The fish flake that ate Poughkeepsie!

[OnlyGenusCaps]

Recently, I have been buying some new types of fish food.  Some pellets.  They have been what I expected.  But the flakes have ranged in size from massive to absolutely enormous!  Has anyone else noticed this?  Why is this a thing now?  I can't imagine fish are happier with a flake that is the size of a lily pad.  It can't be for larger fish, right?  I mean once they are a certain size, don't most folks change over to pellets?  So, I end up grinding the flakes down to be a size that is smaller than my fish.  Does anyone know why these companies have decided that bigger is better when it comes to fish flakes?

[Guppysnail]

I don’t know why but the past couple types I purchased I had to put in a 3 cup chopper to get it to a size for adult guppies. Otherwise I was spending a ton of time crushing each day with mortar pestle.  

[DaveO]

I suspect the manufacturer thinks you will use more of it and have to buy more, sooner.

[DSH OUTDOORS]

I imagine this is just a manufacturing and cost savings decision. Flakes start as a paste or liquid that is extruded onto sheets to dry. It takes time and money to manually or have a machine chop it smaller. They probably figure the consumer can always make it smaller, they can never make it bigger and it saves them a step. 

[sudofish]

On the one hand it makes them more versatile as they can be any size. I don't keep anything as big as like Oscars so I imagine I'll always have some sort of flake in the rotation.