Busy traffic interchange Spaghetti Junction got its name as it resembled a tangled bowl of pasta - and now, 50 years since the motorway hub opened, Heinz has picked up the theme in a novel way. The food manufacturer has created tins of limited edition Spaghetti Junction, containing specially-shaped pasta in sauce, and they've proved so popular the first batch sold out within hours.
The motorway system in Birmingham opened on May 24 1972. Connecting the north with the south, it is renowned for its complex web of elevated roads and was once described by the Birmingham Evening Mail as a "cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot".
The limited edition cans feature a ‘Spaghetti Junction’ design on the label, with - as Heinz says - "spaghetti strands emulating the winding roads and locations of Birmingham motorway hub, complete with little cars journeying along the spaghetti road". An initial 500 cans went on sale today (Monday, May 23), with more due to go on sale at 9am on Tuesday.
