71 disastrous packaging design oversights that are too hysterical

Going to the supermarket may seem like a pretty simple task, but in reality, it is more than just grocery shopping. Part of it is really speculating on whether to buy something or not. Checking for quality and not just the price is also very important.

For seasoned grocery shoppers, looking at packaging alone won’t do. Their years of experience have taught them how to look beyond the covers and see the real state of the products on the shelves. However, for newbies in grocery shopping, and for people who simply look into the packaging, the risk of being deceived is quite high.

Be very careful when you buy in supermarkets because packaging can be very tricky and who knows, you might fall victim to disastrous packaging designs, just like what happened to these people. Read on and prepare to laugh out loud with this incredibly sly designs that tricked shoppers into buying!

#1 Genius

It does look like it works. The name isn’t that lame; I’m more concerned about the product itself. It looks uncomfortable.

abs — Joyce via Bored Panda
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Joyce via Bored Panda

#2 I don’t get it either

Who wants the words “sexual harassment” anywhere near their food? I’m not sure what’s going on here.

#3 Crap

All it says is crap without any other explanation of what you’re looking at. You can’t blame people for wondering what it is, can you?

label — Bored Panda
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Bored Panda

#4 We were wrong

When goofs like these happen, we assume it has to be a small company or startup. Well, big companies struggle with this too.

#5 Eddie Murphy does not approve

If this was someone new on the scene, someone who had just got into the movie business, then we’d call it an error. How do you not know who Eddie Murphy is?

celebrity — Busypanda via Bored Panda
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Busypanda via Bored Panda

#6 Jedi mind tricks

I’m sorry to tell you that you will be running out of glue faster than you thought. You probably thought it was a bargain, but alas, it’s not.

smaller — Noveltacct1 via Reddit
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Noveltacct1 via Reddit

#7 Make up your mind

Why do you label your product as both semi-dry and extra dry? Those sound like two very different types of dry.

dry — mostuniquest via Twitter
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mostuniquest via Twitter

#8 Whose fault is it?

It’s one thing if the missing piece of chocolate was one of the ones in the hidden parts of the box. However, the missing piece wasn’t hidden at all. If only they’d looked before giving away their hard-earned money. Sure, the manufacturer is responsible for this, but still…

less — Judithsins via Reddit
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Judithsins via Reddit

#9 Not convinced

We get it, it’s a knock off, but you can try a little harder. L’Oreal looks nothing like that.

makeup — Missmerjy via Bored Panda
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Missmerjy via Bored Panda

#10 What did you do to Jackie?

With this sort of product, companies opt for hair models of some sort who are the epitome of healthy hair. I wonder why they went with an expressionless guy in a black suit and poorly photoshopped picture of the legendary Jackie Chan? You’re not fooling anyone here.

photoshop — Alexandra Smith via Bored Panda
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Alexandra Smith via Bored Panda

#11 Orange pee

It almost sounds like a symptom you’d expect from a tropical virus. They need to resize these stickers.

bottle — cavedragon via Twitter
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cavedragon via Twitter

#12 Puke in a bag

Why would you use the word puke on anything meant to be food? I hear it’s a great hangover remedy, though.

#13 A new kind of crime

How do the grammar police feel about this kind of thing? They are used to dealing with punctuation errors and typos here and there. What do they do when they run into people who mislabel things like this?

#14 Ham and cheese cupcakes

I’m sure no one here has had those before. The more curious ones would be very disappointed to find that they do not taste like ham and cheese at all.

#15 More watermelons

What is it with the watermelons? You would think they were rare, and no one could identify them.

#16 Always ask

Technically, the packaging doesn’t claim it’s all rainbow-colored. However, you can’t help but feel a bit cheated here, right?

#17 Orange watermelons

I almost feel like these are all being put up by trolls for a quick laugh. Those are pumpkins. Watermelons are green, not orange.

#18 A special place in hell

On the surface, it looks like these donuts have more Nutella filling. Once you cut one in half, you can’t help but sit down and reflect on your choices in life.

supermagicalcookie via Reddit
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supermagicalcookie via Reddit

#19 My dog

I could see how this could work. People who hate dogs, but own cats, could buy this like a joke. It’s something that would generate lively debates at dinner parties, right?

#20 No you don’t

Pooh in Japanese may seem like a fun and creative character/mascot name, but it’s not the same for English speaking folk. We do not love pooh.

product — Pemberton via Pooh Chan
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Pemberton via Pooh Chan

#21 Nope

The label reads iceberg lettuce. This looks like broccoli to me. Imagine returning this to a store and getting accused of having switched their labels, how do you deal with that?

vegetable — Maria Funk via Bored Panda
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Maria Funk via Bored Panda

#22 Honesty is the best policy

Labeling your food as mediocre may just be a new strategy. They are trying to lower our expectations so that we are pleasantly surprised when we realize how good their food is.

#23 No one will notice

The little guy on the right is actually from Star Wars. Naturally, anyone would be confused by this. Did they do a crossover between Star Wars and The Hobbit?

hobbit — Sinan via Bored Panda
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Sinan via Bored Panda

#24 Flavored crack

What’s actually in these cartons is shrimp flavored crackers. Imagine the employees at Costco having to explain themselves to police officers, “It’s just a typo.”

#25 No sadness here

I assume this has to do with some pediatric office somewhere. It may work for the kids, but I doubt parents are laughing at it.

happy — Patrick Riley via Bored Panda
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Patrick Riley via Bored Panda

#26 Whoops!

They got the fruit name right in this one, this is indeed a watermelon. However, calling this one seedless, especially if it’s already sliced up, is not the way to go.

#27 Stand in the corner

They make it sound like the food is meant to punish misbehaving cats. Just look at those sad eyes. No, do not throw cat food at your cats.

cat — David Owen via Bored Panda
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David Owen via Bored Panda

#28 Happy hangovers?

When brewers think about branding, I doubt a smiley face is the first thing that comes to mind. Let’s not forget the name here, “Happy Vodka.” Again, this is a great example of products we take pictures of and quietly place back on the shelves we found them on.

#29 Training balls

Well, that’s one way to get attention for a product. Just look at those knockers.

#30 That’s not ice

Now, unless Ice is the name of this brand of popcorn, then I think we have a problem. Luckily, it’s packed in a clear bag so everyone can see it’s not ice.

ice — TeamJimmyJoe
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TeamJimmyJoe

#31 Inca flavor?

What do they mean by Inca flavor? Is it made out of human flesh? As for “ethnican flavor,” they may have possibly meant “ethnic flavor.” Maybe. We’re not sure where they were going with this one.

bag — Joyce via Bored Panda
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Joyce via Bored Panda

#32 Honest mistake

There are lots of towns and products that use the name Collon without much of a problem. Naming brown chocolate treats shaped like a digestive track is outright asking for trouble. You have no one to blame but yourself.

#33 Another angle

There is a never-ending debate about how to add milk to cereal. Some people prefer adding milk into a bowl first, to everyone else’s dismay. It’s one of those pet peeves we can’t explain. These guys prefer adding the bowl into the milk. To each his own.

#34 Poo

There are quite a few restaurants in Thailand called Poo. Again, it’s just one of those things that depend on what part of the world you’re in. Poo is a famous foodie featured frequently on Jamie Oliver’s show, but try explaining that to people who aren’t foodies.

cook — Bruno Rodrigues via Bored Panda
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Bruno Rodrigues via Bored Panda

#35 Machines make mistakes too

This is one of the problems you’ll see with automated processes. If even one box is arranged in the wrong way, you get slip-ups like these that would easily get fixed by a human.

#36 Tarantula roach

No, that isn’t a tarantula. You’ll be surprised by how many people can’t tell that that is a cockroach. Someone at the factory clearly couldn’t tell.

bug — BusyPanda via Bored Panda
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BusyPanda via Bored Panda

#37 Hold onto your children

I think they meant chicken. That’s an odd typo. Maybe it’s a store with ogres as their target market, and they fry children.

sticker — Jason Friess via Bored Panda
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Jason Friess via Bored Panda

#38 Lost in translation

Shito is Ghanaian for pepper. However, seeing as this product is targeted at an English-speaking market, someone should have seen the potential for a few problems here, right?

#39 Explain yourself

Why is this normal? Are they reusing the sacs meant for onions, or is corn a part of the same species as onions?

carrots — Bored Panda
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Bored Panda

#40 Not again

Imagine sending someone to get you a box of strawberries and they bring you this, what do you do? These are grapes, but if the box says they aren’t, who are you to say otherwise?

#41 Surprise, it’s Easter

I’d imagine the theme here had something to do with Christmas. Maybe they had leftovers from Easter and thought they could get away with it. I mean, it’s still chocolate.

deceptive — Tania via Bored Panda
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Tania via Bored Panda

#42 Great value

Imagine buying yourself a nice can of tomatoes or baked beans and coming home to find this mess instead. All you can do is count your losses and hope the next can doesn’t do you dirty again, or you can stick to fresh tomatoes.

contents — BusyPanda via Bored Panda
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BusyPanda via Bored Panda

#43 More than you paid for

It’s supposed to be comfortable, we get it. However, suggesting that it’s almost like taking a bath in a bathtub is pushing a bit too far. Let’s hope this is an honest mistake.

#44 Potential international incident

The Italian bit directly translates to “butter to roast Swiss.” I don’t think the Swiss would appreciate being roasted in butter; no one would appreciate being roasted in butter.

#45 …or is it?

It’s common knowledge that in gender reveal parties blue is used to signal boys while pink is for girls. These people just don’t care. The words say it’s a boy and that’s that.

boy — funnyjunk via FunnyJunk
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funnyjunk via FunnyJunk

#46 Stay indoors

Another reference to cooking our children. What they mean to say here is that it is finely shredded and meant for children. It’s baby food, not food made out of babies.

#47 A few letters off

They were so close to perfection with this one. They just needed to move the letters a little bit more to the left.

#48 It’s not a joke

The name alone is alarming, but this product actually contains animal placenta extract as an ingredient. That’s a thing. This was approved somewhere.

#49 Music to who?

The sound guns make does not sound like music. Seeing as these are meant for kids, I also doubt calling it a musical instrument helps either.

gun — Julija via Bored Panda
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Julija via Bored Panda

#50 Another cannibal joke

What they were trying to say here is that it tastes like grandma’s homemade jam. Instead, it seemingly shows a boy eating a spread made of his apparently dead grandma and smiling his heart out.

#51 Maybe, just maybe

We don’t know if it’s positive, but it just might be. Imagine going through the nerve-wracking experience of not being sure whether you are expecting or not and then having to deal with this. It is funny though.

test — Elunn via Bored Panda
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Elunn via Bored Panda

#52 What?

How did they miss a live frog in that bag? I’m assuming these were packed in a warehouse or factory, which should have some sort of hygienic standards to follow. So how do you even explain the frog being anywhere near their “fresh” produce at all?

#53 Ironic marketing?

The whole idea behind non-stick pans is that they don’t stick. It isn’t helpful if the large sheet of paper bragging about its non-stick properties sticks to the pan.

pan — Scoppechio via Twitter
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Scoppechio via Twitter

#54 Toxic rice?

Generally speaking, any kind of food that suggests any relation to STDs is something we steer clear of. In fact, after running into one of these, it’s safer to avoid the restaurant completely.

#55 Something’s slightly off

Not sure if the kids should get their hands on these. We just can’t get over the dino placement in the bag.

#56 Paris?

If you are going to make merch named after some of the biggest and most well-known cities in the world, it would make sense to a bit of research. No, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe are not in London. The British flag doesn’t change where these are.

#57 Very bold

To have the audacity to call a pepperoni pizza a veggie pizza while it’s on display is taking things too far. Vegetarians across the world are outraged. So are meat-eaters.

#58 Vampire teeth

If these were packed in opaque ,bags I’m sure a lot of buyers would be furious. I’m pretty sure those are all eyes.

#59 Honest mistake

I think they were going for “Wheel of Fortune” here. It’s one thing to make a mistake on a piece of paper, but this is a huge sign that all their clients get to see. I wonder how they feel.

spelling — Alexandra via Bored Panda
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Alexandra via Bored Panda

#60 Excuse you

I’m sure what they meant to do here was to make it look like she was running fast. Instead, it looks like a fart. Bringing the cloud lower to her feet should do the trick.

#61 Pick one or the other

Snoring or a girlfriend? It seems the extra relief is only offered if you’re alone.

Docmosis via Reddit
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Docmosis via Reddit

#62 Too honest

We’ve all heard of the effects of drinking too many energy drinks. There are heart attacks in 20-year-olds, too much sugar, the list goes on. To name your energy drink body killer is a rather bold move, right?

#63 Alas!

This was no accident. I mean, times are hard, but to stoop this low…

pedroplaysguitar via Buzzfeed
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pedroplaysguitar via Buzzfeed

#64 I give up

You are tired and hungry. You’ve had a long day and just want something quick to take home with you. Few things can disappoint you as much as this. That doesn’t mean you’ll throw it out, you’re still hungry, but furious.

#65 Man filters

Those could be useful. Picture man filters on doors to ladies’ bathrooms and changing rooms across the world. It works, right?

#66 Terror

Cinnamon toast is a great treat for anyone. The branding on this cereal, however, leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Why is one of the toast mascots trying to eat the other? Why does one look so horrified? I’m not sure kids would like that.

scared — Drphil via The Meta Picture
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Drphil via The Meta Picture

#67 Impressive

You could be one of those people who throw a fit after being out done or you could be one of those who admit defeat and are a bit impressed how well they were played. Credit where it’s due.

stickers — dankmemamiritelolL via Reddit
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dankmemamiritelolL via Reddit

#68 People these days

This is pretty much theft. I mean, they know what they are doing here. How many people do they think will buy their products again?

#69 If it’s too good to be true…

It almost looks unreal. Who could be this generous? Who would give this much meat in a sandwich? No one, that’s your answer.

ham — chiken_sauce via Reddit
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chiken_sauce via Reddit

#70 Lower your expectations

You see this and think, “A large serving of eggs and meat, I must have that.” You lost the moment you looked at it, that’s how they get you.

#71 Another cannibal joke

Cannibals across the world will melt at the sight of this packed wild smoked Canadian. What a bargain.

salmon — barbski70 via Instagram
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barbski70 via Instagram

Okay, so now we all get it. Packaging is not everything! Look beyond the covers and learn from these examples, or else you might fall victim to these hilarious design fails that we just listed.

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