Just opened vitamines, it’s only filled about a fifth. No reason to do so, but it does take up a lot more space. That means: more boxes for storage, more trucks for transport and of course more plastic used. Just… why?

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    24 hours ago

    and, instead, just switching the labels

    The labels may also be part of it. Vitamins need a lot of mandatory nutritional information printed on them, and they may simply have been unable to print all of that (in a reasonable font size) on a smaller bottle.


    But, of course, the real unspoken reason is that it’s deceptive marketing. People who don’t read the label carefully will see a bigger bottle and think that it means they’re getting more product inside, even if a competing brand’s smaller bottle actually contains more.