ICONIC snacks including Bacon Fries, Monster Munch and Pot Noodle face huge changes under Brexit rules.
Food favourites that are advertised as being “meaty” – but are actually vegetarian – could be forced to be renamed under the laws.
Chicken and mushroom Pot Noodle and Smiths Bacon Fries, which don’t include any meat, would fall foul of EU food labelling rules.
The UK will also be bound by these laws, which are set to come into force next year, after prime minister Sir Keir Starmer agreed a food and drink agreement with the EU.
It would mean describing products with meaty terms would be banned unless they contained “the edible parts of animals”.
Other popular products that could be hit include Walkers smoky bacon and roast chicken flavour crisps, as well as roast beef Monster Munch.
The rules also mean brands would be banned from calling vegetarian or vegan products “sausages” or “bacon” – which would force many companies to rename these items.
Furious campaigners are now calling on the government to “save our snacks” from EU red tape.
Joel Scott-Halkes, the director of impact at WePlanet, a green-growth NGO, told The Telegraph: “After generations of enjoying beloved products like Smith’s Bacon Fries or Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodles, we don’t need Brussels bureaucrats policing what we call them.
“It’s time for Starmer to intervene and save our snacks.”
However, under the agreement, Britain would need to ask permission from Brussels to exempt certain snacks from the ban.
A government spokesperson said: “This is pure speculation.”
