Did Purina One dry cat food, large bag (Austria) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before6 kg
After5.7 kg
−5.0%smaller
Price per kg · if the price stayed the same+5.3%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 34th-largest of 36 documented pet food cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 6% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2022 · reported 2 Oct 2024
Country
Austria
Brand
Purina
Category
Pet Food
Source
konsument.at

Source and evidence

Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. konsument.at

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

Nestlé: changed in September 2022 with a recyclable bag; the RRP did not change.

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

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (AT) “products for pets and other household animals” changed +10.0% (2022 average vs 2021). The size cut alone raises the price per kilogram by +5.3% 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

“…Gleich mehrere Verbraucher:innen meldeten uns, dass die Verpackungen des Trockenkatzenfutters Purina One kleiner geworden seien – bei gleichbleibendem Preis. Die 6-Kilo-Packung hat nur noch 5,7 kg, die 800-Gramm-Packung nur noch 780 Gramm. Was sagt Nestlé dazu?”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Purina One dry cat food, large bag (Austria) shrink? 6 kg → 5.7 kg”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/purina-one-dry-cat-food-large-bag-austria-at-2022.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. (https://konsument.at/shrinkflation-und-mogelpackungen).

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