«Breaking News» 'Great British Pork Crackling' launched by Prince Charles' stepson being made with continental pigs

Tom Parker Bowles said in 2012: 'I love having a pint and a packet of scratchings but I was incensed to find out most of them come from Danish pigs'

Prince Charles' stepson once pledged his pork scratchings would be made from British pigs, but it has been revealed the company he founded now use continental pigs.

Tom Parker Bowles launched 'Mr Trotter's Great British Pork Crackling' in 2011, saying that he had been 'incensed' to find non-British scratchings being widely flogged.

He and two business partners were able to bring their scratchings packets, featuring a pig with a Union Jack waistcoat, to the shelves of Fortnum and Mason, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols.

But the snacks company have said their fatty fodder was now shipped over from Denmark, Germany and Holland, according to The Times.

Mr Parker Bowles had pledged that not only would his snacks be made from British pigs, but he also highlighted the need for ethical farms.

Mr Trotter's current director Karyn Walker told the paper she was still working to find how the pigs on the foreign farms were being reared and confirmed it was possible they lived indoors. 

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Tom Parker Bowles attend the launch of the 'Fortnum & Mason Christmas & Other Winter Feasts' cookbook by Mr Parker Bowles at Fortnum & Mason in October 2018

Prince Charles has spoken frequently of supporting British farmers - pictured at Lambeth Palace in London last week

She confirmed they still used the phrase 'Great British Pork Crackling' on their packaging because they are still cooked and seasoned in Britain.

Ms Walker told the Times: 'It becomes British. I suppose it’s like if you’re born in India because you are on holiday there it doesn’t make you an Indian.'

Mr Parker Bowles is no longer a director of Mr Trotter's but still an investor.

He had aligned himself with his stepfather, Prince Charles, in his support for British farmers when the brand was launched.

He told the Sunday Express in 2012: 'I love having a pint and a packet of scratchings but I was incensed to find out most of them come from Danish pigs and I started to look into producing an outdoor-reared, British-bred scratching.'

Furthermore, he spoke about the 'grave situation' facing British farmers in a 2015 issue of Country Life and the importance of supporting them.

In addition to pork scratchings, their other offerings include spicy Pork Sausalamis and gin scented candles.

Twenty-four bags of the pork scratchings can be bought online for £38.40.

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Tom Parker Bowles said in 2012: ‘I love having a pint and a packet of scratchings but I was incensed to find out most of them come from Danish pigs’

Prince Charles‘ stepson once pledged his pork scratchings would be made from British pigs, but it has been revealed the...

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