Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Key: been historically...

rrozema Loc: Sacramento, California

Unfortunately most yogurt not really that healthy. Most add a lot of sugar to make it taste good.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Hmmm. The yogurt is healthy, the added sugar may not be.
If one eats a ton of it.

Kinda like soda..... LOTS of sugar in soda.

rrozema Loc: Sacramento, California

Very good point.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Snackmosphere.

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

Just how I like it! Lol.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

Yeah well, you know, I'm really glad that I started this thread. So often we post a simple comment or question, and all too soon it becomes an unnecessary argument, or somehow turns "political". This one seems to have stayed on track, and I for one really appreciate the intelligent and thoughtful replies. Thank you everyone for your answers posted in the true spirit of the original question.
So getting back to that, I have to say maybe I'm a little too cynical, but I'm leaning towards the "rip-off" side of it. I understand that content weights and volume are printed on the labels, but I really don't think that most people take the time to "read the small print" while shopping in the grocery store. I know I just look at the box/can /package, and based on the size make an assumption of the contents. Lots of you have mentioned items that I had not thought about recently, but it seems like there's a lot of manufacturers using the same method, in my opinion, to fool us. I mean, why offer a bag of chips, that's literally half full of air? There's no reason for it, and it never used to be like that in "the good old days", lol. But yeah, chips, yogurt (the original question), breakfast cereal, ice cream.... It goes on and on. I suppose it's a case of "buyer beware" now, and we really should start looking at those labels! So again, thanks for the comments guys, hope you all have a great day,
Ray.

jinx

The buyer may just assume how much is in the package and not read the label. Then again some things are to small to read or hidden that it is hard to read them.
It is nice when you are shopping online (walmart) under the price it gives the price per ounce. So very nice to make comparison between brands and sizes.

flashgordonbrown Loc: Silverdale, WA

They still have to put the actual weight or volume of the product on the label, but you may have to read the "fine print" to find it! By using the same size outside packaging, they're hoping that you won't notice the smaller amount of product in the container! "We didn't increase the price of the package" ...No, but you put less product in the package and didn't lower the price!

smilenangler Loc: The Flood City, Pa.

corp. greed!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Hafta go outside the USA to get real sugar in most soft drinks. Most of the major bottlers use high fructose corn syrup. As carbs go, it is the most dangerous.

I quit drinking soft drinks in 1983. The aspartame in diet drinks gave me migraines. The sugar or HFCS sent my blood sugar on a roller coaster ride, so I just said, "It's down to water, coffee, tea, beer, and wine." Somewhere along the way I lost tea and beer.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

I hope it's Mothers Goose Liverwurst. Impossible to slice.

Red6

I am often bewildered by people's complaints about the size of the package and that it is only partially filled.

For me, my eye goes not to the package's physical size but to the actual product's weight listed on the package. I could really care less how big the actual package is as long as I am getting the amount of product I paid for.

Often the outside package design is a product of the marketing department. A package is designed to catch the consumer's eye and stand out against the competitor's products.

Of course, product protection is important also and some products will be in oversize containers to protect them. Ever notice that fragile, crispy products such as potato chips, popcorn or other snacks are in oversize bags that often have extra air in them to cushion them for packing in larger containers. The bag itself provides cushioning against crushing the contents.

I guess it all comes down to being a label reader. Buy what you want, but read what you are getting. The size of the package is a non-issue IF you are getting what you pay for in weight, volume, quantity etc.

jinx

The "air" in potato chip bags is actually nitrogen gas. It is put in to keep oxygen out and help keep the chips in one piece.