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[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Strictly speaking this is a subset of what the food industry calls reformulation. They'll also reformulate a product for other reasons (eg to reduce sugar/fat/salt or add a vitamin so they can make a health claim, tweak the flavour if it isn't performing well, etc) but reducing materials and manufacturing costs is a big part of it. Maybe we can coin the term "deformulation".

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I like that name. Deformulation definitely implies that the change was not made for the benefit of the consumer.

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