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Stupid idea maybe, but weigh them?

They should mention somewhere on the package how much is supposed to be in each pod.
Detergent isn't as dense as water usually, but even if it only states a volume and not a weight, it wouldn't be off by more than 50%.

That way at least you'd know if the dosage is approximately right.
 
What you've got a hold of there is old stock. Contents have deteriorated and broken down hence all that "space".

As have said purchasing any sort of product from a discounter is iffy. On both sides of pond such places receive huge amount of inventory from things that didn't sell, past sell by date and or otherwise shifted from primary market.

P&G, Henkel, Unilever/Lever Bros, etc... all remove unsold products from shop shelves that are past or near sell buy date, or perhaps aren't doing well. You don't see such things in rubbish bins because stores cannot do so. Normally distributor takes things back and there are channels to funnel it elsewhere. Discounters purchase job lots of these things, mark them up and sell them on.

Good thing is it's P&G's famous "Alpine Fresh" which always gets my vote. It's one of more popular scents found in Ariel or Dash laundry detergents.

One thing about "expired" laundry products is their scent either has gone or started to go. Often there is barely a trace when product is used and or it doesn't last once washing is dry.

Purchased two containers of Ariel "Excel" gel in "Alpine Fresh" and didn't use up first one quickly so scent pretty much has gone. Second one sits unopened in one's stash but don't have hopes things will be any different.
 
No dear, I think you`re wrong on this one.
If they were old stock they wouldn`t have come in a laminated "moisture proof" cardboard box.
It`s been just a couple of months since P&G in Europe switched from plastic containers to cardboard for their pods and scent beads.

Besides thanks to Henrik`s brilliant idea to weigh them I can tell their weight is all right. According to the package they should be 16,8g each. Scale says 17g.
If some of the content would have dried out through the film they`d look deflated, wouldn`t they? But I see your point, if they were old and going off they could release a gas which would possibly bloat them.

For what it`s worth, I`ve done a load now and so far I like those Dash pods.
They smell nice and suds well enough for suds controlled pods which is important to me because I want to see suds as evidence if a detergent is saturated with oils and soil from dirty clothes or not.
 
Years ago P&G sold the rights to the Dash brand in Germany to Dalli Werke.
Suppose the brand name wasn`t profitable anymore so they got rid of it.
Don`t know how the scent of Alpenfrische compares to P&G`s Alpine Fresh, maybe they could keep the same scent but can tell that otherwise those Dalli products are entirely different from P&G`s Dash line which is apparently still alive in other parts of the EU.
 
Long time ago like 20 years ago we had a green colored version of Lenor called "Bergfrisch" (Mountain Fresh).
Was a great scent but unfortunately Dash Alpine Fresh has nothing in common with it, but I find it still nice though.
 
I think there are 2 basic ways pod manufacturers design these.

There are the less puffy ones like the Persil discs.
I found that these often dissolve slower and some of the detergent gets stuck in the polymer until it fully dissolves.

Then there are these really quite blown up ones.
Those "burst" basically when enough polymer has dissolved. That in turn gives a much more sizeable opening for the detergent to leak out and water to rush in.

At least that's how I've always explained that to myself.
 

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