Aldi in the deficiency: Night cream Lacura is defeating filling height!

Aldi in the deficiency: Night cream Lacura is defeating filling height!

Rust, Deutschland - in Austria Aldi Nord is currently making headlines, and not for the best reasons. The company sees itself exposed to violent criticism because of the misleading packaging of its popular night cream "Lacura facial care vital". The cream costs only 1.95 euros and belongs to the Lacura own brand. Consumers: Inside, the considerable discrepancy between the specified and the actual filling height is outraged. According to an examination of the Stiftung Warentest, the outer filling height is 3.8 cm, while the interior actually only measures 2.7 cm, which means that only about 70 percent of the packaging is actually filled. The consumer Franziska Junker had recognized this mogue pack and reported the problem to the Stiftung Warentest.

Aldi Nord has commented on the matter and explained that the wrong filling height is necessary to technically ensure the sealing of the packaging. However, this reason is not accepted by the Stiftung Warentest. Aldi Süd is also affected because they also offer various face creams from the Lacura brand. Consumer advice center offers a platform to report such mogen packs, and the Hamburg consumer center gives the negative price "Mogel pack of the year" for particularly misleading products.

alarming trends in the packaging

This problem is not isolated. Consumer advice centers have long warned of the use of tricks, such as thick floors and oversized packaging, to awaken the appearance of larger filling quantities. According to the [Consumer Center] (https://www. consumerzentrale.de/wissen/kennetmittel/kenne-und-tilktungen/mogelpackungen-was-Fehr numbers-and-verlier-preishungen-steckt-11707), this can not only affect food, but also cosmetics. Notes show that many companies reduce the filling quantities without reducing the prices accordingly. A terrifying example is the lupine rust bratwurst of Alberts, which only fills two thirds of their packaging or the Dr. Oetker Vitalis Muesli, the content of which was reduced by 20 percent, which leads to a hidden price increase.

Consumers: Inside, their buying behavior can influence the manufacturers. When buyers: Inside, against products that are known as foggy packs, companies may recognize the need for action. Nevertheless, there are still many products whose packaging contains far more air than would be necessary for the protection of the content. The Stiftung Warentest itself is committed to more transparency and documents cases of misleading packaging, often with reactions from the manufacturers, which are not sufficiently convincing in many cases.

A current study also shows that consistent measures to reduce oversized packaging could save up to 1.4 million garbage cans annually. That would be an essential contribution to environmental protection and reducing packaging waste. But the legal provisions have so far been vague and leave a lot of scope for interpretations. Up to 30 percent air in a packaging is a clue to recognize misleading practices, but lack a precise regulation.

Consumers: So inside should remain attentive and actively defend themselves against fashion packs. The ball now lies among the manufacturers and politicians who are asked to take strict measures to strengthen consumer protection and to ensure more honesty in stores.