FailsNOV 12, 2025

People Feel Scammed After Buying These 50 Products In Deceptive Packaging (New Pics)

Simona Kinderytė, Miguel Ordoñez and Ieva P.

Trips to the grocery store can be pretty frustrating for many people these days. If you’re not dealing with a blatant case of sneakflation, you’re faced with misleading product packaging that may make you curse the heavens for the existence of corporate consumerism.

Hyperbole aside, you can also snap photos for the internet to see, much like what these people did. The following images may evoke a mix of laughter, despair, and disappointment – all at the same time.

Scroll through and feel free to join in the conversation by sharing photos of your own if you have any.

#21 Twizzler Hiding How Much Shorter Their Product Is With Extra Packaging

Partially empty Twizzlers packaging with a small amount of candy inside, illustrating misleading product packaging.

LtMilo

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41points

#22 Look, I Know I Ordered A “Small” KFC Popcorn Chicken, But This Is Hilarious

Hand holding a miniature KFC chicken box, showcasing misleading packaging by companies selling smaller products.

stigma_wizard

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40points

#23 Am I Crazy Or Did Pringles Get This Small Without Me Noticing? Especially When They Are Like 5 Bucks When Not On Sale

Hand holding a single Pringles chip next to a nearly empty can showing misleading packaging and product amount.

Fizzy_Fizzure

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40points

#24 Pop Tarts - Since Y'all Caught On About Frosting, Now They're Just Smaller

Hand opening toaster pastry packaging showing much smaller product than expected, highlighting misleading packaging by companies.

I thought a new one looked a bit small, so I compared it to a different box we've had for a while. The new ones are half an inch shorter than the old ones. At least the frosting is reasonable.

Saneless

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40points

#25 Seriously? All Stick. $6 For These

Misleading packaging showing an ice cream bar significantly smaller than the picture on the box with a quarter for size comparison.

TurbulentSource6988

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40points

#26 Woolies Underweight Again. Other Tub Was 224g With Packaging So It’s Not My Scales

Misleading packaging of organic Solanato tomatoes showing 200g label but weighing only 152g on digital scale.

StretchSoft478

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40points

#27 The Amount Of Air I Have To Squeeze Out Before Getting Any Glue Is Insane

Small tube of glue held in hand, showing misleading packaging with an almost empty product inside.

WeirdConference5699

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39points

#28 My 8oz Bag Of Cheese Was Only 4oz

Package labeled 8 oz of shredded cheese weighed only 4.1 oz, showing misleading packaging by the company.

TheParadox3b

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38points

#29 The Cookie Inside This Wrapper Has No Chocolate At All

Packaging promising chocolate with "Life Happens Chocolate Helps" text, but contains a plain biscuit, illustrating misleading packaging.

seeseemelk

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37points

#30 A “Roll” Of Wrapping Paper At Target

Close-up of a product with misleading packaging showing less content inside than expected by companies selling products.

One roll can only handle two or three presents now… Skip Target if you need gift wrap!

Denelo

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36points

#31 KFC You Cannot Be Serious

Misleading packaging example showing a sparse chicken tenders box compared to the marketed full meal image.

jgwentworth-877

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32points

#32 They’re Trying To Make It Look Like There’s A Lot More Nerf Darts Packaged

Nerf Mega darts package showing misleading packaging with fewer darts visible from side view in retail store.

AcexSwordzman

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32points

#33 The Deceptive Padding Beneath These Strawberries

Strawberries in misleading packaging with extra empty space highlighting deceptive product marketing by companies.

SamJPV

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31points

#34 Just Opened The Pack And Theres Not A Single Chocolate One

Misleading packaging of milk lollies showing eight popsicles, but three flavors are not represented as pictured on the box.

Bradleyneo100

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31points

#35 Big Container, Not Much In It

Plastic container of Great Value Oxi stain remover with orange lid, showing misleading packaging with mostly empty inside.

Bought this from Walmart. I don’t have a weigh scale, and it doesn’t really matter. I’m guessing this really is 1.3 kg, but the powder only filled the container to about 1/4. Absolutely unreal. This is one way to waste packaging. And extremely deceptive. I’ll be buying from Dollarama from now on, as you at least get a nearly full container.

PinkPaisleyMoon

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31points

#36 These Used To Be As Long As The Package

Hand holding a misleading packaging with a small candy strip and large empty plastic tray, example of product packaging.

UniqueKitt

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31points

#37 Oreos As Advertised In Their Commercials vs. What A Modern Oreo Really Looks Like

Two Oreo cookies side by side showing misleading packaging with uneven cream filling inside the biscuit.

usefully-useless_

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30points

#38 Pasta Sauce Getting 8% Smaller And Water Is Now First Ingredient vs. Tomatoes

Two jars of Classico pasta sauce with different sizes and labels misleading product quantity on store shelf.

Bonus: 450mg of potassium is now 13% of DV!
And since the ingredients are being changed that much, I’m not sure the nutrition facts are now accurate.

Sim14CH

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30points

#39 Found This "Olive Oil" In My Parents' Pantry

Bottle of misleading packaging labeled extra virgin olive oil with only up to 20% genuine olive oil in the ingredients list.

c0rbin9

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29points

#40 We've Officially Entered Dark Times

I think this just happened. Opened pkg of Thomas' English muffins and was shocked to see how they are now unusably small. Looks like they have trimmed 3/8" diameter off them, making the king of breakfast sandwiches undersized for even an egg. Anyone else notice?

brentis

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28points

Poll Question

Have you ever avoided purchasing a product because of deceptive packaging?

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