What is shrinkflation, which has reduced the size of chocolate bars globally?

Ashley Paul, Published on Sep 5th, 2025

What is shrinkflation, which has reduced the size of chocolate bars globally?

Shrinkflation is a situation where, due to rising raw material prices, companies reduce sizes/quantities of products while keeping rates unchanged to ensure their production costs don't increase. A few years ago, Cadbury Dairy Milk reduced their chocolate's size from 200g to 180g as cocoa prices soared from $2,500/tonne to $10,000/tonne. Cocoa prices rose due to adverse weather and crop disease.

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