I was in a rush and I needed to pick up a quick snack that I could eat during class. I chose these Nature Valley bars which said they had ten bars inside. What I failed to notice is the tiny print at the bottom where it says 5 x 2, i.e., 5 packets with two bars.
Lo and behold when I open a pack during a break, I find two bars inside. I didn’t want to eat two bars, just one. You can’t even just leave the other fucking bar inside because they create so MANY crumbs. How the fuck are you supposed to seal it???
Stupid-ass deceptive printing got the better of me. It’s not the end of the world, just mildly infuriating.
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Not discounting your mild infuriation, but I am 100% certain that if they switched to being individually wrapped tomorrow, a complaint about excessive packaging would be one of the top posts here.
I’m not sure about Germany, but these have been sold in the US for decades now, and have always been 2 bars per wrapper as long as I can remember.
… I am 100% certain that if they switched to being individually wrapped tomorrow, a complaint about excessive packaging would be one of the top posts here.
You’re undeniably right. The best situation would be to not have any wrapping at all… but with the crumb situation, that’d be another top post here :/
I’m all for reduxcing packaging but…ewww I’m not eating these from an unsealed box. Bugs love the crumbs…I can imagine they’d love the full bars, too. Not to mention rodents.
The box would have to be fully resealable, too, or they’d be gross so they’d need to replace the cardboard with plastic
so like just put them in resealable plastic bags, that’s a better use of the plastic than 5 small packages and means you don’t need the cardboard either!
To make them not turn to dust in transit, they’d need to be in a hard shell sleeve wrapped in plastic like Oreos…and they’d still likely get crushed a bit.
I’m not a packaging engineer but that seems like more plastic with little added benefit
They sell it without individual wrappers, it’s just müsli.
I am rather surprised that OP expected 10 “large” bars. He wanted to eat 1 large bar, but instead just acted like a child with 2 small bars (2 small bars = 1 large bar). Complaining for bullshit reasons.
I am also sure that 2 small bars would weigh less than 1 large bar.
To be fair, this post is pretty much the epitome of mildly infuriating.
I realize that my answer was wrong and ignorant. I also disregarded the fact that OP could be assuming 10 small individually wrapped bars.
I hate weasel word bs like this
That’s how they’ve always been sold.
That’s just weird… If they thought one bar wouldn’t be enough then why not just make the bars bigger? Is it still even a “healthy snack” if you have to cram them down 2 at a time? It reminds me of the time I was checking the info on the back of a packet of Top Ramen and it said it’s supposed to be like 2 or 3 servings. Like was I supposed to share it with someone? Lol
it’s supposed to be like 2 or 3 servings.
That’s so the sodium content seems reasonable.
Possibly they can’t be made thicker due to the cooking process?
They’re pretty hard. I wouldn’t want to try to bite through a double thick one personally.
It wouldn’t necessarily have to be double thick, they could just make it longer or wider across or both
For the rest of the box, break the bars in half (while still in the wrapper) and eat the two top halves for the equivalent of one bar. The you can wrap up the remaining halves more securely.
You’re eating them wrong obviously. Smash it with your fist, pour it out in a neat line, and snort it like you mean business. Bonus points if done in public.
Lol this was one of the earlier nature valley bar, before their single packed one. They were around 15 years ago at least. Always been packed per 2 with the hope that you will just eat 2 at a time
I noticed recently (though I doubt it’s new) that pop tarts are labeled that way too.
What’s next count total number of crumbs?
Because these bars are. Always full of crumbs
They have always been packaged that way in the US. The peanut butter ones somewhat mitigate the crumb situation.
I don’t think it’s a problem that it’s 2 bars in each package, but it should say 5 packages rather than 10 bars. The company knows what they’re doing.
That packaging surely caused Doppel Trouble.
Ha I once fell for this same issue with the exact same bars. To be fair they’re so darn tasty I’ve fallen for it again several times since!
