I bought 175 g pack of salami which had 162 g of salami as well.

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    11 months ago

    yeah. 8g is a tiny weight difference here and could easily be accounted-for due to humidity with pasta. it’s about the weight of 3-4 strands of that pasta

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      11 months ago

      Could also just be losing a strand or two in packaging. It happens. That’s why they’re allowed some wiggle room on the packaging weight, and 8 grams is a pretty reasonable margin of error for a product like this.

      Shrinkflation is definitely a thing, but this isn’t a good example.

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        11 months ago

        The same package in Germany is 500g, so maybe there is an element of shrinkflation as well.

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      11 months ago

      Idk about that. When I worked in a factory we always measured 510 g into our 500 g packages in order to avoid this happening. You’re getting ripped off and making excuses for it.