Walkers pulls mince pie-flavoured crisps from shelves over allergy fears after failing to print dairy warning on packet
- PepsiCo has pulled packets of Walkers Mince Pie flavour crisps from the shelves
- The company had failed to include milk on the list of ingredients in the product
- The Food Safety Agency said the crisps are dangerous to the lactose intolerant
Walkers has been forced to pull its seasonal mince pie-flavoured crisps from the shelves after they failed to warn customers the product contains milk.
The brand, which is advertised by former England captain Gary Lineker, was forced to act following a warning by the Food Safety Agency.
The regulator warned the product represents a danger to anyone with ‘an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents’.
Crisp fans had earlier expressed mixed reviews about the festive product.
Writing on Twitter, one fan said: ‘Bravo for the truly delectable Mince Pie flavour. It shouldn’t work and they should be an abomination but it actually really does and they’re not!’
Another added: ‘Have to say mince pie flavour are weirdly wonderful’.
PepsiCo has been forced to pull festive packets of Walkers Mince Pie flavour crisps from the shelves after the company failed to include milk on the list of ingredients
Milk was not included in the list of ingredients, although it there was a warning in the ‘allergy advice’ section
Walkers said the product was safe for anyone without an allergy to milk or an intolerance to lactose
A third wrote: ‘Taste exactly like mince pies!!! My mind is going mad over this’.
However, others were less than optimistic – with some branding them ‘gross’ and ‘criminal’ and ‘wrong’.
‘They are quite certainly the most disgusting thing I have ever had in my mouth,’ said one.
‘These are vile and just plain wrong,’ added another.’
A spokesperson for PepsiCo, who own the Walkers brand said: ‘Although this product includes precautionary allergen labelling for milk, it is not declared in the ingredients list and will pose a risk to people with an allergy to milk.
‘This product is safe for those without an allergy to milk or an intolerance to lactose.’
Last month, the company had warned its customers of shortages after an IT upgrade affected production.
On in four shops visited by market research company Kantar on behalf of the Office for National Statistics reported only having ‘limited supplies’.
Some four per cent of shops visited between November 12 and November 15 had no multipacks of crisps for sale.
Kantar said on average, Britons each two packets of crisps a week, with Walkers being the most popular.
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