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?

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    They could have made the pills larger, to fill up the bottle. Then you wouldn’t even guess there was something to complain about.

    Bottles are made in standard sizes by the millions, they used whatever worked for this product, base on what others here have said.

    Pills are mostly filler anyway, just to make them big enough to handle, and also to improve dosing per pill. The active ingredient is usually a very small part of the volume.

    I guarantee, if it were cheaper, all things considered, to use a smaller bottle, they would have.

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      11 hours ago

      I see your point and would agree, but they have different containers. The bigger pills are mostly filler, so it would be cheaper if they made those smaller.