Did Similac Advance Plus infant formula tin (Israel) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before900 g
After700 g
−22.2%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+10.9%Shelf price ₪79.90 (900 g) → ₪68.90 (700 g), as recorded by the source.

Before you paid ₪8.88 per 100 g; after, ₪9.84 per 100 g: 10.9% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The 4th-largest of 7 documented baby cuts; a bigger cut than 82% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2018 · reported Sep 2018
Country
Israel
Brand
Similac
Category
Baby
Source
ynet.co.il

Source and evidence

ynet — Tivall, Pantene and Ariel: a flood of downsizing (20 Sep 2018) ynet.co.il

Source fetched 2026-10-26. All 54 ynet cases.

Shufersal: old 900 g tins at ₪79.90 (₪8.88/100 g) next to the new 700 g at ₪68.90 (₪9.84/100 g), 11% more per 100 g. Abbott said it cut the price to retailers in line and did not raise the price per 100 g.

Evidence
Typepress shelf-price comparison
Confidencehigh
Size cut alone, at the old price+28.6%

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What the source says

“ייקר - למרות שהחברה לא העלתה מחיר ל-100 גרם צרכני סימילאק שמו לב באמצע הקיץ הנוכחי שהמוצר הוקטן. פרומדיקו של נאופרם הפחיתה מאריזות סימילאק אדבאנס פלוס 200 גרם, כך שהאריזות הוקטנו מ-900 גרם ל-700 גרם (בדומה למשקל בו נמכרות אריזות מטרנה).”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Similac Advance Plus infant formula tin (Israel) shrink? 900 g → 700 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/similac-advance-plus-infant-formula-tin-israel-2018.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: ynet — Tivall, Pantene and Ariel: a flood of downsizing (20 Sep 2018) (https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5352795,00.html).

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