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?
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I can recall they were quite difficult to get, possibly because they had sold out, and that they tasted beefy. I also remember there was a bit of a hullabaloo with some people thinking real hedgegogs had been used. I'm sure it made national news!!
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Anonymous
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i remember our corner shop sold them. as a curious kid i tried them and loved them but then they were gone. will they ever make a come back ?
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Anonymous
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I remember me and my older brother buying these had to have hedgehog crisps from the ice cream van they were really popular with the kids on our estate in Liverpool
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Anonymous
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I remember them, I used to have them in my lunch at school, cant remember what they tasted like though :
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When I was a kid they did an offer where if you collected 100 emply bags (or something like that) you won a prize (can't remember what). I ate Hedgehog flavoured crisps every break and lunch for ages and then when I had about 90 packets they stopped selling them where I lived!!! Can you still get these?
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Anonymous
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I seem to remember Traffic Warden Flavored crisps too (about the same time). Or did I dream that? Someone tellme please.
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Anonymous
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i can remember buying them a few times, they tasted quite peppery and had lots of visible seasoning on them. Knowone believes me when isaid they existed, ah never mind
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