![]() ![]() Percy Pig Gets Spooky (previously known as "Pumpkin Percy" Halloween themed sweets).Percy Pig Goes Globetrotting (previously known as "Globetrotting Percy").Percy Pig Loves Penny (previously known as "Percy and Penny").Percy Pig Original Veggie (previously called "Veggie Percy").Toys, books, socks, party equipment, bed linen and piggy banks are amongst the non-food items with the Percy Pig branding. In 2020, Marks & Spencer relaunched a Percy Pig advent calendar after being discontinued in 20. īesides the sweet range itself, Percy Pig has expanded to fruit juices, fizzy drinks, chocolates, popcorn, biscuits, cakes, muffins, ice cream, dessert sauces and mince pies, amongst others. A lemon and orange "Penny Pig" sweet was introduced in 1998, and retired a few years later. Amongst the first were "Percy Pig & Pals", which besides Percy also contained a cow (cola flavour) and sheep (orange and strawberry flavour) and "Percy Piglets", which are smaller versions of the main sweets. ![]() Variations įollowing on from the success of the original Percy Pig sweets, new varieties, flavours and characters were introduced. In 2022, beeswax was removed from the recipe, making the product vegan. This relaunch of the range also saw a new logo and packaging designs across the range. In 2016, M&S began using a new gelatine-free recipe for some other varieties of Percy Pig sweets, and from May 2019 all Percy Pig sweets were 100 per cent gelatin-free, instead using pectin. In 2011, a "Veggie Percy" range was launched, a vegetarian variety of Percy Pig sweets replacing the gelatin with beeswax and pea protein, with green ears to indicate they were vegetarian. Marks & Spencer Percy Pig sweets originally contained real pig in the form of pork gelatin. In April 2022, a large fibreglass Percy Pig statue was installed on the roof of a newly-opened Marks and Spencer store in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, to remain there for a year. Percy Pig being installed on the roof of the new M&S store in Stevenage, Hertfordshire The Percy Pig character appeared in M&S's 2021 Christmas advert voiced by Tom Holland in the character's first speaking appearance. Īfter a brief hiatus from the shelves in 1997, the brand returned, and in 2008 the sweets made UK British Vogue's 2008 hot list at number 11 on the top style bible's 40 hottest people and trends to watch over the coming months. Percy Pig was created in 1992 and was sold in strawberry, blackcurrant and raspberry flavours. Percy Pig sweets are available in 100g, 170g and 400g. They contain just under 3.5% fruit juice and since May 2022 have been suitable for vegans. More than £10 million was grossed between June 20 in Percy Pig sales in Marks & Spencer's UK branches alone. Percy Pig is a British brand of pig-shaped gummy raspberry, strawberry, cherry and grape-flavoured confectionery products made under licence in Germany by Katjes for Marks & Spencer which first appeared in stores in 1992. ![]()
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