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THERE’S nothing quite as satisfying as digging into a tasty packet of crisps.

But food fans have been left horrified after it was revealed how one popular brand of the tasty snack is really made.

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It was revealed how the cheese curls are made on a recent episode of Inside the Factory[/caption]

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The Quavers dough gets mixed together in huge quantities[/caption]

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Paddy McGuinness explored how the snack is made[/caption]

This comes after crisp lovers got a glimpse inside the factory where Quavers are made, as comedian Paddy McGuinness explored took a look as part of the BBC’s Inside The Factory series.

Things started off as you might expect, that is until is was revealed that Quavers aren’t even technically classic as crips.

This is because Quavers are made from the potato starch powder, which left behind during the crisp-making process – who knew?

So, how are Quavers made?

First starch powder, fine rice and soya flours are mixed together to make a dough.

Then the mixture is passed through a machine where it comes out looking a lot more like lasagne sheets than the cheesy snack we all know and love.

The huge sheets are then quickly cooled and cut by a machine at rate of 7,900 a minute.

The small sections are then added to sunflower to cook, which is when they begin to look a little more familiar.

The hot of the oil transforms any water to steam, which puffs them up into the cheese curls.

Finally, the cheesy coating is added as the Quavers travel through a huge metal drum.

But after watching the process some viewers weren’t so keen on snacking to Quavers anymore.

One person wrote on social media: “Inside the factory is interesting and horrifying in equal measure. Industrialised production of ‘food’ ain’t pretty.”.

And a second said: Inside the factory should be required viewing to realise what Big Food is up to.”

Meanwhile, someone else quipped: “There’s a lot of work goes into making the humble Quaver!”

“I don’t think I’ll be buying any more Quavers after this,” another chimed in.

That said, not everyone was bothered by the revelation.

One food fan wrote: I must start eating less processed food. Also me: I really fancy a bag of Quavers after watching Inside the Factory,” one Twitter use joked.

And another simply wrote: “Do I give a flying fig how they make Quavers?”

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The Quavers are spun in a huge metal drum[/caption]

COPS who seized Axel Rudakubana’s electronic devices uncovered a library of hate.

They found more than 164,000 documents stored on two Lenovo tablets.

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Cops who seized Axel Rudakubana’s electronic devices uncovered a library of hate[/caption]

The fiend, 17 at the time, had also wiped the browsing history on a HP laptop.

One of the tablets was used between May and July 2024 and contained material on Nazi Germany, war in Sri Lanka and ethnic cleansing in Somalia.

One study explored violent customs of 17th and 18th century Native Americans, including themes of cannibalism and blood lust.

Another documented how 5,000 soldiers died in the Russian-Chechen conflict from 1994 to 1995.

Rudakubana’s parents fled Rwanda during its 1994 civil war that left a million people dead in just 100 days.

His dad Alphonse, 49, is believed to have fought with the Rwandan Patriotic Army against the Hutu-dominated regime.

Rudakubana also downloaded “The myth of the remote-controlled car bomb” — explaining their use and effectiveness in terror attacks.

A source said: “He was obsessed with the most appalling atrocities.

“The nastier it was, the more interesting he found it.”

One document, “Military studies in the Jihad against Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual”, contained advice and instruction on committing acts of terror.

By the time he left his family home in Banks, Lancashire, to travel to Southport, he was in possession of specific instructions in the manual about a knife attack.

Another document, called “Strong nitric acid”, is a study on the chemical, used by IS to dissolve 25 spies in 2016.

Det Supt Matt Smith, of Merseyside Police, said: “The material shows his obsession with extreme violence and how he obtained information on how to kill, alongside the procurement of weapons.”

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SABRINA CARPENTER has vowed never to tone down her sexy image after music mogul Pete Waterman branded her steamy stage performances “offensive”.

The US pop star said she is just the latest in a long line of female singers to have been “shamed” over their flirty lyrics and skimpy outfits.

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Sabrina Carpenter has vowed never to tone down her sexy image[/caption]

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The star hit back after music mogul Pete Waterman branded her steamy stage performances ‘offensive’[/caption]

And in a chat with The Sun on ­Sunday, Sabrina, 25, hit back at the Eighties hitmaker, part of songwriting and production trio Stock Aitken Waterman.

She insisted: “My message has always been clear — if you can’t handle a girl who is confident in her own sexuality, then don’t come to my shows.”

The Espresso singer — who has been slated for risqué routines and re-enacting sex positions in stockings and suspenders on stage — said women being judged on their appearance “isn’t something new”.

She went on: “Female artists have been shamed forever. In the Noughties it was Rihanna, in the Nineties it was Britney Spears, in the Eighties it was Madonna — and now it’s me.

“It’s essentially saying that female performers should not be able to embrace their sexuality in their lyrics, in the way we dress, in the way we perform.

‘Need to be kind’

“It is totally regressive. It’s like those who want to shame don’t make comments when I talk about self-care or body ­positivity or heartbreak, which are all normal things a 25-year-old goes through.

“They just want to talk about the ­sexual side of my performances.”

It comes after pop legend Pete, along with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, rounded on modern artists for flashing the flesh — despite many of their own acts, including Kylie Minogue and former glamour model Samantha Fox, doing it in the Eighties and Nineties.

Pete said that to see ­Sabrina “dressed as a little girl is quite offensive”.

The powerhouse trio even ­suggested the star, who spent a record 21 weeks at the top of the singles charts last year, was setting back the women’s rights movement, with Pete warning: “If you’re asking to be respected, don’t come on in a G-string.”

He, Mike and Matt have written hit tunes for the likes of Kylie and Rick Astley under their record ­production ­company, SAW.

They were at the unveiling this week of a blue plaque at their former studios in South London.

Commenting on vulgar language in songs, Mike added: “I would never try to write a lyric that said ­anything specific on a sexual level.

“You’d always be allegorical or allude to it somehow. So I don’t like that.

“I think it’s a bad show and it’s lazy. You’re going to grab some form of ­attention by doing that.”

He continued: “They’ve won all of their freedoms and their rights, women.

“They fought for everything they’ve got and now they’re throwing it away — that’s the way I would look at it.”

But Sabrina told how the key to her confidence is being content in her 5ft frame. She said: “As women, we can look at another woman and be like, ‘Oh, she has the perfect body’.

“But if you were to ask the woman you think has a perfect body, I guarantee she will have her own ­insecurities.

“That’s why as women we need to be kind to each other.”

Sabrina has faced a backlash for her sexy routines as part of her sold-out Short N’ Sweet Tour, which will see her hitting the UK in March.

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Pete said that to see ­Sabrina ‘dressed as a little girl is quite offensive’[/caption]

In a tiny silver miniskirt and crop top, she appears to mimic oral sex with a microphone on stage during her song Juno, about wanting to get pregnant.

In the track — named after the 2007 film about a teenager expecting a baby — Sabrina sings: “Hold me and explore me, I’m so f***ing’ horny.”

Meanwhile, in the track Bed Chem, she is seen undressing and acting out a sex position with a male dancer.

One fan said on X/Twitter: “Love Sabrina Carpenter but the over-sexual stuff is a little excessive in my opinion.”

Student Gabby Pascuzzi added: “I guess I am a 31-year-old and afraid of Sabrina Carpenter because I genuinely find it unsettling when she pantomimes a sex position in that one song . . . am I a prude or is it cringe?”

Earn her a Brit

In an interview with Time magazine last year, Sabrina said: “Femininity is something that I’ve always embraced.

“And if right now that means corsets and garter belts and fuzzy robes or whatever the f***, then that’s what that means.”

She added: “It’s unfortunate that it’s ever been something to criticise because, truthfully, the ­scariest thing in the world is getting up on a stage in front of that many people and having to perform as if it’s nothing.

“If the one thing that helps you do that is the way you feel ­comfortable dressing, then that’s what you’ve got to do.”

Asked if she feels “trapped” by her Disney persona, which saw her play Maya Hart in the series Girl Meets World between 2014 and 2017, she said: “Not at all.

“I think there is this inaccurate belief that if you have once been a Disney star, you need this wild transition to show you aren’t a kid any more.

“I don’t buy into that all. I didn’t ever think I had to pick certain ­projects to show I had moved on.

“I just picked the projects that excited me.”

It’s essentially saying that female performers should not be able to embrace their sexuality in their lyrics, in the way we dress, in the way we perform

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Despite the backlash on social media, Sabrina has made history in the UK following the release of her album Short N’ Sweet, which is expected to earn her a Brit award for International Artist of the Year at the ceremony in London in March.

In August, she became the first female in history to land the UK’s No1 album and single at the same time with track Taste and record Short N’ Sweet.

It came as she also held the top three spots in the UK Official Singles Chart with Taste, Espresso and Please, Please, Please. On top of her phenomenal musical success, Sabrina has also made ­headlines for her on-off relationship with Irish actor Barry Keoghan.

The Sun on Sunday revealed last year that Barry, 32, and Sabrina were planning to make their red carpet debut together after they were first spotted having dinner together in Los Angeles in December 2023.

However, three months after ­making their romance official at the star-studded Met Gala in New York in May, we revealed that the pair had decided to split.

Sabrina remained tight-lipped about the break-up, but said of her relationship status: “I share a lot of myself through my lyrics and my performances, but there will always be things that stay private.”

The singer, who grew up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, has said she cannot wait to perform for her British fans at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on March 6.

She said: “I am so excited. I have been perfecting my British accent — so you never know, I might try it out ­during one of my intros.”

EMILY’S DOSE OF REALITY

AFTER having her first child last year, Emily Atack is about to welcome another new addition in her life – a fly-on-the-wall reality show.

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Emily Atack is piloting a show for Disney+ following the mega success of Rivals[/caption]

I can reveal she is piloting a show for Disney+ following the mega success of Rivals, the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper‘s bonkbuster she appeared in.

An insider told me: “The show is being made by Boldprint Studios, who made the smartphone documentary with Matt and Emma Willis.

“The show will follow Emily as she navigates motherhood and as she continues her fight against sexual harassment.”

Emily, who had son Barney with her partner Alistair Garner in June, started filming in December.

Of her relationship with Alistair, Emily said: “I used to pray to God that I would end up with somebody who made me feel safe, and I’m safe with Al now.”

Her happiness comes after years of dating turmoil, and she admitted: “For such a long time I had found dating hard and lonely.”

I can’t wait to watch this new show.

JAMIE’S HOOKED

JAMIE REDKNAPP has revealed the secret to his youthful complexion – salmon sperm injections.

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Jamie Redknapp says he is having salmon sperm injections in his face[/caption]

The Sky Sports pundit and ex-footballer said he is having the jabs in his face.

They are said to improve hydration and reduce signs of ageing, and known as polynucleotides in beauty circles.

During filming for Sky’s A League Of Their Own, due to air on Thursday, host Romesh Ranganathan said: “What’s the deal with this salmon sperm?”

Jamie replied: “It’s a new little treatment, you put a little bit in and it smoothes you over. I have had a little go.”

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EX-EASTENDER Shona McGarty is desperate to be on Strictly Come Dancing – and has a cunning plan not to fall victim to the famous romantic curse.

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The actress and singer, who played Whitney Dean on the BBC soap, has also reassured her fiancé, Irish musician David Bracken, who she calls Bubby.

Shona, left, said: “I would love to do Strictly. I just feel like you either love someone you are with and want to be with them, or you disrespect them and go and bonk someone else.”

She added: “I feel like a drag queen at heart. I absolutely love it. I’m obsessed with Ru Paul’s Drag Race – it’s my comfort.

“So Strictly just appeals to my soul, because it’s sequins and glitter and tan, and hair and nails.”

Speaking on the Walking The Dog podcast, she said: “And there’s Russian men in Lycra, who are probably gay. So no worries Bubby.”

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BAD SISTER SHARON NOT MAD FER TIM

UNLIKELY couple Sharon Horgan and Madchester great Tim Burgess have gone their separate ways.

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Sharon Horgan and Tim Burgess have called time on their two-year relationship[/caption]

The Irish actress and comedy writer called time on her two-year relationship with the The Charlatans frontman late last year, but I’m told the pair remain friends.

Sharon, from Apple TV’s Bad Sisters, originally got to know Tim after he tweeted about how much he loved her on Channel 4 show Catastrophe.

And as their friendship developed, she even sang on The Charlatans’ 2017 album Different Days.

I spotted the pair smooching at Glastonbury a few years ago and they were often spotted at showbiz events.

A source said: “Sharon and Tim had a great time together, but have both got busy careers and felt that it was time to call it a day.

“Sharon’s making the most of her career high and isn’t in a rush to get married and settle down.”

It comes as she revealed last week that she wished she’d ended her previous 14-year marriage to producer Jeremy Rainbird earlier.

She said: “It’s an odd one because I’ve never been happier, but I’m still angry at myself – not really for the failure of the marriage, but for not figuring it out earlier.

“It’s so destructive. You get one life and that’s an awful lot of time to spend on something that’s not working.”

Well said, Shaz.

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AFTER collaborating with Jason Derulo on new track Snake, Nora Fatehi said she had to give him some extra dance lessons.

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Nora Fatehi said she had to give Jason Derulo some extra dance lessons for her new track Snake[/caption]

The Canadian actress, famous for Bollywood movies, said the song related to how she moves her body.

She added: “When I dance, I can be very flexible, so I do waves and move my hips in certain ways.”

Jason said: “She showed me how to move my body like a snake. I’m not sure how I feel about it yet.

“It was something that took me a little second to get.”

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ELLIE SCOTNEY survived a first-round slashed eye to defend her IBF and WBA super-bantamweight world titles.

The 26-year-old Catford queen went toe-to-toe with New Zealand warrior Mea Motu and was a bloody mess before the end of the opener.

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Ellie Scotney survived a first round slashed eye to defend her belts[/caption]

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Scotney remains the IBF and WBA champ[/caption]

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Her brilliant movement helped her against the constant Motu attacks[/caption]

But her cutman played a blinder and Scotney picked apart her relentless Kiwi opponent to land a unanimous decision, with all three judges calling it: 99-91.

Both 122lb women threw early hooks to the head but Scotney started taking control with her jab.

Motu, 35, did land an early right and Scotney was left with a bruise on her left cheekbone – and seconds later she was cut.

As she walked back to her corner, Scotney was leaking loads out of her left eye but her cutman was rapidly working on the case.

Motu was raw and tough but constant and mean.

Scotney was the sharper and smarter but Motu was a typical All Black and always coming forward in waves.

Scotney found her range in the third and was able to pick Motu off but the tough challenger wasn’t taking a backward step.

Motu was always on the front foot, but it was Scotney who had the better lateral movement and was controlling the fight on the edges of the ring.

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Motu made a vicious start to the fourth, with a couple of right hands but Scotney coped and used her superior skills to dominate the backend of the session.

The fifth was a wrestle until Scotney scored with body blows and a peach of a left hook to Motu’s face.

And with her cut just threatening to worsen, Scotney scored with a couple of crisp digs just before the bell.

And, by the sixth session, Scotney’s class was showing as she landed lead left hooks and danced out of danger sweetly.

Relentless Motu never stopped marching forward for another scrum but Scotney was tagging her regularly and a right hook was the pick of the seventh round.

Scotney’s right hand was superb in the eighth, as a straight, a hook and an uppercut. Motu was a greedy punchbag walking on to every punch.

And she kept her cool in the final two stanzas to keep hold of her belts and hopefully move on to adding more.

The champ said: “I am not too happy with my performance, I hurt her at times but I looked for too many single shots.

“She was a tough girl, 20-0, so I hope people put more respect on my name now.

“I wasn’t born with this nose, I’m from Catford so I grew up having fights, but my trainer Shane managed to tame it in there tonight.

“Of course I want to be undisputed, I want the two missing belts but I need those girls to take the fights too, otherwise I will go up to featherweight and fight Skye Nicolson.”

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