Did Sweet'N Low packet shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before0.04 oz
After0.035 oz
−12.5%smaller
Price per oz · if the price stayed the same+14.3%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 25th-largest of 37 documented baking & spreads cuts; a bigger cut than 48% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2018 · reported 24 Dec 2018
Country
United States
Brand
Sweet'N Low
Category
Baking & Spreads
Source
mouseprint.org

Source and evidence

Evidence
Typeconsumer advocate report (Mouse Print*, old and new packages compared)
Confidencehigh

Check the math in the calculator.

Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “other food at home” changed +0.2% (12 months to Dec 2018, a broad match for this category). The size cut alone raises the price per ounce by +14.3% 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

“Low Now here’s a product you would never expect to be downsized – those little Sweet ‘n Low packets. Eagled-eyed Nancy S. caught this inconspicuous change with each packet going from 0.04 ounces to 0.035 — five-thousands of an ounce less. But the packet says it is still equivalent to about two teaspoons of sugar.”

More from the US: the US Shrinkflation Tracker has all 296 documented cases, sortable and filterable.

Topic guide: jam, spreads and baking shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.

More baking & spreads in United States

All 9 in the case library →

Share, embed or cite this case

XRedditFacebookBlueskyEmail

Shared links show this size card image (PNG, 1200×630), which you can also download and post.

Embed this case on your site

Paste this HTML into a post or page. The card shows the size change and links to this page and the original source. It is free to use; please keep the links.

Preview the embed card

Cite this case

ShrinkRadar, “Did Sweet'N Low packet shrink? 0.04 oz → 0.035 oz”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/sweet-n-low-packet-us-2018.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Here We Downsize Again – Dec. 2018 – Mouse Print* (https://www.mouseprint.org/2018/12/24/here-we-downsize-again-dec-2018/).

You may quote and cite this case with credit. No bulk reuse or republishing of the dataset without permission: licence and how to cite.