M&S Make Percy Pigs Vegetarian

Marks and Spencer have removed gelatine from their popular Percy Pig range - meaning they are now vegetarian.

Previously, they did a veggie version, but in a tweet they've confirmed that now none of their sweets contain the animal derivatives.

Marks and Spencer

Gelatine is produced by 'partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from the skin, bones, and connective tissues of animals such as domesticated cattle, chicken, pigs, and fish.'

Which in normal people terms, means smushed up bits of leftover animal.

M&S said: "After a lot of hard work - and tasting - we've finally perfected a 100 per cent vegetarian Percy, something our customers have been asking us for, for a while!

"Percy is as close to the original as possible. We haven't changed any of the really important things that people love about Percy. The flavour is the same."

Topics: Food And Drink

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