# Cereal Bags

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-bags/48872>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-bags/48872 "2001-01-07T17:07:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-bags/48872/1 "2001-01-07T17:07:23Z")

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I noticed that on Kellogs Smacks cereal the bag that the cereal is kept in is a silvery wax paper. Whay is this used as opposed to the regular translucent plastic bag?

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**Author:** ![Anachronism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-bags/48872/2 "2001-01-07T17:10:43Z")

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The Straight Dope Science Advisory Board already tackled this one—

[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mfoilbag.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mfoilbag.html)