People are just discovering a "dark" detail on tins of Lyle's golden syrup, despite the branding being officially recognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest in the nation.
The unique yellow lion can be found on tins of the sweet stuff in UK kitchens everywhere after launching over 150 years ago. At first glance, it looks like the beast is simply lying down - but there's a "disturbing" backstory that some shoppers have been traumatised by.
One person took to Twitter to share their shocking revelation, writing: "Tell me I'm not the only one who didn't realise the lion on Lyle's Golden Syrup packaging is depicted dead?!" It turns out that many others had no idea of the historical background story, The Mirror reports.
