Did meito lemon tea powder, 470 g (Japan) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before470 g
After420 g
−10.6%smaller
Price per 100 g · if the price stayed the same+11.9%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 38th-largest of 57 documented coffee & tea cuts; a bigger cut than 40% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2026 · reported 18 Dec 2025
Country
Japan
Brand
meito
Category
Coffee & Tea
Source
meito-abc.co.jp

Source and evidence

meito — price revision and content change notice (18 Dec 2025) meito-abc.co.jp

Source fetched 2026-10-29.

Listed under 'content change' (no price revision) from 2 Mar 2026 releases. Apple tea and peach tea made the same 470 g to 420 g cut; the 280 g bags went to 240 g, royal milk tea 350 g to 320 g and lemonade C 440 g to 400 g.

Evidence
Typemanufacturer announcement (price/size notice)
Confidencehigh

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What the source says

“ので、何卒ご理解賜りたくお願い申し上げます。 記 1.価格改定および内容量変更(2品) 商品名 内容量 価格改定率 変更日 変更前 変更後 香り高いミルクココア 400g 360g 約9% 3月2日 発売分より 香り高いミルクココア 200g 180g 2.内容量変更(10品) 商品名 内容量 変更日 変更前 変更後 レモンティー 470g 420g 3月2日 発売分より レモンティー 280g 240g アップルティー 470g 420g アップルティー 280g 240g ピーチティー 470g 420g ピーチティー 280g 240g ロイヤルミルクティー 350g…”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did meito lemon tea powder, 470 g (Japan) shrink? 470 g → 420 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/meito-lemon-tea-powder-470-g-japan-2026.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: meito — price revision and content change notice (18 Dec 2025) (https://www.meito-abc.co.jp/content/wp-content/uploads/post/6490/20251218_release1.pdf).

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