10 Times Companies Took 'Creative Packaging' Too Far

2. This One Doesn't Even Look Edible

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Entering a new relationship, career, or seemingly ice cream bar never actually tells you what you might get until some time has past. Life shows us that nothing is as it initially seems. For instance, this guy had to pick up a pack after noticing the whirlingly excellent on the box below. Outside the box, meanwhile, these bars seem like some malformed pile of something we wouldn't even call desirable. Still, appearances are not the only thing that counts. Although this ice cream bar looks somewhat repulsive, it could taste fantastic. Simply said, nobody will give it a chance. In food packaging, this clear discrepancy between expectation and reality is a regular problem for consumers. It emphasizes how sometimes deceptive food photography and packaging design are. Often employing techniques like food styling and digital enhancement, companies spend considerably in making their products look as appealing as feasible on the box. When the real product falls short of this idealized picture, though, it can cause great customer disappointment and mistrust. This disparity begs significant issues concerning honesty in advertising and the degree to which businesses should answer for faithfully presenting their goods. It reminds customers also to approach packaged goods with a reasonable dosage of doubt and to maybe give components and nutritional worth first priority over look.