27 Annoying Food Packaging Quirks Anyone Who Eats Food Understands
By Alex Hawkins
Food packaging is the worst.
Okay, yes, sometimes I understand when it’s meant to make the food last longer, especially if it’s produce and you can’t add preservatives to its shelf life. But when you put a plastic film on top of my greek yogurt, along with an aluminum seal and a plastic cap on top of that, then that’s when I start getting mad.
Feelin’ what I’m saying? Then you’ll totally understand why these are the 27 worst food packaging ideas of all time:
Any Bag of Chips Ever
Please, just ONCE fill the bag up with chips. I didn’t pay $2 for air.
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Capri Sun
If you’ve never punctured the back of your Capri Sun when you’re trying to insert the straw, are you even American?
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Cereal
When you’re so excited to open a box of cereal and you rip the plastic bag too far down so half of your cereal ends up in the bottom of the box…….. yeah.
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Domino Brown Sugar
If you use all of your brown sugar before it hardens into a steel brick, then you either bake a lot or you’re a magical human being.
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Can’t they just sell it in something resealable??? Ugh.
Freshly Sliced Deli Cold Cuts
Oh, you know exactly what I’m getting at: that plastic grocery stores consider a plastic bag. Yep, the one they throw your sliced oven-roasted turkey in and then slap a sticker over it to keep the meat nice and secure.
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Then when you dream up a killer sandwich in which you need said turkey, there’s no way around ripping the plastic bag. It happens every. Single. Time.
Pringles
Yeah, they do fill the canister all the way. But unless your hand is the size of a mouse or you enjoy getting shards of Pringles everywhere when you flip the canister over to get those last few chips, they suck.
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School Milk Cartons
#tbt to the days when it took at least 5 minutes to open your milk at school. It’s like they designed these things to be impossible. I still get filled with rage when I have to open the adult-sized ones.
Produce Stickers
Have I eaten one of these? Probably.
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Sorry, Dough Boy, but this packaging sucks. It takes forever to find the seam, the paper never fully comes off on the first try, and it’s impossible to keep the directions intact.
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