Shrinkage?

[bpattie]

on the topic of ice cream. another thing I noticed is that most manufactures are whipping the ice cream more to cause a a lot to air in the ice cream. I notice a lot because I live about 2000 feet higher than the stores I buy it at and in the Summer you have a challenge getting it home before it begins to melt. The slight melting and the expanding air cause the tops to expand up and sometimes ice cream leaks out.

 

[Scooby074]

Wasn't there a 'Seinfeld' episode about this??

I WAS IN THE POOL!!!!!

 

[Jay4200]

When I built my house about 26 years ago, I made a minor error installing the toilet paper holder. The sides were separate, and I installed them slightly too close to each other. The roll of TP would touch and just barely bind when unrolling. Today there is almost a half inch gap.

Whew! And all this time I thought it was my butt that was getting bigger!

JayC

 

[Bedlam]

yes i remember something about the amount of 'air' and theres a word for it. On the discovery channel they discussed it and how it effects the taste ans well as how much you(we ) actually get
Ice cream manufacturing

and how they get soft serve

History of Ice Cream

 

[bpattie]

interesting Bedlam, thanks

 

[kenstrac]

Bedlam and the rest of you are absolutely correct. Do the manufactures think we wouldn't notice or are to stupid?? yah the dog food that used to be 50 lbs in the brand I get is now 35, same price or higher. same with many of the other products you mentioned. you now have to go to places like Costco that supersize just to get the old standard sizes/quantity. Guess when a 6 pack of 12 ouncer's become 10 ouncer's there will be an uprising.

Had to get dog food today and checked the weights of the bags found 1 at 40 lbs the rest were the same size bag and they were not at all filled to capacity weights were 34.5 34.6 34.8 36.4 and so on and the kgs weight fractional also.
Bought a 5 gal pail of driveway sealer lately is only 4.5 gals now price is the same,the only people who benefits from this is the packaging co.and the end user gets sc####.

 

[bpattie]

Had to get dog food today and checked the weights of the bags found 1 at 40 lbs the rest were the same size bag and they were not at all filled to capacity weights were 34.5 34.6 34.8 36.4 and so on and the kgs weight fractional also.
Bought a 5 gal pail of driveway sealer lately is only 4.5 gals now price is the same,the only people who benefits from this is the packaging co.and the end user gets sc####.

ased on previous post with responses from manufacturer, I think your dog food was downsized due to complaints from customers that the 40 pound bag was too heavy. RE the driveway sealer, I believe this is due to complaints from customers that with new shorter driveways they had product leftover

 

[backdoor]

Whew! And all this time I thought it was my butt that was getting bigger!

JayC

A wife said she wanted a breast enlargement. Husband told her to rub some toilet paper between them every day. She asked how could this help. He said he didn't know but it had done an excellent job on her butt!

 

[6sunset6]

I can tell you one thing that has not gotten lighter. 80# bags of concrete mix.
I have to mix 6 bags at a time tomorrow. They weigh the same as they did 15 years ago except they feel heavier.

 

[bpattie]

same with hay bales