Walkers’ mini poppadoms are crisps in all but name, judges rule

‘Removing them from their packaging, we consider that their appearance and texture is similar to potato crisps,’ wrote judges Anne Fairpo and Sonia Gable. Photograph: Walkers

It’s crunch time for Walkers after a ruling that the company must pay VAT on its mini poppadoms because they are really more like crisps.

The manufacturer had argued that the sales tax should not apply to its bags of Sensations Poppadoms as they were not crisps – which are on a special list of snack foods subject to the levy alongside ice-cream, chocolate-covered biscuits and cereal bars.