(Picture: Ross McCafferty / Twitter/Getty)

A Scottish chippy, East West Spice Greenock, has made quite a name for itself with its monster ‘crunchy box’ offering a bunch of fried goods under a tenner.

The deal, which also comes with a bottle of Irn Bru, includes deep fried fish, sausages, burgers, potatoes, onion rings and pizza on a bed of chips for £9.99.

As yummy as you might think it is, the cheap deal contains a whopping 5,000 calories, twice as much as any of us should be consuming in a day, let alone in one meal.

(Picture: Ross McCafferty / Twitter)

The two-litre bottle of fizzy pop isn’t the best drink to wash it all down either, with 400 calories and 94g of sugar.




An image of the meal caught after sports journalist Ross McCafferty tweeted: ‘If you don’t think it looks like the most appetising thing ever then there’s no hope for you.’

While many people laughed at the post and made queries about the contents of the box mainly what fritters are, others had health concerns.

Some said it was ‘vile’ and ‘a heart attack in a box’ while food writer Joanna Blythman criticised the fatty foods being promoted.

‘One of Scotland’s defects: celebrating crap food. No wonder so many Scots are fat and sick,’ she wrote.

In response to the criticism and comments on the 9.8k-liked post, Ross added: ‘The number of tweets about how awful and unhealthy it is have surprised me. I wasn’t recommending it as one of your five a day!’

One of Scotland’s defects: celebrating crap food. No wonder so many Scots are fat and sick. Via @BrianSJ3 https://t.co/7TxJiMCfCP — Joanna Blythman (@JoannaBlythman) August 19, 2018

The manager of the shop said that so far he’s had a positive reaction to the high-calorie meal.

‘I just thought it would be nice to combine the ideas and bring something which would appeal to everyone,’ said Bahadur Sing.

‘We put the deal on and people seem to love it. Everything is cooked in fat but the dish is big enough for three or four people to share.

‘It’s definitely for the family to eat. People think it’s a great deal.’

We’ve asked the shop to comment on the backlash of the crunch box and will update the article with their reply.

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