Invisible inflation: Brazilians pay more and take less

Reduced or inflation costs, with products reduced and changed without real effects in the costs, it takes weight in Brazil's pockets

Invisible inflation: Brazilians pay more and take less

Less or invisible inflation, when the products are reduced and prices will be changed without any actual influence

After falling in August, the country's inflation registered an increase of 0.48% in September, according to the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA) published by the National Geographic and Statistics Institute (IBGE) this Thursday (09/10).

If such a hand, the product was led by the other side, one side, a food list that recorded the drop of 0.26%.

This is because the IPCA is measuring the weather and the average price of the average opaye or tax products is reducing the product products by just 3.78 %.

- After increasing in August at a price of 0.48% 0.48% 0.11%.

- Months were with electricity, which gets 10.31% of roses.

- 2024 in the same month, variables 0.44.

- Inflation increases 5.17% in the last 12 months.

- Year, the index accumulates with an increase of 3.64%.

Changing products

Due to making a successful form of moving, many companies, so that their material is possible to be known before the customer.

This happened with condensed milk, such as addicted milk in the supermarket language.Milk mixture, milk and sugar, a second time, milk and corn costs to reduce costs.

Other products pass the same process, such as "flavored chocolate" and no longer through wooden cookies sold as "chocolate".

Chocolate has also changed, and now contains less cocoa and more additives.In the case of bars, sales have started in small quantities.

Unbearable decreases hardly

The reduction is, for a large part, does not appear, as egg eggs have 10 eggs, instead of the crop.

However, the price of goods does not decrease, that is, the consumer takes less and pays more.

"In the classic re -rally, the package is simply shrinking and the product remains the same but there is a change in weight, liter or original product volume

For a healthy and durable nutritionist in a safety device, which is a change in customers, but leads to their opinion and cannot be aware of price change.

Anyway, it describes companies to change the string of the product, given that the change is indicated in the packaging.So it's not necessarily insulting, but it will issue a paradise setting of current standards.

Trade

For Metrotr, the National Consumer Secretariat (Sandak), "CDC" can be violated, especially if there is no communication with the consumer.

"The CDC considers fraud the composition of the product that could lead to errors and the lack of clear, precise and unambiguous information about changes in weight or volume," explains the agency.

The obligation to offer patience by offering the law or responsibility must be fully responsible for the non-supportable companies.

The Secretary Secretary, "This practice has an impact on every customer, but has a harder impact on the most vulnerable, especially incomes income, which feels the decline in worthless product."

The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) stated that, when labeling products relating to medical supervision, it has established a "new formula" declaration or an equivalent statement in the designation of products that are subject to health surveillance whenever the composition changes.

"This statement must be clear, readable and prominent on the label and ensure that the information is easily understood by the consumer," he said.

How to protect yourself

Mariana Ribiotio, from Veec, showed that, to identify the case, it is very important that you read the icon.

COCON says he has permanently observed the Correspondent Cornium System (SNDC) by promoting market research, observation and education research.

Consumers can also file complaints and consumer protection administrators or consumer platform .Gov.br.