A new blog series, in which OC staff procures the wackiest, most buzzed about junk-slash-fad food on the global market, then conducts highly professional taste tests.
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Marks & Spencer Gelatine-Free Veggie Percy Pigs
Price: £2.50 at British Food Store or Marks & Spencer
Quantity: 170 gram bag
Origin: United Kingdom
Color: Pink, with green ears
Smell: Sweet, like strawberries
Well-loved by children and fashion editors alike, the OG Percy Pig is rolling in its mud with the "hippie-ready" vegetarian variety, where pork gelatin is eschewed for pea protein. "Candy swine" sounds bizarre, but tasters said this green version was "surprisingly tart," like a "strawberry marshmallow," or maybe, "fizzlessgrape Ribena soda." One mused that the hard-to-pin flavor had something to do with "a pig being vegan," as in, "the most confused porker there ever was."
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Photo by Jessica Chou
RECOMMENDED
Marks & Spencer Gelatine-Free Veggie Percy Pigs
Price: £2.50 at British Food Store or Marks & Spencer
Quantity: 170 gram bag
Origin: United Kingdom
Color: Pink, with green ears
Smell: Sweet, like strawberries
Well-loved by children and fashion editors alike, the OG Percy Pig is rolling in its mud with the "hippie-ready" vegetarian variety, where pork gelatin is eschewed for pea protein. "Candy swine" sounds bizarre, but tasters said this green version was "surprisingly tart," like a "strawberry marshmallow," or maybe, "fizzless
Described as "thick and dense," commentators were divided about the texture: "A weird mix between gummy candy and a marshmallow mint," "kind of like Laffy Taffy," or—"If meringue and chewing gum had a baby," this would be it. But, however nonsensical the candy, it was irresistably "nom nom nom" and "something I'd secretly eat in the dark, in bed." And judging from the offshoot of Percy-branded merchandise—snow globes, stuffed animals, and made-to-order birthday cakes—M&S is laughing all the way to the (piggy) bank.
Photo by Jessica Chou