In the UK in 1981, Hedgehog Foods Ltd decided, as a joke, to produce Hedgehog flavoured crisps (potato chips). To everyone's surprise, the crisps were a huge success.
Hedgehog flavoured crisps were actually flavoured with pork fat and no hedgehogs were used in the manufacturing process. Consequently, it wasn't long before Hedgehog Foods Ltd was in court (1982), up against the Office of Fair Trading, on a charge of false advertising.
Bizarrely, a settlement was finally reached when Mr Lewis, of Hedgehog Foods, interviewed gypsies who actually did eat baked hedgehogs, to ascertain the flavour of hedgehogs. Mr Lewis then commissioned a flavourings firm to duplicate the flavour as closely as possible and changed the labels from "hedgehog flavoured" to "hedgehog flavour" and all interests were satisfied!
Do You Remember Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps?
Do You Remember Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps?
-
hedgehog
on
For years i never believed my girlfriend that there really was hedgehog flavoured crisps...till now.
-
suziecoops
on
I remember these. I thought they tasted a bit like smoky bacon crisps
-
Marks
on
Who remembers that episode of the BBC show 'That's Life', in which Esther took these crisps out onto the streets of a particular town or city (can't remember where she went), and offered them to passers by, askng them to guess what flavour they were? One old lady, when told what they were, spat hers out rather forcefully!
-
buck80
on
Has anyone suggested this to Walkers? Given their new competition, you never know what might happen!
-
Ravensmo
on
This website has just helped me prove my husband WRONG!!!!! He says there was no such thing as hedgehog crisps and even though my sister backed me up he said I was lying so now he can go EAT A HEDGEHOG
-
RoxanneHart
on
I'm pretty sure they made a come back in the mid 1990s. I was born in 1981 so wasn't much of a crisp eater back then but I do remember Hedgehog flavour crisps when I was at school which would have been the 1990s
-
Tina-Louise
on
I remember hedgehog flavour crisps, they were the best!!! People think im going Mad when i say i use to eat them lol......i wish they were still around.
-
pammy
on
Hedgehog flavoured crisps taste just like golden wonder sausge and tomato flavour. They were nice!
-
ggoldsto
on
Does anyone know if you can still get tomato-sauce or prawn-cocktail crisps anywhere? I'll gladly trade for a piece of stereo equipment.
-
Totz
on
This was actually a grondbreaking case in FS (Food Standards) Law. Even today, it comes as a surprise to some that a simple change in discription can mean a huge change in content.
Flavored = flavored with
Flavour = flavour of
Show previous comments