Did Persil Universal Tiefenrein powder with Silan (Austria) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before30 loads
After28 loads
−6.7%smaller
Price per load · if the price stayed the same+7.1%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 68th-largest of 100 documented laundry cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 14% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2024 · reported 2 Oct 2024
Country
Austria
Brand
Persil
Category
Laundry
Source
konsument.at

Source and evidence

Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. konsument.at

Source fetched 2026-10-20. All 31 Konsument (VKI) cases.

VKI does not date this change; 2024 is when its collection reported it.

Evidence
Typeconsumer organisation (VKI / KONSUMENT: reader reports checked with the manufacturer)
Confidencehigh

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (AT) “household cleaning and maintenance products” changed +1.5% (12 months to Oct 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per load by +7.1% 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

“…Annemarie Obetzhofer aus Tirol ist aufgefallen, dass das Waschmittel Persil Universal Tiefenrein Frische von Silan eine neue Verpackung hat und das Pulver statt für 30 Waschgänge nur noch für 28 reicht. Was sagt Henkel dazu?”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Persil Universal Tiefenrein powder with Silan (Austria) shrink? 30 loads → 28 loads”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/persil-universal-tiefenrein-powder-with-silan-austria-at-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. (https://konsument.at/shrinkflation-und-mogelpackungen).

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