Crisps manufacturer Walkers has dispelled a widely-believed myth about its packets - although some people are taking a lot of convincing.
A Reddit post detailed how fans of the potato snacks are convinced that the company originally used green packets for its Cheese and Onion variety and blue for Salt and Vinegar, accusing the Leicester-based company of switching the colours in recent years. However, this week Walkers confirmed that it has never changed the packet colour for its Cheese and Onion crisps and pointed out that the doubters must be confusing its packets with those of rival producers.
Walkers told Express.co.uk that while other brands, including Golden Wonder, use green hues for cheese flavours, its Cheese and Onion has always been in blue packets, and Salt and Vinegar has always been in green packets.
The confirmation was greeted with doubt by some fans of the savoury snack, and some people even took to social media to admit that they had bought the green-coloured bags believing them to be Cheese and Onion treats and vice versa in the past. One man said on Twitter: "The amount of times I have picked up what I thought was Salt and Vinegar, only to be greeted with the awful cheese and onion flavour...sigh."
Another wrote: "We swore they used to be green and the switch happened around 1994, we used to joke about it because my mother's favourite is Cheese and Onion but she dislikes Salt and Vinegar." A third posted: "Mind blown by this."
Walkers has noticed the debate re-emerge so frequently that it has even put the question "Why did you switch the colours of Salt & Vinegar and Cheese & Onion flavour Walkers Crisps?" on the FAQ section of its website.
Its answer reads: "We’re often asked this! Our Salt & Vinegar and Cheese & Onion flavour crisps packs have always been the colours they are today. Contrary to popular belief, we’ve never swapped the colours around, not even temporarily. We’ve no plans to change these designs, as they’re signature to our brand."
Walkers introduced its Cheese and Onion flavour, inspired by the Ploughman's Lunch, in 1954. It was the firm's first flavoured variety of crisps. Golden Wonder and Smiths, another PepsiCo product, has always used green for cheese flavours. And KP Snacks' Hula Hoops and Pom-Bears also place their cheese treats in green packaging.
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