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Same brand of soup, but one soup package has a slightly different shape and a different folding.

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[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago

I was so busy comparing the labels that I didn't even notice.

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 32 points 4 weeks ago

My guess is it's just a different lot/ facility that makes the one

[-] Wootz@lemmy.world 36 points 4 weeks ago

Or they're switching packaging, and one is selling less / more than the others so is from the older / new packaging.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 4 weeks ago

You're right.

These soups are only produced in one place: Arla Foods Esbjerg, Denmark, and they're only sold on the Swedish market.

Arla works with both packaging manufacturers SIG and Tetra Pak from Switzerland and Sweden respectively.

There's been many changes to Arla's packaging designs during the last few years, because they pledged to make 100% recycable packaging by 2025.

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 2 points 4 weeks ago

SIG like the arms manufacturer?

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 4 weeks ago

Sort of, yes, but not anymore. SIG Holding sold SIG Sauer in 1999.

[-] RouxBru@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

Ah and so the SIG, Tetrapak war still wages on

It's actually a cost thing, SIG usually comes in to a much lower installation and running cost, where Tetrapak is aseptic and has a longer shelf life.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Does SIG make a Legion version of soup too?

[-] RouxBru@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

They only pack it

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

I'm just surprised that the colour theme of Forest Mushroom Soup is Concrete Garage by Fluorescent Light. Not really my association to forest mushroom.

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago
[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 weeks ago

Naturally, it's a pretty convenient fraction of a liter to be working with while cooking.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

I find ml much more useful than dl.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 weeks ago

Both have their place, and since they are so straight-forward to convert between, there's no need to limit ourselves to one or the other.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

True but if I have the option, I prefer ml. I find it more straightforward to convert between ml and l.
To me it aint like mm, m and km

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

You have to move the decimal more. It can tire you faster.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

cl squad enters the chat.

[-] Snejp@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Very common with liquid food in Sweden. We also use hectogram for weighing solid food, e. g. if you're buying meat.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

Hg used to be the standard unit for buying candy by weight as well, but they switched around 20 years ago iirc

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Took me way too long to find the difference.

[-] wattanao@fedia.io 3 points 4 weeks ago

Thought this was Mildly Annoying, and I would have agreed. As a retail stocker, the shelf expects them to all be the same, but the one that's a slightly different shape usually doesn't fit as many as the rest. It's even worse when companies decide to change the packaging for the same product, like Stouffers, and I have to spend an extra five seconds determining if the items are the same or aren't.

[-] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

That thai soup is so good, got a nice kick of heat to it.

[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

The oat milk I usually buy from Aldi does this. They change the packiging type every few months.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 4 weeks ago

That's probably because Aldi is buying it from several different producers (processors, packagers, or bottlers. Not sure the appropriate title) that apply Aldi's branding (or whomever) to the package.

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