Why Is Food Packaged The Way It Is?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- Weird History Food is getting into the packaging of your favorite foods. Sometimes, logical reasons exist for what seem to be frustrating package designs. Who knew that air in chip bags served a purpose? On the other hand, you might be disappointed to find out that some of the biggest grievances in the snacking product design world come down to a company being stuck in its ways - and not really wanting to innovate.
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And here I am, still not knowing why hot dogs are sold in packs of 8 while hot dog buns are in packs of 6.
To sell more buns.
I know this one! It the fact that they are controlled by two different standards. The meat is sold by weight and the buns are how they are baked (square pans I believe). The two industries just won't get together and make a standard that matches.
@Dayna Scalone Thank you! I worked in the supermarket industry for 12 years. And for 21 years, that hot dog:bun thing always puzzled me.
I have 8 buns and 8 hotdogs
@@chickenmuffin I don't think that's right.
The bitters fun fact was definitely my favorite. only one I hadn't heard of yet.
The dark bottles for beer is the same thing for vegetable oils. The oils won't go rancid in a dark brown bottle as fast as if the bottle is clear.
So, they pack polyunsaturated oils in clear bottles so the go manky and you'll replace them? Unfortunately most of the PU oils are already rancid/oxidised when you buy it
Why don’t more liquids in bottles do this
@@claysoggyfries I don’t know why. I guess it’s so you will buy more. You might have to ask the doctor or the company that makes the products why they sell their products in clear packaging.
That's why I like those olive oils that are packed in cans like the kind of oil you put in your car.
They aren`t doing it cuz it is chemical product which has nothing to do with food. And yes, call them seed oils.
I like this narrator too. She pronounces all the letters. Also, loved popping open the half air filled bag of chips when I was a kid.
Cook up all the bacon, put excess in wax paper and a freezer bag. When you want some, throw it in the microwave or crisp in a pan. No waste
Right? Who are these people cooking up a partial pack of bacon.
@@chickenmuffin
Lonely people…
It’s easy to put it in a ziplock bag?
@@Random_UserName4269 Just cook it all and then keep it in the bag. Why would you want to make a mess like 5 times when you can make it once and then eat bacon the next few days?
As soon as you said "thiol" with relation to skunky beer, Hank Green sensed a disturbance in the Force, like millions of sulfur atoms screaming in unison.
Great insight, I've always known about the potato chips packaging, I hear a lot of people complain about "getting ripped off" I'm like there's still the proper amount stated IN the package, the rest if to protect the product and still they don't get it...what ya gonna do (sigh)
They should just stop for like a year, then everyone will complain about something else😁
The company always makes a disclaimer “This product is sold by weight not volume. The contents may have settled during shipping and handling. “ That’s how they get by with the amount of product in the packaging. 🫤
Please do I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter. I love those Fabio commercials.
The history of margarine and other butter substitutes is as fascinating as the history as any other industrial Frankenfood in today's world.
I would totally watch this video!
@@SimuLord After tasting it, I Can Believe It’s Not Butter! 🤮. By the way, there’s another margarine called Country Crock that is made by the same company but is labeled with a different name but it’s the same product.
Family guy did it better
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And my old mom was sure they filled the meat pads with water to make the package heavier so they could charge you more. She was a bigger cynic than I! ;-)
I can't hear the term "making biscuits" anymore without thinking of a cat
I love that capri sun is a unit of measure. I do that with my middle school students. Using random stuff as a way for them to visualize how big/heavy something is
anything but the sensible metric way is…the american way
@Chris Kelly or its just because it's funny.
@@No-sv6mu in that case, lean in more.
@Chris Kelly I try too. Today we baked at school. I told the students we needed enough chocolate to weigh as much as a Yorkie dog. Cause it's the last day of school and things should be fun. When I incorporate baking into our normal school day, we use proper measurements. And I do unfun things like give them the wrong size measuring cups and they need to think and convert to get the right amount.
@@No-sv6mu but how many capri suns does a dog weigh?!
I cut the bacon bag in half (down the middle) with food scissors and freeze one side in a glass bowl. It works best. Yes, bacon strips will be half sized but I do not mind it at all. It fits perfectly in the skillet.
Sounds like a great idea!
You truly have a great mind my friend.
I don't mind vacuum sealed bacon, I just wish it came in two or three pockets of the total amount, rather than one huge bag.
I feel the same way about bundles of green onions and celery. Sometimes I might need only 1 stalk of celery for a soup, but grocery stores always seems to sell the entire plant. And when you're cooking for one, that becomes a lot of wasted celery, so I end up avoiding the making of anything that needs celery.
If you're not consuming the whole package, then you're just not eating to your full potential.
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Just grow your own celery in a pot
@@THE-X-Force lol
@@thanosal-titan You can grow your own bacon too!
Hmmm some of this looks familiar to me
WOW, that was informative, interesting and FUN. thanks
LOVED whacking the Pillsbury tube. Hated out when they made them self-popping. I hate being startled so I'd hold tube above my head with elbows covering my ears while I peeled off foiled label. YIKES!!!!
I just open the bacon packs by cutting them down the middle. That way, you also have perfectly sized bacon strips ready to go.
Why milk is sold in bags in Canada that would be interesting
Both Wright and Smithfield bacon comes in re-sealable "ziplock" packages. It is vacuum sealed but once opened, it can be reclosed.
WHF: Most people aren't ready to eat 12 ounces of bacon in a sitting
Me: *Laughing in Murican*
I worked at a liqour store and wondered regularly why the bitters had such an obnoxious label. Thanks for informing me.
I always assumed the bitters packaging was about brand recognition, but I didn't realize that it happened because of a mistake / miscommunication. I like that a lot actually!
VERY interesting and did answer some mysteries in food packaging: especially the "meat diaper".
Meat diaper is the best part of the meat
I'm the guy who eats 12 ounces of bacon in one sitting LMAO.
Great and informative video. I have to admit, whenever I see you’ve or Weird History has posted, I immediately click on it 😊!
Rolling Rock, Corona with the Lime, Capri Sun, those are some great drinks!
The Dough-Boy is into S&M? hunh. I guess that's not so odd.. I know a chicken who likes being battered.
Ok, I see what you did there...LOL! BTW the Dough boy's name is Poppin Fresh 😁
I absolutely dred opening a tube of biscuits. I can never get used to a food packaging exploding in my hand.
Whip-its are nitrous oxide, not nitrogen. The air you breathe is ~78% nitrogen, and last I checked people don't get high from breathing normal air. 🙂
I dont know man. Im pretty addicted to breathing, I need to do it constantly or I get sick.
The bitters story was pretty neat - I'll just put that in my pocket and have it ready when a conversation topic is needed when drinking with friends, thanks!
I realize that this is not the best video for this suggestion, but I could not find another that would fit it. I would like to see something done on the history of molasses, sorghum, and syrups in general. Thank you
Always cook the entire package of bacon at once, it's not worth wasting resealing materials, and cooking it all at the same time you can just put the cooked bacon into a small plastic bag and put it into macaroni and cheese, into a breakfast scramble, put it on a bacon cheeseburger, or even just eat it as a snack by itself. Having cooked, refrigerated bacon around is incredibly useful.
The main reason to use a dozen egg is the same as for the shilling: 12 can be easily divided by 2, 3, 4, and 6; 10 only by 2, and 5. I doubt very much that an egg pricing scheme has much to do with it.
I was NOT expecting that story from Angostura. It was my favorite. Great video!
No, the penny wasn't the smallest unit of British currency. We used ha'pennies and farthings for hundreds of years. Eggs being one penny each would have been relatively recent
I came to look for this comment to prevent me from saying it! I used to buy sweets with farthings lol.
Bacon wrapping is infuriating, so I try to get mine from a butcher so it's just in plain paper. However a few years ago I did actually find a bacon package that was peel open and resealable - even if not back to vacuum seal. I thought I had witnessed a watershed, alas it was a one hit wonder, and I can't even remember the brand. But most of what we think of as "raw bacon" is actually already cooked, it has been smoked, so a lot of bacon is generally safe to consume right out of the package - but that's not appetizing to me.
Wright brand bacon comes in a zip lock style resealable package
In EU we have 2 types of bacon - cold and hot smoked. I eat both str8 out of package
I've been a pretty big beer nerd for a while and there have been studies about the "thermal aging" and their fight with shelf life/bottle dating for their lighter beers and IPAs. The 3/30/300 rule was coined after some research, probably a big macro brewer. A beer stored at 98-degrees Fahrenheit for 3 days is equivalent to one stored at 72-degrees Fahrenheit for 30 days or one stored at 35-degrees Fahrenheit for 300 days. Aging is good for stuff like stouts and barleywine where the aging causes the melanoidin browning to improve those beer styles, and also increases body a bit. I had a canned IPA that sat in my fridge for two years, and by that time is tasted a lot more malty and the hops got more piney and grassy.
We appreciate your hard work and dedication. God bless you.
For the record of History this video will be the best thing for modern use for pakeges
These video always make me hungry
7:00 FWIW, you can cook an entire package of bacon, then save the _cooked_ remainder in a Zip Lock, and it'll be fine for a long time.
The bitters story is truly a fun fact
Excellent, interesting and educational,,,,, and, Fun. Thank You
One key fact she didn't mention about the Angostura bitters label was that the brothers decided to enter their product into a competition and when the labels arrived back from the printers it was too late to get new ones printed so they just entered the competition anyway. They didn't win but one of the judges told them to keep the oversized label because it would help their product to stand out against the competition and they kept it.
And yes, i prefer the male narrator also.
I'm still confused by the hot dog vs bun issue.... perhaps you can address that at some future time
good video
A+ video!
It's so brilliant it is hard to accept. WOW!
I don’t know why anyone would ever need a resealable bag for bacon. If you’re not eating it all in one sitting, you don’t know how to eat bacon.
Actually I just cook it all at once and freeze it. I do it weekly and it’s perfect.
Lol😂 Came to say the same thing. The second part, at least😉
Great episode!!!!
So its like a regular jacuzzi"
Meanwhile, Jarritos uses 1.5L bottles for whatever godforsaken reason
“Not everyone is ready to eat 12 ounces of fried pork in one sitting, so some of that bacon is going to waste.”
YOU DON’T KNOW ME.
IKR...how dare you assume we aren't 😂
Challenge Accepted
I’m a butcher and those meat pads as you call them we call them “soakers” at my job
I call them meat diapers.
Fascinating
Interesting facts. :) The potato chip fact about nitrogen and the cushion effect surprised me. I thought the the potato chip producers all agreed to be greedy lol
Very interesting...
Am I the only one that twists the Pillsbury tube?
The lady doing the voice over needs to get her own style. She is trying to use the style of the weird history channel, but all she does is remind me of him. I like the information she is providing, I get distracted by her delivery.
I always wondered by US eggs are sold by dozens. Now I know. It's always confusing because we sold our eggs by 36
Seems like a lot of eggs to have in one sale, we usually buy ours in half dozens. Where abouts do you buy 36 eggs a time?
@@wavesdontdie3410 It's in groceries and convenience stores, the thing is you don't need to buy all 36 at once, my local grocery store will sell 6 pieces minimum if you don't want to get the whole tray.
1 cent a egg. Today it's like a dollar a egg.
ALDI here in Fargo, North Dakota is selling eggs for $2.22 per dozen, or 18 cents per egg. Now, those are just regular white eggs, not organic, brown shelled, or cage-free eggs. Even so, it does pay to shop around.
Pepsi needs to bring back the old school 2-liter bottle
Can’t remember,but the Mexican cokes or soda glass bottles are 1 litter right ?
Mexican soda glass bottles are 8ozs but their plastic bottles are often 1 or 2 liters. Generally speaking.
I have an idea, make chip bags like big Pringle tubes and fill the freaking thing up.
@6:32 Wright brand bacon comes in a zip lock style resealable packaging and it's very good bacon.
Very interesting
Food is packaged the way it is because it’s packaged the way it is.
No, it's because it works.
You left out the fact that some beer brands are formulated to take advantage of the skunking process. Like Corona. I've seen a few videos where people determine that Corona is _better_ after being in the sun for a while, and that appears to be deliberate.
I feel no shame in my cowards biscuits!
Well I get to learn more about America this way 🤷♀️
diplomatico rum, with coca cola, ice, lime and angustura bitters is the best cocktail
Future bacon? That's hog futures !
nice video.
the more you know.
Rule of thumb cook all of the Bacon and save some to sprinkle ontop of your Cereal
If this isn't the most American thing I've heard in a while, then I don't know what is
thank you for this episode... working in grocery I never hear the end of people bitching about all of these things, believing old wives tales rather than an experienced retail marketing manager...
Meanwhile my eggs
Come in packs of 10, because y'know, decimals.
After seeing this video, will people stopped complaining about opening the bags of chips and discovered half of each bag is full of nothing but nitrogen?
Apparently not! They're still doing it in this comment section right now lol.
In Turkey, eggs are pack of 6, 10, 15 and 30...interesting
4:46 I hate to say it, but I think Larry Wolfe (of Wolfe Pit fame), might actually get a kick out of this !!
5:00 YOU, the PEOPLE ... this is _ABSOLUTELY_ an episode of the Wolfe Pit !!
Omg. It is canned bread! 🦑
I don't think I have ever tried Olympia beer before, but that should be the official beer of the Olympic Games!
I learned, in the '70s, that brown glass bottles are made with a very thin film of gold and green glass bottles are made with a very thin film of silver.
Gen X Food # 83: Cool Ranch Doritos
That is my favorite chip. It is also the favorite of Jennifer Lawrence.
Your editor couldn't decide if they wanted to write a question or a statement
I think its crazy how they advertised Pepsi in a classroom/school setting. I dont think that would air where Im from haha
things I think are the worst to open. Dressing or anything packaged with that messed up pull off from the center lid. it never works. Goat cheese. What the hell is it packaged that way for? And also Queso cheese.
If opened and unused bacon is only good for a week, then package it in two individually wrapped parts within the outer packaging. Also cereal should have a ziplock topped inner bag.
I don’t care if eggs are sold in a dozen, I just want them to not be washed so they stay shelf stable.
Hot dogs , Do a video about Hot Dogs.
Friendly reminder: While yes, having air in the bag does help keep your chips from getting crushed, that does not justify these companies giving you bags that are like 60% air by volume.
That's just them scamming you.
That’s why I always feel up chip bags before buying one. You can figure out which ones have more chips. It will still have a lot of air, but it’s difference between bringing home a back of 40% air vs 60% air. And bags are at a set price not based on weight so you might as well make sure your buying the heaviest bag
@@lawrencetalbot8346 you can just make your own potato chips with a mandolin slicer, potatoes, spices, and fryer for much cheaper.
you’re buying by weight, not volume my man. don’t matter that chip bags are mainly air
They’re still priced by weight and not volume, so you are not paying for air.
@@Nomed38 for me its too much work💀💀💀💀💀 and yess i am very lazy
They need to be more careful when they're packing food.😮😮
At 5:35 I noticed that the liquid is much clearer than what they are now, that’s due to the sun’s reflection right?
"leftover uncooked bacon" LOL LOL LOL 😂
Nitrogen is not the same as Whipits (nitrous oxide).
But yes, Chester does have an addictive personality.
I have a theory did you get this guy's TH-cam channel in the divorce if so that shouldn't be allowed
At 3:49 i's Russian ground meet, wow
It's called Miratorg btw. Been so surprising to see it here
Pepsi is so much better than Coke, it’s not close.
Ironic, because coke….
Chester the cheetah 😂
I call shenanigans on the slack fill in US chips. How come when I buy imported chips from places like China, India, and Vietnam, there isn't nearly as much air in the bag, and the chips are somehow still in great shape? More like Frito-Lies, am I right?
8:00 Why pick on a dozen eggs? What about a dozen doughnuts?
Maybe good things come by the dozen!?!?
Chester cheetah is a anti drug commercial in himself
‘overseas markets using the metric system’ = almost everyone on earth
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Went to click "Skip ad" not recognizing the voice-over. 🤣
Crybaby.