After Seeing How Much ‘Air’ Different Chips Brands Have You’ll Probably Never Buy Some Brands Again

That "air" is a necessity. It's a mixture of nitrogen and argon, which keeps chips crispy.

And I've never opened a Pringles can that didn't have the chips all the way to the top so that graphic is misleading. Are they measuring the air that is around the chips in the tube? As in, if you crush all the chips into meal then you'd have this much air in there? Idiotic.

People always think they're getting "ripped off," but if the chips came crushed, there'd be widespread upset.

This is why almost every grocery store has a little tag that shows everyone just how much is the cost per ounce, of what you are thinking of purchasing. Also, "Net Weight" of the product is almost always located on the bottom left of the front of the package. And if that doesn't do it for you, you can always take the cost and divide it by the net weight, by taking out your smart phone and getting it to do the math for you. "Elementary My Dear Watson".

Sold by weight, not volume. What's so difficult to understand??

Ever notice where it says "contents may settle during shipment"? If this is what ruins your day, then you've lived a charmed life.

What nincompoop buys by volume and not weight?

There were two Korean students who made a raft out of Lay’s chip bags to show how much air was in them, then went rafting down a river

I've never had Pringles with so much space in the top! Usually only about 1cm

the grams wont lie if you're going to weigh them. marketing suggests though that the bigger your casing or wrapping is, the more enticing it to be for the eyes, seeing it's big. it's a marketing strategy.

look at the size of bag and the oz of chips ... bags stays same size but chips go from 16 to 14.3 oz or less . sames with other foods like cereals and others.

I haven't read all of the comments so this may be a repeat. Chips are sold by weight, not volume. The chips would be crushed if the bag wasn't filled with air — probably a mixture of gases.

What do I think? I think the person who wrote this article is a complete and utter moron..

price per ounce...not volume

This is why they have the "sold by weight, not volume" on the packet.

If you worry so much about the carbon footprint, why buy chips to start with? I mean, it's not like it's a basic need...

there has to be air in there so they don't get crushed.

Typical 2018 attitude, always looking for something to be indignant about and whine about the injustice. Get over it already.

Uh. No. I want the air. You can have broken chip crumbles if you want. I want most of my chips in tact.

You do know the air is to prevent the items from being crushed when the package is being shipped and handled right? It's to protect the product, like bubble wrap. When you buy any product that is packed in a box, you don't assume the size of the box is necessarily the size of the item sans packaging...

I actually have a bag of Cheetos that is completely empty. Not a single chip! Found it at the store & the guy at the counter said take it, he couldn't sell it.

or they can wrap it with bubble wrap for it not to b crushed LOL. Can they add something to the nitrogen so when opening a bag of chip it will be useful? can we first inhale the air inside, blow a balloon with it or something so that we all stop complaining.

Like many previously said, it's the weight that matter. But there is also marketing to consider. If your bag looks bigger than the competitor it will sell more even at equal weight. The're still too many peoples buying chips by the bag size, not weight, thus more gas in the bags than needed.

They should put some helium in there too. That way they have to pack in a few more chips :D

*Procter, not Proctor :-)

Apparently I like air because the low air Pringles are my least favorite.

Filling bags with air (or nitrogen) is "somewhat" recent. I think the "excess air issue" mostly has to do with the companies changing from one packaging material to another. When I was a kid, chips used to nearly fill a bag... which were not made of the foil/plasticized material used now. Except Pringles... as far back as I can remember, they've always had a foil lining. At any rate, consider that charging the same price while giving you less stuff is an old trick in the food industry to avoid giving the appearance of a price increase. Although candy bars come in a huge assortment of sizes these days, back before then the typical sized candy bar shrank noticeably.

umm, i think that's not an air. it is nitrogen.

Could the article please refer to the correct name for"air in yhe bag" ULLAGE

Cheetos by name cheaters by nature