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Did Halls stick candy, 7 flavours (South Korea) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before34 g
After27.9 g
−17.9%smaller
Price per 100 g · if the price stayed the same+21.9%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 47th-largest of 189 documented chocolate & candy cuts; a bigger cut than 70% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 13 Dec 2023
Country
South Korea
Brand
Halls
Category
Chocolate & Candy
Source
yna.co.kr

Source and evidence

Yonhap — Korea Consumer Agency finds 37 products shrank in a year (13 Dec 2023) yna.co.kr

Source fetched 2026-10-29.

Found through the government's shrinkflation report centre: seven Halls stick flavours (Mentholyptus, Ice Blue, Honey Lemon, Blueberry, Grapefruit, Lime and one more) went from 34 g to 27.9 g in March 2023 (−17.9%).

Evidence
Typegovernment consumer agency survey (Korea Consumer Agency)
Confidencehigh

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What the source says

“2023.3. 21 소시지 (씨제이제일제당) 백설 그릴 비엔나(2개 묶음) 640g 560g 80g 12.5% 2023.1. 참가격 22 숯불향 바베큐바 280g 230g 50g 17.9% 2023.10. 언론보도 23 사탕 (Mondelez Global,LLC, 몬덜리즈 인터내셔널) 호올스 스틱 멘토립터스 34g 27.9g 6.1g 17.9% 2023.3 신고 센터 24 호올스 스틱 아이스블루 34g 27.9g 6.1g 17.9% 2023.3 25 호올스 스틱 허니레몬 34g 27.9g 6.1g 17.9% 2023.3 26 호올스 스틱 블루베리 34g 27.9g…”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Halls stick candy, 7 flavours (South Korea) shrink? 34 g → 27.9 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/halls-stick-candy-7-flavours-south-korea-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Yonhap — Korea Consumer Agency finds 37 products shrank in a year (13 Dec 2023) (https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20231212143900030).

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