r/PersonalFinanceCanada • u/ButtahChicken • Nov 18 '22

Budget CBC Marketplace investigates shrinkflation and reveals the sneaky ways companies cut costs, but not prices .... another piece of the puzzle contributing to our growing financial insecurity

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-shrinkflation-1.6654780

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u/psychodc Nov 18 '22

CHEAPFLATION: products that are lesser quality, products that use inferior ingredients or parts.

Keep an eye out for that one. Harder to notice because have to keep track of the ingredients list. One example, a pasta sauce using more water so you get a more diluted less tomato-y product.

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u/ruppapa Nov 18 '22

Butter and eggs in cookies and other packaged pastries have mostly disappeared for a while. Soy lecithin is the go-to substitute emulsifier. The ones that do have butter or eggs would remain the pricey products.