Why Chips Packets Are Filled With Air ? A mysterious question asked by many people who eat Chips. There are numerous jokes made on Lays Packets which provides less than half packet filled with chips and rest is air.
Some even joke “Why Lays Provides free chips with air that we buy”.
Do you really think that it is because they want to sell a big packet at high price with few chips and rest portion is filled with air? Here is your answer.
Why Chips Packets Are Filled With Air?
1. It has nothing to do with the theory that companies bluffing you that packet is full of chips. It is not air that is filled in the packet, It’s actually Nitrogen Gas.
Reason behind filling rest of the packet with Nitrogen is “to keep your chips fresh and protect it from damage during Transportation and Handling”. If It is not filled with ‘air’ or ‘nitrogen gas’ you will get soggy (wet and soft) and spoilt chips, which we are pretty sure you don’t want.
2. The air gives a cushioning effect to the chips. Without which you will just receive powder in a bag.
3. The air also gives the packet an impression of being air-tight sealed well (you will not buy a deflated one)
4. The air lastly gives the bag a bigger size making the customer more happy, or giving the illusion of getting much more for the money. (I always feel that Pringles is expensive but the cost per unit weight of chips is really comparable)
So next time if you see jokes like these, make sure to laugh but take it as a joke only.
Hope we answered your question Why Chips Packets Are Filled With Air, and now you may relaxed and enjoy super tasty Chips for rest of your life.
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