Mouse Print, a blog dedicated to critiquing the fine print on various too-good-to-be-true offers, also keeps track of companies that shrink the amount you get while adjusting the packaging so you can’t tell. Haagen-Dazs, for instance, has reduced its pint bucket to 14 ounces by very slightly narrowing the container.

One commenter pointed out that as this trend continues—and I’m quite sure it will—how will it affect cooks using recipes that call for “one can of X?” If the recipe was written for a pound can or eight ounce can and the contents are a couple of ounces less, that’s going to throw the recipe off.

As a cook, I find this an interesting thought.

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