When the products of products are rising in the store, then the thought comes to mind whether you can make them a cheaper and healthier version at home. This is the case with chocolate, which will only have natural ingredients prepared in its own kitchen, without aromas, hardeners or harmful fats. The preparation of sweets by hand also avoids disappointment downsizing. What is this phenomenon? Not all consumers are aware of the strategies that producers choose today.
This phenomenon is particularly popular in the food industry, but also cosmetic or economic chemistry. Downsizing (literally “reduction”) It can be translated as a reduction in the size or weight of the product without a proportional change in its price. In the store, you will have to pay the same for a smaller portion of the product (i.e. more in practice). Enterprises use this strategy when production costs increase (e.g. raw materials). However, they do not want to raise the prices of goods for fear that customers will stop buying their products or take advantage of the cheaper range of competition.
Manufacturers therefore reduce the size or weight of the product, hoping that consumers will not notice it or at least will be satisfied with the maintenance. The phenomenon was very visible in the times of Pandemic when inflation grew. The most popular examples of downsizing are:
- butter cube (from 250 g to 200 g),
- pasta packaging (reduced from 500 g to 400 g),
- meat (from 500 g to 400-450 g),
- yoghurts (from 200 ml to 150-180 ml),
- Batony (np. Z 50 G Na 40-45 G),
- chips (first from 200 g to 140 g and then at 130 g),
- yellow cheese (from 150 g to 135 g),
- breakfast flakes (from 500 g to 450 g),
- Chocolate (from 100 g to 80-90 g).
Interestingly, Most downsizing cases are “quietly” so that customers do not notice the change right away. However, recently one of the largest manufacturers has publicly announced a reduction in tablets from 100 grams to 90 grams, and large – from 270 g to 250 g. It was necessary to respond to the increase in production costs and raw materials (especially cocoa, whose price in December 2024 increased by 50 percentage compared to November 2024).
Imagine that so far your favorite chocolate weighed 100 grams and you bought it for 5 zlotys. The manufacturer, however, reduced the packaging to 90 grams, but kept the same price. The 10 grams that suddenly “disappeared” is just an example of downsizing. If you do not want to spend money on a smaller portion of sweets, just prepare it in your kitchen. The recipe for homemade chocolate is not difficult and 3 ingredients are enough.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of bitter cocoa,
- 1/4 cup of white sugar,
- 1/2 cup of coconut oil.
Method of performance:
In a saucepan, mix the cocoa with sugar thoroughly. Add melted coconut oil and mix the ingredients well to obtain a uniform consistency. Transfer the mass to a silicone chocolate mold or place an even layer on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Put in the freezer for an hour.
Ready in taste resembles real chocolate. This The iconic dessert, which was very popular in the times of the Polish People’s Republicwhen the possibility of buying chocolate was limited. Housewives prepared it from easily available products such as margarine, sugar and biscuits. He was a luxurious replacement for expensive and rare confectionery. Today he returns to favor as a sentimental souvenir of the past.
Ingredients:
- 250 g of milk powder,
- 3 tablespoons of bitter cocoa,
- 8 biscuits,
- 1/4 cup of water,
- 2 cups of white sugar,
- 125 g butter 82%.
Method of performance:
Bottle biscuits into pieces (they should not be very small). Pour milk, cocoa and crushed cookies into the bowl and mix.
Put water, sugar and butter into the pot. Boil until the products are completely dissolved. Add dry ingredients to the pot (milk powder, cocoa and biscuits). Mix thoroughly.
Transfer the mass into the mold to the chocolate block (it can be a small baking tray lined with baking paper). Set aside to cool. Put the cool chocolate block in the fridge (preferably overnight). The next day, carefully remove from the mold and serve, cut into thicker slices.
Source: NowowoPuje.pl, Money.pl
