Smiths Drummer Mike Joyce Fights British Supermarket Over Pig Candy

Former Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has fiercely attacked upscale British supermarket and department store chain Marks & Spencer after learning that their beloved line of chewy candies, Percy Pig, contains pork gelatin, the Telegraph reports. On Facebook, Joyce pointed out that, while a vegetarian option is available, the standard Percy Pig sweet “does in fact contain bits of Percy’s skin, bone, ligaments etc.” He shared his increasingly exasperated communications with Marks & Spencer, questioning their continuation of the gelatin line even though a vegetarian thickening agent is available.

“I also see that you don’t advertise the non veggie ones with, ‘contains real pigs’!” he wrote. “I’m sure kids would rather eat a sweet called ‘Percy Pig’ that didn’t contain bits of dead pig?”

In a follow-up post, he clarified he wasn’t crusading to have gelatin removed from all products—“but to sell a product that’s primarily aimed at children with the jovially named, ‘Percy Pig’ to indeed contain dead pigs just doesn’t seem right.”

He promises to keep us apprised of developments in the dispute.

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