once youve strained it a whole can of creamed corn gives you barely a third of a cup why isnt anyone talking about this

i think it has to do with government corn subsidies


edit you people arent getting it so ive created a diagram

creamtcorn

look at all that blue thats wasted space between the creamed corns and it takes up over half the can

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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (17 children)

I hate having to repeat this over & over, but chip bags are NOT 50% wasted space. They’re 50% larger than their contents, and then filled with 50% air for extra padding, so you don’t get a bag of crumbs.

You pay for the weight of the chips in the bag, not the amount of fullness.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    my point is that everyone talks about that but no one talks about the same thing happening with cans of creamed corn despite cans being sturdy enough to not need padding

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The cans are sold by weight of the content, not size of the can.
    Other reasons they may be putting the small amount in a larger can (since padding isn’t an issue):

    • that’s the size of cans they have on hand from the factory.
    • packing/shipping & stacking/displaying that standard can size might be more cost effective.
    • They want dupe customers into thinking they’re getting more for their money.
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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    putting all that wasted space in between the corns because of corn subsidies

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    They are not filled with air, they're typically filled with nitrogen

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    78% of the air is nitrogen. Stop being a dick.

    Great, start a chip company and start filling your bags with air.

    You'll learn quickly that there's another predominant element in air besides nitrogen (surely it won't matter though, it's only 20.8%).

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