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WEIGHING FOR EFFECT or PLANNING FOR SHRINKAGE

By: Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Published: 7/14/2011

Food manufacturers of powder-based products must consider both weight and volume when packaging their goods. Use of a weight measurement ensures that each package provides the guaranteed portion due the customer. Volume of the product during the fill process, however, is oftentimes greater than the perceived amount in the bag once in the customer’s hands. This is due to consolidation of the powder which takes place in the intervening time period.

How do manufacturers know what this shrinkage factor will be? And will it cause a problem for the customer if they think that they are being cheated?


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