return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agoBiden calls on snack companies to stop 'shrinkflation' ahead of Super Bowlwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1185
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minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI’ve heard it’s not air but some non-acidic inert gas for longer periods of preservation. These chips and snacks go bad in a day after contacting the air. It doesn’t explain it’s volume and a choice of soft package tho.
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI believe it’s nitrogen.
minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoYou are right. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/chips-and-air-why-your-favorite-snacks-are-always-half-full/3178885/
I’ve heard it’s not air but some non-acidic inert gas for longer periods of preservation. These chips and snacks go bad in a day after contacting the air. It doesn’t explain it’s volume and a choice of soft package tho.
I believe it’s nitrogen.
You are right.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/chips-and-air-why-your-favorite-snacks-are-always-half-full/3178885/