Milka chocolate eggs this year (at least in Belgium) have a carefully constructed cavity inside. Am I the only one who thinks this is consumer deception? Isn’t this kind of deceptive shrinkflation illegal in Belgium?
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enshittification
shrinkflation
Things keep getting worse, and we invented words for it.
Yep. Net zoals de zeeeer luchtige bodem van de lotus zebra cakejes. Niet meer kopen, anders blijft het voor altijd.
Noticed the same thing this week. At first I thought it was an issue with a single egg missing the filling, but I tested several other and they were all the same.
Saw a news article about this, but not my issue since I don’t buy Milka anyway.
And they’re so expensive, it’s crazy. You’re better off with Corluyt made ones, or Galler, whose price is actually justified.
Unless you somehow buy eggs by the piece you still buy the weight on the package. The structure of an individual egg is irrelevant (not to say that packages haven’t shrinked but 100g is 100g)
if it weighs as much as the packaging says and it is shaped like an egg i don’t think we can talk about *consumer deception*
Don’t buy crappy american chocolates. Problem solved.
Waiting for the year when SOMETHING gets better since 2019
Buy Belgian, buy galler …
Ik vraag me eerder af hoe je tegenwoordig zo veel geld en tijd hebt dat je je hier mee bezig kan houden.
( don’t get me wrong, ik kijk uit naar advies )
Swiss/American imposters.
Honestly, I’m kind of divided on the question of deceit. On the one hand, making products look bigger with the same quantity of materials or the same size but with a smaller quantity is pretty shady in my opinion, but on the other hand, you should always look at the price per kilo regardless of any packaging. If you compare price per kilo/liter, you can very easily spot fluctuations in pricing. Even if they give you less of a product, if the price per kilo stays the same, nothing changes, just buy a bit more.
That’s what I’ve been doing for products for my fitness journey, like creatine and whey protein. I always compare price per kilo because those products have a reputation for having lots of different weights for their packaging depending on the brand.
Now I’m trying to do the same for all products. When I buy type-ex, I compare the price per meter instead of the price in general. This has helped me make better choices when it comes down to choosing what products to buy
Elaba, de vasten zijn nog bezig, hé.
Glad to see someone else noticing what those ugly b.stards did to my white chocolate eggs… At first I was thinking that something went wrong during the production process, so I bought another bag and realised that it was intentional… Those were not hollow and were good. Now they are full of emptyness…. Consequence ? the 12 Euros I was spending each week during easter are now 0 euros… Great move Milka, I told everyone around me and will continue to do so, I hope you will loose a lot of money on this! GFY Milka
If you look at the back of Milka products, You’ll see the real brand: Mondelez. Everything from Mondelez is shit. They’ll change as much of the ingredients for cheaper alternatives if it’ll make more profit. Same with Cote Dor, LU and many other brands sadly.
Dat is toch al jaren zo?
The price ratio between colruyt : milka : galler is 1:2:4.
If you actually look at the quality colruyt is garbage (with palm and palmpit oil). Milka some palmoil and Galler none and is fairtrade. If you had to choose between milka and colruyt I’d still pick milka over colruyt. If you can afford it Galler def wins from a “health” and concience (fairtrade > Mondelēz) perspective.
It’s been in the newspaper even. So no, you’re not the only person that noticed.
Shrinkflation is not illegal, as long as it’s properly marked (read: the weight is correct). And usually that’s correct – but people rarely look at that number.
If you ever buy something and the weight seems like a random number (e.g. 78 gr instead of a standard 100 gr), that’s a sign of shrinkflation. They kept the same wrapper, but reduced the amount of “content” you receive.
“….Am I the only one who…’
OP needs to crawl from under his rock.
Seriously, how often do we need to talk about the Milka eggs. Maybe buy a Belgian brand for a change.
They also just taste weird to me now. The dark pink praliné ones used to be my favourites and now they just taste gross. Plus, they crumble now instead of melt. Absolutely not worth the price anymore 🙁
Ik heb nog geen eitjes gekocht dit jaar, maar ik zal precies toch een ander merk kiezen dit jaar.
Ik kijk uit naar welke andere merken hier worden aanbevolen! Bonuspunten voor Belgisch en te koop in de Colruyt :p
shrinkflation has been going on how long now? 2-3 years? Welcome to earth
>Am I the only one who thinks this is consumer deception?
Technically it isn’t, as the weight is clearly indicated on the packaging.
>Isn’t this kind of deceptive shrinkflation illegal in Belgium?
Nope. Consumer information is mainly governed by EU law (1169/2011/EU). France and Austria have legislation specifically on shrinkflation but whether or not that is practically enforcable or has any effect, is yet to be seen.
Somebody brought in a box of Leonidas eggs in the office. They’re really good.