The sachet is Nigeria's most candid economic document. Long before statisticians confirm that incomes have fallen, the shelf has already adjusted: milk by the sachet, detergent by the sachet, seasoning by the sachet, a nation's consumption divided into whatever the day's cash can carry. That story is familiar.
What is less familiar is that the logic of the sachet has spread far beyond packaging. It is quietly reshaping how food is produced, processed and traded across Nigeria.
The milk is "filled milk", dairy protein married to vegetable
