massive volumes of sugar in it and their sauces might as well be frosting.
@@leydeebug202 Yep its essentially a sugarloaf cake with sugared garlic mayo/sugared chili sauce, and defrosted vegetables and glued-together meat cubes.
McD's changing their fried pies to their baked garbage is the worst change ever. Thank goodness there is a local burger joint near me that still fries their apple pies. It's heaven.
I’m thankful our family stopped eating food like products about 8 years ago. We don’t eat anything that has artificial ingredients or flavors. Only sprouted breads, no seed oils in any form, and no refined sugars aside from coconut and maple sugar in our coffee.
They may have removed artificial yellow 5 & 6 but it was replaced with "sunset yellow" which is still an artificial colour and dangerous to those who can't consume artificial colours and flavors. (M.C.A.S. OR Histamine Intolerance) and it's in everything and I mean EVERYTHING. My latest shock this week?... Hickory Sticks have artificial red, yellow AND blue in them yet they aren't even colourful! Check ALL LABELS folks!!
Sure glad i quit eating that trash. 10 yrs ago doctors said i had max 5 yrs to live and i was on so many pills. Started buying healthy foods mostly direct from farmers. Off all those chemical pills and healthier now then 10 yrs ago. All that garbage food is killing us.
Guess I'm a little different than most customers, I ALWAYS look at the ounces on everything...and can catch them "red-handed" at trying to scheme us. 😮
Me too! I thought I was the only weird guy counting ounces and watching things change. I've been telling my wife for years the packages are getting smaller and the quality is out the window
@@Kristin-we4usthanks for the likes? What does it give it to you? Do you feel better now? It’s sad that getting a like at social media is something special to you! So sad
2016 is mentioned a few times here. Shrinkflation wasn't preparation for things to come, it was a response from businesses to things that had happened the years prior. But, yes, they did keep the same prices and size/quantity in most all cases.
McDonald's fries used be fried in a beef tallow and were, for a few decades, considered the best tasting fast food fries worldwide. Then they changed to vegetable oil for health reasons, I think, and all of that flavor was lost.
Canned tuna salad was hands down my favourite sandwich as a kid, but in recent years it's been more difficult to make more than one sandwich per can. Realized why when I looked at the weight. It was 8oz per can way back when, then shrank to 7oz, now it's only 5. Curiously this does not afflict certain retailers as the last 12pk of canned tuna I purchased (sometime last month) was 12 cans, 7oz each, for roughly the same price as 12 individual 5oz cans.
In my country since this year it is illegal to make changes to product sizes without warning the customer about the change! Basically the retailers have to put out big warning signs for a few months if there's a change in any products' usual packaging size. Like : WARNING U GET LESS FOR THE SAME PRICE! Not sure about the recipe changes.
Usually a certain global affliction gets blamed for that. Most TP manufacturers took about 3cm off the side of the roll while keeping the length intact. This kept it the proper "puffiness" while still skimping the product.
Remember: Corporations *ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS.* All they care about is Your Money in Your Pockets, and nothing else, so whenever a company does the Shrinkflation, they are not thinking about the people buying the product, they only care about the Profits they make and the money they cash up on. Also, on this list, I do believe the Domino's Pizza section showcases when corporation owners put aside their greed and actually do the right thing. They shouldn't be just an example for all the other companies listed in the video, but also every other company in the world.
That’s true! All these corporations really care about money. And that’s fucked up 😂 and at the expense of fucking up people’s expectations and health☠️😂
Nescafe in the UK have adulterated their powder with "filler" materials. it's now only around 60% coffee. The rest is a stabilizer and synthetic cofee flavouring.
Shrinkflation. That actually started during the 2008 crash. I remember ice cream companies jumping on that first. 1 pint 160z went to 14 oz think it dropped to 12oz now.
13:17 yes I could tell the difference between the old and a new mac & cheese actually tasted difference two years or so for the color switch was made. I’d say around 2012 or 2014 was a flavor. Change in texture be amazed. & this is coming from song with both of TBI and epilepsy.
I won't eat KD. My packaged pasta of choice is the President's Choice white cheddar and macaroni dinner. It's better pasta and there is no food colouring added to the powdered cheese mix.
This was a good one! So many things going on in life these days, I have to say, I may have only noticed the Breyers and I don't really eat some of the others. For example, I could never get on the Nutella train, just something about hazelnuts that I don't care for and I could never understand why it's called chocolate, it definitely doesn't taste like any chocolate I've experienced. Loved your comments in this one as well! 👍🥰
I can tell the difference between old and new kraft Mac and cheese. I miss the old stuff, I don't care about color but it changed the taste too. It's not in my head either because I noticed it before I realized it had changed.
One thing I noticed from McDonald's, and probably other fast food, is that when you add a ingredient like Mac sauce they charge you $0.25. but if you minus the ingredient like Mac sauce, they don't lower the price.
My mom was happy when companies removed artificial dyes from products. She has an allergy to them. I have always noticed when something shrinks, changes flavors, etc. And Domino's has always sucked and still does.
19:53 Am a Brit (South Wales, UK) and I gotta say that the change was actually better, as it wasn't overly sweet like having a mouthful of sugar, it became more fruity and can taste more citrus in it now 🍊 It felt weird tasting the US & EU version as it was more sugary sweet than citrus, that I actually asked for my drink to be switched with Coke Zero or a lemonade. (For context I was in a restaurant outside of the UK, and asked the server if I could change my drink as I couldn't drink it after a sip. The nice server switched it and took off the Fanta)
I totally understand what you mean, I never drank Fanta before but tried it in 2019 and liked it. I didn't realise that it was less sugar only in the UK (where I live in West England), so when I visited Florida and bought a bottle thinking it was the same, I literally choked at how sugary it was, I made my sister try it (she likes sugary drinks) but even she didn't like it, saying "it tastes like a just had a tablespoon full of sugar" 🤢 we checked each drinks sugar context percentage after that, so we didn't get a repeat of the sugar Fanta.
Most of the foods that took out the food coloring, replaced in with a plant that's was in the nut category. Every day we go to the store and find annatto added for color. This sucks with a family member allergic to nuts. So if anyone has ever felt sick after having something that has it in it and a nut allergy, now you know.
2:39 Gatorade actually introduced the hourglass bottle over 4 years ago - it was just available in different stores. Gas stations and vending machines and it, but grocery stores had the original. It’s only recently that it’s become the only bottle available
12:45 I know. Products advertise “no artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors” or “whole grain”, but it doesn’t make it any more nutritional. Some of the removals may be better for health; but it doesn’t really make that big of a difference. And unless you’re going to go all organic, you’re going to get all of those things from other sources
I love the Coca-cola story because most people who didn't know which was which preferred New Coke, but people hate change and so rallied against something that most would've liked better. Imagine a car company making their cars quieter and more energy efficient and then having people whine about it "not sounding the same"
back in my days...I mean like early 2000s. I always had trouble to open them because they were always filled from top to bottom, leaving no space to open it without ripping the candy itself.
17:00 They removed regular doughnuts from Ireland last year. 19:00 Same with ALL soft drinks. 22:00 Pizza Hut in Asia. 23:25 Dreyers?? 25:10 I miss Campbells😢.
I’m old. I’ve watched all the name brand stuff change so much over the years. I no longer buy name brand if I have any other choice. Most non brand products taste the same. Not everything does but I’ll take the loss. Some companies produce their own products. However, other companies pay food factories to produce their product. Then it is just stamped with the name. This is the same food sold by supermarkets under their own name. On top of that, over the years, recipes have become public and licenses have lapsed. This allows supermarkets to make a lot of candy and other products almost identical. Considering the price difference, I’d rather go with supermarkets. Especially Aldi. Their food is pretty amazing.
Toilet paper rolls are much narrower. Now only 4 inches wide from 4.25 which shrank from 4.5.. some are now even narrower still. I wouldn't notice except for the huge gap in my toilet paper holder. There used to be no gap.
Not just shrinkflation, various flavors have disappeared as well with Fanta being the worst offender of all. About half of the flavors that Fanta had prior to 2022 are straight up gone.
I just checked the bag of Cinnamon toast crunch and sure enough trisodium phosphate is an ingredient. Trisodium phosphate is also a powdered cleaner. I used to use that to clean floors!
In the 80's to the early 90's. The Fanta came I. Juice boxes and the taste were really good. It was my favorite juice back then. But suddenly, it went from juice to soda, and the taste wasn't the same. I still miss those juice boxes 😥
Oreos, I have a lot to say about this tiny biscuit. Why on earth they were allowed to be sold inn Australia I have no idea. The thing is we have better tasting biscuits and cookies than those tasteless things. The only 1 good thing I will say is they are so small that the kids don't get a massive sugar hit.Honestly we have a better chocolate biscuit called delta creams.
I'm here in the U.S. but agree with you about Oreos! Most cookies/biscuits and what is being sold as bread here are not that great & yet they continue to add more unhealthy ingredients, fillers & preservatives while reducing size & raising prices. Enjoy your Delta Creams!
I went to subway recently and I noticed the bread was much slimmer than before. They kept the 12-inch length to avoid a repeat of the barrage of complaints that happened last time, but it was much slimmer and couldn't hold the extra meatballs I ordered
Uhh, if the new Twinkies had "left the recipe alone", they would've gone bankrupt again within a year or two because the high cost/waste of the old kind was losing them money. Is that somehow a better option?
So many items you can make from scratch or your own version that most people will stop buying the rip off product and make their own. Companies will lose out in the end and the consumer wins!!
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I saw a new video the other day from a McDonalds patron. In it, she showed that inside the bun was a 'meat' patty that was noticeably thinner than the single, measly, pickle chip. My very first job was McD's and they were busted for using kangaroo meat and still claiming their product to be "all beef burger'. Minimum wage was 79 cents per hour, so you can see that this is nothing new. I haven't eaten there for over 50 years.
Ya I think that particular product is trying to teach you how to say the name correctly, since technically they should sound the same. If you use the other pronunciation that is fine though. :)
Earlier this year I niticed how skinny the Oreo creme was as thin as the "thin" I'm afraid to buy the thins in case they just wave the creme over it and not add any.
About five years ago I stopped drinking coffee, because it started tasting horrible. Maybe they also changed the recipe. I still don't drink coffee. Interesting fact: When I was young, I watched Demolition Man and all the restaurants in the movie were Taco Bell. I, recently, watched it again and it was changed to Pizza Hut. In the old version, Sandra Bullock said that Taco Bell won the franchise war, but in the newer version she said that Pizza Hut won the franchise war.
You should move to the Nordic countries then. Boy oh boy do nost of what we eat still look like most remember them, but then, the Nordic countries have always said eff it and do the literal opposite of everyone else. I know this, because i'm a Swede, and the food here haven't changed much at all, if at all. We do have this weird habit of having a bit extra salted food, or mix foods with different tastes, like Marabou chocolate with popcorn. Marabou is a Swedish brand, which actually tastes a hundred times better than Swiss and Belgian chocolate. I've tasted American, Swiss and Belgian chocolate, and they just don't taste as good
My daily affirmation is this: God I receive your written and spoken promises for my household. with an influx of $112,000 every month God has kept to his word for me hallelujah!
I was absolutely furious about the MDonald’s apple pie changing. Thank you for letting me know what companies to skip. Also, I had no idea that Nutella has been around that long but since I don’t eat it that wasn’t a problem
The Dominos change is the biggest one I've noticed. I had it back when I was in school but now a days it's the perfect compromise of cheap & delicious pizza.
As someone from Scotland I can confirm that the Fanta changes are actually almost imperceptible, if anything it actually tastes a little better since the change.
Haven't started the list yet, but the "Didn't this use to look bigger?" hook reminded me of summer vacation last week. We had a pack of peanut butter Oreos and a pack of Double Stuff Oreos, and noticed that there wasn't much "Double" to the "Stuff," so we stacked two peanut butters, compared it to one of the Double Stuffs, and came to the conclusion that there was almost no difference between a regular Oreo and a Double Stuff one. Shrinkflation is just sad.
Yeah the new double stuff is what the originals used to be while the originals have half as much as before. I remember when the double stuff actually looked like someone doubled the cream of a regular Oreo. It's that way with the Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches, too. They used to be 3/4 the length and almost double the thickness, now they're the same thickness as the regular ones while still being 3/4 the length the you're just getting less for your money.
@@SesshouFan22yup. Fat Boys arent fat no more. Bought box two weeks ago amd thought the same exact thing! They feel different in my hand too!!!! Dont get me started on Oreos! 😮
You paid MORE money for the doublestuff....so You're the one that they stuffed :) doubly....
Do you remembern2hen a small box of kraft macuse to fee 6 now it feed maybe 2 to 3. Adonlyfillsheotto ofthembox
"Didn't this use to be bigger?" That's what she said 😂😂😂😂
I notice all that changes. I dont hate changes. I hate being robbed blind by greedy corporates.
Yes, because government regulations and taxes have nothing to do with it.
Ah, a Biden voter. Inflation is hitting all of us, including corporations. They don’t want to raise prices, but they also want to make a profit and be able to pay their bills, much like we do. It’s like you asking for a raise in order to keep up with rising prices. And then the company you work for has to find a way to pay increasing wages. It’s a nasty little cycle. It’s called inflation, a side effect of unchecked government spending and printing more money, decreasing the value of the dollar. Vote wisely this November.
@@pandorasrevelations9873 no, they hasnt. Bear in mind Corporations have already huge Tax Cuts..
@@pandorasrevelations9873 very small part
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One thing I noticed was hen you mentioned Kraft mac and cheese , I remember when I was younger, the cheese was darker, and tasted better, now the cheese is paler and tastes terrible.
According to recent news, shrinkflation may not be legal for much longer if lawmakers have a say. That doesn’t mean it’ll stop since most companies do so much illegal activities. But at the very least it could be a step in the right direction for us consumers.
Working in product development and branding, I have faith at least some kind of law will eventually be passed to discourage the more offensively deceptive practices shown here. As for small changes to make the products healthier and safer, I’m all for that but with transparency and openness to the public for feedback.
What do you mean us consumers? Everyone is a consumer
@@the_flying_chihuahuaI believe that’s exactly what they said.
Shrinkflation sucks! I'm fed up with it! Bring back normal sizes already! I mean, "large" size boxes of cereal used to be regular sized. Now, they call this a "large". Our "Family size" was our "large" back then. And the "Giant" size we have now was our "large" then
Oh well, cerial is horrible. Kids should never eat that garbage. Kids are mentally ill on drugs due to poor diet. Cereal is top of the list for trash.
The MoM cereal bags used to be enormous, now they’re only slightly bigger than the name brand but often more expensive
I actually found that bagged cereal gives you a lot more cereal if you’re looking for cold cereal and I also found that if you’re looking to buy bigger sizes, you should try either Costco or the one associated with Walmart even if you have to pay a membership fee it’s still less expensive in the long run and I found that out with Costco‘s water.
I figured out that if Costco has a basic membership for 60 bucks a year and you buy approximately 20 cases of water with the amount of money that you save between that place and Kroger by the time you pay for 20 cases you are saving the $60 you need because at Kroger the water is approximately seven or more dollars a case and at Costco it’s around four dollars a case so in the end 20 to 22 cases of water from Costco will save you money which means that the cost is very much different and this is just water we’re talking about it might be surprising to figure out what else they give a better deal on
@jeremytoney9367 Bagged cereal may be more cost effective, but most of the cereals are full of sugar and not much fiber or essential nutrients. Shredded wheat is the exception, but it also dissappears quickly. Boxes have a lot more variety, and a lot more fiber- rich brands
@@petermiller4953 shredded wheat is just garbage too. Delusional to think any cereal is even kinda healthy
I got a Toblerone for Christmas from a friend, opened it, and was completely baffled because I hadn’t had a Toblerone in years but remembered the peaks being more curved. Still slightly scarred
The normal in America, Gatorade
They are smaller , all round .
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Whiska's Perfect Portions wet cat food used to come in a 100gram package. The company split the package in half, added more packaging, but each 'half' is only 37.5 grams. Same price but you're missing 1/4 of the cat food.
What a ripp-off .
To be fair, Wiskas is one of the shittiest cat foods on the market.
My god, NOTHING IS SAFE!
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Yea I remember looking at a package of Black Diamond cheese slices with 22 slices in there when a week prior they were 24. I was dead broke at the time, practically homeless and this change meant I went a day or 2 without cheese. Back then I could eat for a month off $20 worth of groceries. That's no longer possible.
Can't of been that bad if you're spoilt enough to moan over 2 fake cheese slices hell they ain't even real food!
@@ForestTheGingerBoi real food is expensive. I was broke.
@@ForestTheGingerBoihe literally said he was flat broke .. he’s saying the 2 pieces of cheese they took away truly mattered . Get the stick outta your bum and be grateful you aren’t in his shoes
@@Liquexoxo I've been worse off than that having actually being homeless with out bank account or benefits/welfare or job
@@ForestTheGingerBoi So you experienced it and yet you still decided to be a jerk? 🤧🤧 whew
Actually I believe stuff like this is what makes a time machine somewhat practical. If I had a time machine, I myself would be a little bit nostalgic. I would probably go back to some of the restaurants that I like that are no longer around. I would also use it too shopping for better deal and to get the products that I remember growing up with which have changed today.
You could even take what they used to be like and show it off to show the shrinkflation
Subway in the UK isn't legally allowed to say "eat fresh", because their vegetables are flash frozen (as is their meat, which is made of a paste + meat glue and isn't actually pieces of steak etc). Their "bread" is classified as cake due to the massive volumes of sugar in it and their sauces might as well be frosting.
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That's gross! You make me glad I stopped eating there years ago.
So basicly it's a big cake with other gross things?
@@leydeebug202 Yep its essentially a sugarloaf cake with sugared garlic mayo/sugared chili sauce, and defrosted vegetables and glued-together meat cubes.
Flash frozen is actually fresher than fresh. The rest is undeniably deplorable
McD's changing their fried pies to their baked garbage is the worst change ever. Thank goodness there is a local burger joint near me that still fries their apple pies. It's heaven.
Agreed. Pizza Hut sells the fried pies now. So does Panda Express 😂😂
Edit: I can't type apparently
I’m thankful our family stopped eating food like products about 8 years ago. We don’t eat anything that has artificial ingredients or flavors. Only sprouted breads, no seed oils in any form, and no refined sugars aside from coconut and maple sugar in our coffee.
They may have removed artificial yellow 5 & 6 but it was replaced with "sunset yellow" which is still an artificial colour and dangerous to those who can't consume artificial colours and flavors. (M.C.A.S. OR Histamine Intolerance) and it's in everything and I mean EVERYTHING. My latest shock this week?... Hickory Sticks have artificial red, yellow AND blue in them yet they aren't even colourful! Check ALL LABELS folks!!
Sure glad i quit eating that trash. 10 yrs ago doctors said i had max 5 yrs to live and i was on so many pills. Started buying healthy foods mostly direct from farmers. Off all those chemical pills and healthier now then 10 yrs ago. All that garbage food is killing us.
Guess I'm a little different than most customers, I ALWAYS look at the ounces on everything...and can catch them "red-handed" at trying to scheme us. 😮
Hurray! I found someone like myself. I notice change quickly as a rule due to watching the ozś and ingredients. I feel were all being robbed.
@@aunt_b3365 It's all about making a bigger profit for corporate....at least you and I are aware of it.
Me too! I thought I was the only weird guy counting ounces and watching things change. I've been telling my wife for years the packages are getting smaller and the quality is out the window
I swear Soup Cups used to be twice as tall
Edit: thx for 64 likes!!
Wow I read that as sour cups for a whole 20 secs. I was like what is sour cups?
@@cherryblossoms85 Haha lol
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@@Kristin-we4usthanks for the likes? What does it give it to you? Do you feel better now? It’s sad that getting a like at social media is something special to you! So sad
@@FadingVitals I don’t feel better I just like that they’re being nice geez
2016 is mentioned a few times here. Shrinkflation wasn't preparation for things to come, it was a response from businesses to things that had happened the years prior.
But, yes, they did keep the same prices and size/quantity in most all cases.
McDonald's fries used be fried in a beef tallow and were, for a few decades, considered the best tasting fast food fries worldwide. Then they changed to vegetable oil for health reasons, I think, and all of that flavor was lost.
My favorite fries are Chick-fil-A fries
They didn't change the oil for health reason. McDonalds and all the others think only MONEY. They shit on you and your "health".
vegans are making the world a better place for animals but they're attributing to making it worse for humans
@@Easton-kw9lxNah. You ever had zaxbys fries?
@@MicrowaveVRRR I’ve never gone there. I’m from California so I don’t know what it taste like.
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Canned tuna salad was hands down my favourite sandwich as a kid, but in recent years it's been more difficult to make more than one sandwich per can.
Realized why when I looked at the weight. It was 8oz per can way back when, then shrank to 7oz, now it's only 5.
Curiously this does not afflict certain retailers as the last 12pk of canned tuna I purchased (sometime last month) was 12 cans, 7oz each, for roughly the same price as 12 individual 5oz cans.
Subway - Now only uses Fresh Yoga Mats !!
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Dying 😂😂😂
In my country since this year it is illegal to make changes to product sizes without warning the customer about the change! Basically the retailers have to put out big warning signs for a few months if there's a change in any products' usual packaging size. Like : WARNING U GET LESS FOR THE SAME PRICE!
Not sure about the recipe changes.
Well, that seems like a great idea! Hope it happens here
Pringles even changed their logo, making him look like he lost his spark
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A few years ago. Toilet paper rolls became, much more narrow. Our toilet paper holders. They could only store 4 rolls, now they store 5.
Usually a certain global affliction gets blamed for that. Most TP manufacturers took about 3cm off the side of the roll while keeping the length intact. This kept it the proper "puffiness" while still skimping the product.
Remember: Corporations *ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS.* All they care about is Your Money in Your Pockets, and nothing else, so whenever a company does the Shrinkflation, they are not thinking about the people buying the product, they only care about the Profits they make and the money they cash up on.
Also, on this list, I do believe the Domino's Pizza section showcases when corporation owners put aside their greed and actually do the right thing. They shouldn't be just an example for all the other companies listed in the video, but also every other company in the world.
Yeah
That’s true! All these corporations really care about money. And that’s fucked up 😂 and at the expense of fucking up people’s expectations and health☠️😂
This is also why I hate ads so much, they're all lying to you.
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So what, whatever you may say, you really could care less about anyone but yourself.
My problem with shrinkflation is how every bag of chips now a day are half air when I was a kid the bag was filled top to bottom with chips
Crooked big corporations. Noooooo, who would have guessed 😂😂😂
Nescafe in the UK have adulterated their powder with "filler" materials. it's now only around 60% coffee. The rest is a stabilizer and synthetic cofee flavouring.
Does that make it cheaper? This stabilizer sounds expensive
Cheaper than coffee grounds is all they need
Shrinkflation. That actually started during the 2008 crash. I remember ice cream companies jumping on that first. 1 pint 160z went to 14 oz think it dropped to 12oz now.
And chocolate bars. Definitely chocolate bars... 🤬
13:17 yes I could tell the difference between the old and a new mac & cheese actually tasted difference two years or so for the color switch was made. I’d say around 2012 or 2014 was a flavor. Change in texture be amazed. & this is coming from song with both of TBI and epilepsy.
I won't eat KD. My packaged pasta of choice is the President's Choice white cheddar and macaroni dinner. It's better pasta and there is no food colouring added to the powdered cheese mix.
@@surferdude4487 i’ve quit pasta since the change of the mac & cheese recipe so to each their own
The new one doesn't taste good😫
Some company's don't care about their customers, and only the money, which is sad because it can make the quality worse
I think you ment Most companies.
yeah lol
This is a perfect example of how infinite growth isn't possible. I wonder if companies will ever realize this before society collapses.
This was a good one! So many things going on in life these days, I have to say, I may have only noticed the Breyers and I don't really eat some of the others. For example, I could never get on the Nutella train, just something about hazelnuts that I don't care for and I could never understand why it's called chocolate, it definitely doesn't taste like any chocolate I've experienced. Loved your comments in this one as well! 👍🥰
I can tell the difference between old and new kraft Mac and cheese. I miss the old stuff, I don't care about color but it changed the taste too. It's not in my head either because I noticed it before I realized it had changed.
Yes I agree with you the taste got real bad way back, also the package says it feeds 4 people? Guess I am 4 people now! 🤣🤣🤣
One thing I noticed from McDonald's, and probably other fast food, is that when you add a ingredient like Mac sauce they charge you $0.25. but if you minus the ingredient like Mac sauce, they don't lower the price.
My mom was happy when companies removed artificial dyes from products. She has an allergy to them. I have always noticed when something shrinks, changes flavors, etc. And Domino's has always sucked and still does.
Magnum ice creams! Thank you again for exposing the greedy shrinkflation techniques so many companies have employed
19:53 Am a Brit (South Wales, UK) and I gotta say that the change was actually better, as it wasn't overly sweet like having a mouthful of sugar, it became more fruity and can taste more citrus in it now 🍊
It felt weird tasting the US & EU version as it was more sugary sweet than citrus, that I actually asked for my drink to be switched with Coke Zero or a lemonade. (For context I was in a restaurant outside of the UK, and asked the server if I could change my drink as I couldn't drink it after a sip. The nice server switched it and took off the Fanta)
I totally understand what you mean, I never drank Fanta before but tried it in 2019 and liked it. I didn't realise that it was less sugar only in the UK (where I live in West England), so when I visited Florida and bought a bottle thinking it was the same, I literally choked at how sugary it was, I made my sister try it (she likes sugary drinks) but even she didn't like it, saying "it tastes like a just had a tablespoon full of sugar" 🤢 we checked each drinks sugar context percentage after that, so we didn't get a repeat of the sugar Fanta.
Most of the foods that took out the food coloring, replaced in with a plant that's was in the nut category. Every day we go to the store and find annatto added for color. This sucks with a family member allergic to nuts. So if anyone has ever felt sick after having something that has it in it and a nut allergy, now you know.
Not just food, but everyday items! Don't believe me? Check out your favorite paper products!
Sketching paper for sure!😠
I work at a grocery store, I see these changes firsthand, because I see a LOT of it.
2:39 Gatorade actually introduced the hourglass bottle over 4 years ago - it was just available in different stores. Gas stations and vending machines and it, but grocery stores had the original. It’s only recently that it’s become the only bottle available
12:45 I know. Products advertise “no artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors” or “whole grain”, but it doesn’t make it any more nutritional. Some of the removals may be better for health; but it doesn’t really make that big of a difference. And unless you’re going to go all organic, you’re going to get all of those things from other sources
Honestly, I think that people should decrease the size of their stores at this rate of decreasing items.
I love the Coca-cola story because most people who didn't know which was which preferred New Coke, but people hate change and so rallied against something that most would've liked better. Imagine a car company making their cars quieter and more energy efficient and then having people whine about it "not sounding the same"
What they should do is completely remove dyes and get rid of at least 50% of the sweeteners
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My brother bought a case of airheads and I swear to God there's like an inch of dead space inside each of the wrappers.
back in my days...I mean like early 2000s.
I always had trouble to open them because they were always filled from top to bottom, leaving no space to open it without ripping the candy itself.
17:00 They removed regular doughnuts from Ireland last year.
19:00 Same with ALL soft drinks.
22:00 Pizza Hut in Asia. 23:25 Dreyers??
25:10 I miss Campbells😢.
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I’m old. I’ve watched all the name brand stuff change so much over the years. I no longer buy name brand if I have any other choice. Most non brand products taste the same. Not everything does but I’ll take the loss. Some companies produce their own products. However, other companies pay food factories to produce their product. Then it is just stamped with the name. This is the same food sold by supermarkets under their own name. On top of that, over the years, recipes have become public and licenses have lapsed. This allows supermarkets to make a lot of candy and other products almost identical. Considering the price difference, I’d rather go with supermarkets.
Especially Aldi. Their food is pretty amazing.
AND..
I'm old too 🦋
Blessed be
Toilet paper rolls are much narrower. Now only 4 inches wide from 4.25 which shrank from 4.5.. some are now even narrower still. I wouldn't notice except for the huge gap in my toilet paper holder. There used to be no gap.
Remember Breyers vanilla use to the 3 ingredients, cream , sugar and vanilla bean
21:28 I don't buy ready-made pizza, I make it myself at home
So do I ...Tastes so much Better!
... Good for you?
@@SFiz-b3f also .... good for you?
Not just shrinkflation, various flavors have disappeared as well with Fanta being the worst offender of all.
About half of the flavors that Fanta had prior to 2022 are straight up gone.
Did you know th at general Mills put Tri sodium phosphate in cinnamon toast crunch, lucky charms ect.
I just checked the bag of Cinnamon toast crunch and sure enough trisodium phosphate is an ingredient. Trisodium phosphate is also a powdered cleaner. I used to use that to clean floors!
14:51 “Not only is Oreo americas favorite cookie”
My dog named Oreo: Huh?
15:18 “Oreo’s owners Nabisco”
My dog: THATS NOT MY OWNERS NA-
Yes
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@@chobies5383 yes
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In the 80's to the early 90's. The Fanta came I. Juice boxes and the taste were really good. It was my favorite juice back then.
But suddenly, it went from juice to soda, and the taste wasn't the same. I still miss those juice boxes 😥
Oreos, I have a lot to say about this tiny biscuit. Why on earth they were allowed to be sold inn Australia I have no idea. The thing is we have better tasting biscuits and cookies than those tasteless things. The only 1 good thing I will say is they are so small that the kids don't get a massive sugar hit.Honestly we have a better chocolate biscuit called delta creams.
I'm here in the U.S. but agree with you about Oreos! Most cookies/biscuits and what is being sold as bread here are not that great & yet they continue to add more unhealthy ingredients, fillers & preservatives while reducing size & raising prices. Enjoy your Delta Creams!
If all the big companies just listened to feedback about their product, I think the world might be a better place.
7:12 Woody Harrelson is not going to be pleased to find this out!! 😁
I went to subway recently and I noticed the bread was much slimmer than before. They kept the 12-inch length to avoid a repeat of the barrage of complaints that happened last time, but it was much slimmer and couldn't hold the extra meatballs I ordered
Serious question, if you breed a tomato and a potato together, is it called a “pomato” or a “topato”??
I like Pomato, but why base it on a union 2 words, why not a new better name? :3
pomato
Pomato 🍅🥔
Tatos... you can grow them in Fallout 4
@@XFlaviousX I haven’t played that game yet
I'm glad to see you mentioned the grip in the gum packages. I'm pretty sure I made a comment about that in your last shrinkflation video 😊❤
Maybe I'm an anomaly, but I've always hated Twinkies.
Same. I have never been a fan.
Same
We need a part two!
Just so you know anything that’s mass-produced in a box is dangerous like oat meal,cereal,milk,macaroni and more
Glad I live in Australia. We have really strict regulations about our food. Even our fast food.
22:44 THAT'S NOT YOUR SLOGAN BEETCH
Uhh, if the new Twinkies had "left the recipe alone", they would've gone bankrupt again within a year or two because the high cost/waste of the old kind was losing them money. Is that somehow a better option?
I remember having a giant Toblerone 😂
So many items you can make from scratch or your own version that most people will stop buying the rip off product and make their own. Companies will lose out in the end and the consumer wins!!
Things will continue to have Lesser and Lesser Quality and Quantity until, the End.
These are the End Times after All. Didn't You Know?
Dude… I was wondering why Kraft mac and cheese went from yellow to greeny yellow. Everyone thought I was dumb but now I can confirm I’m not
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The Breyers bit just shook me. I remember the simple ingredients being their selling points, didn’t even realize the change 😲
I don't like Oreos, i can't understand whats the appeal
Do you like anything else that is similar?
Same
omg same the only one I like is the cakesters
I hope there will be more of these in the future. Love knowing about this type of change.
What do you mean? I had a Tober a month ago and it was the same exact thing as it always was.😢😅😊🎉😂❤
They were like this for about a year back in 2016. They were forced to backtrack this decision after public outcry.
Sugar tax in the uk was passed on to consumers anyway not paid by the producing company
good thing I never eat subway
I don’t either 😂lol
I saw a new video the other day from a McDonalds patron. In it, she showed that inside the bun was a 'meat' patty that was noticeably thinner than the single, measly, pickle chip. My very first job was McD's and they were busted for using kangaroo meat and still claiming their product to be "all beef burger'. Minimum wage was 79 cents per hour, so you can see that this is nothing new. I haven't eaten there for over 50 years.
It's funny how everyone (including me) says "Reese's Pee-sees" instead of "Reese's Pieces." 🤣
Ya I think that particular product is trying to teach you how to say the name correctly, since technically they should sound the same. If you use the other pronunciation that is fine though. :)
🤤... I don't get what you're trying to say..
That is the pronunciation, phonetically. Why is it supposed to be funny?
@@SFiz-b3f "pieces" isn't pronounced "pee-sees" as in "pea seas," it's pronounced "pees-siz" as in "peace" with an "s."😉👍
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We aren't stupid. We KNOW!
Earlier this year I niticed how skinny the Oreo creme was as thin as the "thin" I'm afraid to buy the thins in case they just wave the creme over it and not add any.
stop saying first and stop posting about baller
This is cursed
Is that a baller in the sky?
Calm down and go away
If u want to stop people saying first say anything but first
I haven't seen the "baller" comments, but I'm pretty tired of seeing "first" all the time.
About five years ago I stopped drinking coffee, because it started tasting horrible. Maybe they also changed the recipe. I still don't drink coffee.
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Some of us do notice. I have stopped or greatly reduced purchasing almost all of these products.
You should move to the Nordic countries then. Boy oh boy do nost of what we eat still look like most remember them, but then, the Nordic countries have always said eff it and do the literal opposite of everyone else. I know this, because i'm a Swede, and the food here haven't changed much at all, if at all. We do have this weird habit of having a bit extra salted food, or mix foods with different tastes, like Marabou chocolate with popcorn. Marabou is a Swedish brand, which actually tastes a hundred times better than Swiss and Belgian chocolate. I've tasted American, Swiss and Belgian chocolate, and they just don't taste as good
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I was absolutely furious about the MDonald’s apple pie changing. Thank you for letting me know what companies to skip. Also, I had no idea that Nutella has been around that long but since I don’t eat it that wasn’t a problem
First 🎉 i am always amazed 🤩
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I actually did notice the change in Kraft. But honesty, it is so minor. I had forgotten it was changed until you brought it up.
The Dominos change is the biggest one I've noticed. I had it back when I was in school but now a days it's the perfect compromise of cheap & delicious pizza.
As someone from Scotland I can confirm that the Fanta changes are actually almost imperceptible, if anything it actually tastes a little better since the change.