Percy pig!!

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When will M and S drop the Percy pig obsession ! I hate the Jelly sweets they are so sickly and now everything in there is adorned with his oinky face from pj's to wrapping paper!!

I agree. I don't get the obsession. The sweets are shite!

I love Percy pigs! They used to be the best vegan friendly sweets. YABU

They need to bring back reversy Percies and then I might forgive them

I don't get it either. I don't dislike the sweets - but they are just sweets. Is this the start of a new sub-brand for M&S - trying to appeal to a younger(?) demographic, perhaps?

We had a Percy pig calendar this year. The crocs were so bland but I liked the jelly sweets.

Bah humbug leave Percy alone🐖

I think he’s great…

The sweets used to be great before they went vegan. Now all are what were originally the green eared ones.

I like the sweets and I agree that it’s all got a bit much but I can’t get worked up about it.

@TheHoptimist

The sweets used to be great before they went vegan. Now all are what were originally the green eared ones.

They are only vegetarian, not vegan.

They were vegetarian for years before anyone noticed.

I love Percy 💖🐷 🐷 🐷

DH bought me the Giant Percy pig soft toy for my Christmas last year. Dd insisted that he sat at the table with us for his Christmas dinner.
Percy Pig and friends are the best 💫

I've been living in hope that he finds the pigs in blankets section in the M&S adverts - no joy yet though...

They were vegetarian for years before anyone noticed.

I noticed the change immediately. They aren't nearly as nice as they used to be and the texture is all wrong too. I still like them but I miss the old Percies.

I think they're revolting. I really don't understand why they're so popular

I don't like Percy merchandise at all. Hate the sweets, the cakes and all the other paraphernalia. However, I don't like pigs that much and never eat pork so perhaps it is all connected!

@PriamFarrl They are only vegetarian, not vegan

Vegetarian and vegan are the same when it comes to most sweets as the ingredient is gelatine which neither vegetarians nor vegans eat. Calling things vegan is a marketing move (which I appreciate as a vegan) but it's no different to when they were just labelled suitable for vegetarians

[quote NynaeveSedai]**@PriamFarrl* They are only vegetarian, not vegan*

Vegetarian and vegan are the same when it comes to most sweets as the ingredient is gelatine which neither vegetarians nor vegans eat. Calling things vegan is a marketing move (which I appreciate as a vegan) but it's no different to when they were just labelled suitable for vegetarians[/quote]
Nope. They have beeswax on them and therefore aren’t vegan to a lot of vegan.

I’m vegi so eat them.

Just don't buy the stuff?

I agree OP! He's even appeared on their app

I had literally no idea they had beeswax in them All of them??

Mmmm. I like Percy Pig sweets. Long life Percy!

@NynaeveSedai

I had literally no idea they had beeswax in them All of them??

Regular Percy and the like all have beeswax. Other stuff like fizzy chews don’t, but none of them are marked as vegan

In our local m&s I notice the Percy pig produce is left over at the end of the day. M&S tend to overdo all their produce, you can see that in their clothes, same pattern but different fabrics.
I applaud them for doing the non gelatine Percy's, why would anyone want to consume large amounts of gelatine if they don't need to.

why would anyone want to consume large amounts of gelatine if they don't need to.

Because the gelatine ones taste better and have a better texture. I find a lot of vegetarian sweets are too firm.

why would anyone want to consume large amounts of gelatine if they don't need to.

Probably the healthiest ingredient in them to be fair.