Did BD insulin syringes box shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before100 syringes
After90 syringes
−10.0%smaller
Price per syringe · if the price stayed the same+11.1%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 56th-largest of 68 documented health & supplements cuts (tied with 3 others); a bigger cut than 31% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 1 May 2023
Country
United States
Brand
BD
Category
Health & Supplements
Source
mouseprint.org

Source and evidence

Here We Shrink Again – Spring 2023 – Mouse Print* mouseprint.org

Source fetched 2026-10-20. All 201 Mouse Print* cases.

The box still said it held 10 multi-packs; it held nine.

Evidence
Typeconsumer advocate report (Mouse Print*, old and new packages compared)
Confidencehigh

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Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “nonprescription drugs” changed +6.2% (12 months to May 2023, a broad match for this category). The size cut alone raises the price per unit by +11.1% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“…In particular, BD brand syringes used for injecting insulin have gone from 100 in a box down 10-percent to just 90. Yet, the package erroneously still says there are 10 multi-packs inside when there are really only nine.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did BD insulin syringes box shrink? 100 syringes → 90 syringes”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/bd-insulin-syringes-box-us-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Here We Shrink Again – Spring 2023 – Mouse Print* (https://www.mouseprint.org/2023/05/01/may23/).

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