19 Misleading Packages Designed to Deceive

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 11, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Seriously, what is wrong with the people responsible for designing packaging? Do they just hate the rest of the population or are they just a gaggling group of morons incapable of putting their minds in gear at the same time? We may never quite know the answer to this mystery but what we do know is that there are more than enough unhelpful packaging designs out there than we could shake a stick at, making daily life that much more uncomfortable for us humans of the world.

But today we shall no longer remain silent and throw those packages in the trash such that they may never burn our eyes again. No, today we name and shame nineteen of the most misleading pakcages, that were so obviously designed to deceive our very eyes, may whoever controls the world bring shame upon their homes, or at least make them step on lego in the dark a few times.

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  • 01
    DISNEY PRINCESS $1001 STICKERS PRINCESS DISNEY INCLUDES GIANT WALL STICKER! 1001 Stickers And 768 Of Them Are Useless Squares. Thanks, Disney
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  • Oh, this is enough to make you hot under the collar. The desperation of designers to trick us into thinking we are getting a good deal has got to be at least one of the reasons that we have become so distrustful in society. And on a kids product no less, like we need to be teaching children about subterfuge and shrinkflation from an early age…

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    innisfree Balancing Cream with Green Tea Cream/Crème 1.69 FL. Oz/50 ml Is Anyone Else Bothered By Deceptive Packaging Like This? innisfree Balancing Cream with Green Tea Cream/Crème 1.69 Fl. 02/50mL
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    d Thought The Gold Border Was Nice.. The Rest Was White
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    MICROWAVE SAFE DISHWASHER SAFE INTERNATI The Sticker Was A Lie 798657 OWL/BOL IN U.S.A. / AUX É.-U.: RRIER INTERNATIONAL, INC. RKWAY, CHESAPEAKE, VA 23320 JRTED BY/IMPORTÉ PAR NADA/AU CANADA: 207234 1907 TS BURNABY, BC V5G 4P3 HINA/FABRIQUE EN CHINE
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    ність) Пиріжок з маком Склад: макова начинка 40% (цукор, вода питна, мак олійний (30%), сухарі панірувальні, ароматизатор «Раніше, борозими 18 ПИРІЖОК з маком 75 r (g) Смена № 3 06/06/2020 Енергетична цінність (калорійність) на 100 г (е) продукту: Ahh Yes, Reality.Is.Often. Disappointing-
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  • An all too common occurrence if you ask us. The amount of food products that look, taste and feel nothing like their proud packaging is honestly mind-blowing. Like they know that we are going to open it up and see what it is really like. Who did these people think they were going to fool?

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    unique PLASTIC TABLECOVER PRINTED ALL OVER NAPPE EN PLASTIQUE IM дно SUR TOUTE LA SURFACE EL DE PLASTICO MENTE ESTAMPADO K-TISCHDECKE RED GINGHAM QUNIQUE PHILA, PA AUSA UNIQUE P SCUNT ENGLAND IMPORTE UNIQUE BRAMP 1610 IMPORTS TY FAVORS CANAD MADE FABRIC HECH ONTARIO NA EN CHINE CHINA 11179 1 #58713 N. X 84 IN. 1.37M X 2.13M 0919 "Printed All Over" And Deliberately Leaves The Pattern On The Outside Of The Package WARNING: TO AVOID DANGER OF SUFFOCATION KEEP THIS PLASTIC BAD AWAY FROM BABIES AND C
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    sal 10012042000302 BEST BEFORE TWELVE MONTHS FROM PACKING When stored under cool and dry conditions. Amrit Natural Brown Sugar Natural... 8.906009 013008 us at: www.eidporry.com Natural is only a brand name rade mark and does not represent its true nature
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    ԲՈ ER BAG SHARE A rit ORIG SALT orite Dorit Dorita TACHO BIGGER BAG MORE TO SHARE Both Weigh 500g But The Green One Is.In.A 30% "Bigger Bag More To Share" SOOGENET 500g e NET
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    Del 0305 8333 B8 18:15 ENJOY BY 02/28/2019 Freshley's Delicious Deals At a Delicious Price! FUDGE Brownies CANDY TOPPED Do NET WT 6 02 (170g) 4-1.5 02 (439) S rownies Singular Candy Topping.. PRODUCT RAL 10 E 4 INDIVIDUAL WRAPPED
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    Turns Out Every Single One Of Them Has Blue Ink
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    「賽味馆 黑椒味牛肉脯 味の牛肉の干し肉 净含量:120克 This "Box" Of Beef Jerky
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    NON DAIRY CREAMER Nutrition Facts Serv. size 1 packet (2.5 Amount Per Serving: Sodium 0mg (0% DV), Total Calorico Carb, 1g (0% DV), Total Sugars 0g, Incl. Og Added Sugars (0% DV), Protein Og. Not a significant source of sat. fat, trans fat, cholest., fiber, vit. D, calcium, iron and potas. %DV = % Daily Value INGREDIENTS: Corn Syrup Solids, Palm Oil, Dipotassium Phosphate, Contains 2% or less of the following: Artificial Flavor, DATEM, Mono- and Diglycerides, Sodium Caseinate (A Mill Deniva Sodi
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    POIVRON SPECK ROUGE ET ROQUETTE WRAP -Sales-Genius- 02/07/2018 Oa7/2016
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    natural Cashews Raw AS вмоцев Hand Instantly Hit The Bottom When They Opened It
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    Bright, Bold Preferred by Teach Thought These Were Full-Size Pencils COLORED PENCILS Built-In Sharpener 64 Nontoxic
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    UF I Was Wondering Why This Watermelon Juice Tasted So Weird PRET WATERMELON with apple, strawberry & lemon Land Made in small batches XDEET BLENDED JUICE DRINK 13.5 FL OZ (400 mL) 100% Juice NUTRITION FACTS Serv. Size: 13.5 fl oz (400mL) Servings Per Container 1, Amount Per Serving: Calories 190, Fat Cal. 0, Total Fat 0g (0%), Saturated Fat 0g (0%), Trans Fat 0g. Cholest. Omg, Sodium 95mg (4%). Total Carb. 39g (13%), Fiber 0g (0%), Sugars 37g, Protein 5g, Vitamin A (210%DV). Vitamin C (6%DV), C
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  • 18
    1000PCS Building Blocks AGE 1000 Plastic Blocks. Ended Up Receiving 523.. 100 Total: 523 100 100 100 1000
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    sed-1159093- INGREDIENTS: WATER, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCO-BETAINE, DIMETHICONE, CI 77891, CI 77491, CI 19140, CI 14700, MICA, COCONUT OIL SODIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE, DIUM HYDROXIDE, OLIVE FRUIT OIL,-5-CETETH-20, ARGANIA SPINOSA NEL OIL, TRIDECETH-6, POLYQUAZNIUM-6, SALICYLIC ACID, LIMONENAMELINA SATIVA SEED OIL, JOJA SEED OIL, BENZYL SALICYE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, LINALO AMODIMETHICONE FRAGRE L'ORÉ PARIS 6 OIL NOUR NOURISHING SHA 6 103409|| NEW refers to new pack design. NEW RICH IN CARE 360
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