Grocery Shrink Ray has struck again!

[captpackrat]

I found an old box of Tuna Helper buried in the back of the cabinet.  The expiration date on it is from 2008.  I'd just bought a ton of * Helper, and this box seemed unusually heavy.  I checked the weight and it said it contained 8.4 ounces.  I checked the other * Helper boxes, and they were all 4 to 6 ounces!

The instructions also call for a 7 ounce can of tuna.  Good luck with that, since almost all tuna comes in 5 ounce cans now.

Nothing like a little time capsule to show just how much the manufacturers have been shrinking their products.

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[rigelkitty.livejournal.com]

Specifically with the HHs, that changed recently, in the last six months. I noticed it when I made Tuna Helper a few weeks ago and it called for two cans of tuna instead of one. It used to say to add the tuna late to lighten the flavor, and now it says to only add one can of tuna.

On the plus side, less sauce mix means less sodium, hopefully.