slack fill

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Noun[edit]

slack fill (countable and uncountable, plural slack fills)

  1. (manufacturing) The inadequate filling of a package so that it contains too little of the product.
    • 1983, Processed Prepared Food, volume 152, page 41:
      [] consumers don't understand chemical terms, and consumers really don't have a problem with slack fills, information and label type size.