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BOOTS has axed a popular snack, leaving customers devastated.
The chemist has confirmed that it no longer sells Eat Real lentil chips.
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Boots has confirmed that it no longer sells Eat Real lentil chips
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The tasty crisps come in several flavours, including Tomato and Basil, Salted, Sour Cream and Chive and Chilli and Lemon.
The plant-based snack is made with nutritious pulses, grains and greens.
A 95g bag usually costs around £2.
Shoppers have taken to social media to ask where the popular snack had gone.
One visited social media website X, formerly Twitter, to ask: '@BootsUK please tell me you've not stopped selling the chilli and lemon lentil crisps.'
To which the Boots Help account replied: 'Hi Jo, thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately it appears that this product has been discontinued in our stores. I apologise for the disappointment this may cause.'
Retailers often discontinue products to make way for newer items on shelves based on sales and customer demand.
When The Sun reached out to Boots it confirmed that the crisps will no longer be available on its shelves.
But it said that shoppers can still get their hands on other lentil-based crisps individually and as part of the Boots Meal Deal.
Among the other options are Properchips, which come in BBQ and Salt & Vinegar flavours.
Four ways to save on your weekly shop at Boots
The snacks are a similar price, at around £2 for 100g.
Other discontinued products
The lentil crisps are not the only product that has been pulled from supermarket shelves recently.
Tesco recently axed its southern friend chicken instant flavour noodles in a blow to shoppers.
The snacks cost around 50p and were available in store and online.
Why are products axed or recipes changed?
ANALYSIS by chief consumer reporter James Flanders.
Food and drinks makers have been known to tweak their recipes or axe items altogether.
They often say that this is down to the changing tastes of customers.
There are several reasons why this could be done.
For example, government regulation, like the "sugar tax," forces firms to change their recipes.
Some manufacturers might choose to tweak ingredients to cut costs.
They may opt for a cheaper alternative, especially when costs are rising to keep prices stable.
For example, Tango Cherry disappeared from shelves in 2018.
It has recently returned after six years away but as a sugar-free version.
Fanta removed sweetener from its sugar-free alternative earlier this year.
Suntory tweaked the flavour of its flagship Lucozade Original and Orange energy drinks.
While the amount of sugar in every bottle remains unchanged, the supplier swapped out the sweetener aspartame for sucralose.
The supermarket also axed its eight packs of beef sausages this week in a blow to BBQ fans.
Customers can still buy six packs of Tesco Finest Aberdeen Angus Beef Sausages for £3 and four packs of Tesco Finest Pork and Beef smoked sausages for £4.
Meanwhile, last month The Sun exclusively revealed that Cadbury's has axed Fry's Coffee Cream after first launching it in 2023.
Cadbury didn't say when the Fry's Coffee Cream multi-packs were discontinued - just that they were available while stocks lasted.
Carlsberg Britvic has also axed Tango Dark Berry Sugar Free after customers reported that they struggled to find it on shelves.
A spokesperson for the drinks maker said it stopped producing the fizzy drink earlier this year.
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