People only just realising what 'e' symbol on food items means

People are only just realising what this symbol means on food (Image: Alex Evans) It’s a little letter printed on millions of food items sold in Tesco , Aldi , Asda and Sainsbury’s or Morrisons every day but people are only just realising what the ‘e’ symbol really means. Along with the weight, the barcode and the copyright logos, the little lower case ‘e’ symbol is one of those pieces of information we’re so used to seeing printed on everything that we don’t tend to even clock it’s there any more. But as one mum who bought some crisps once discovered, the symbol actually means ‘estimated’.

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