HALF of Britain’s four largest supermarkets have chosen not to stock a 'Christian' Easter egg that tells the story of Jesus and his resurrection.

The Real Easter Egg sells for £3.99, uses Fairtrade chocolate and includes an activity booklet that helps children learn about the Biblical meaning of Easter.

1 The Real Easter Egg contains an activity booklet about the Easter story

Sainsbury’s and Asda have opted not to stock the chocolate egg made by the Meaningful Chocolate Company while their rivals Tesco and Morrisons have, according to the Daily Mail.

The holy chocolate has received the blessing of the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, who said: “The Real Easter Egg gives consumers their first chance to buy an Easter egg that not only tastes good but does good, bringing to light the Easter themes of hope and new life.”

The eggs have been selling at a rate of 400,000 a month and more than £220,000 from sales have been donated to charity.

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The eggs have been selling at a rate of 400,000 a month and more than £220,000 from sales have been donated to charity.

Stephen Green, from the lobby group Christian Voice, said: “You are whitewashing the Christian message out of Christian holidays. It’s difficult to find any explicitly Christian products, like Christmas cards, in supermarkets.

“People of other faiths or none, as Cadbury called them, are not offended by Christian products.”

David Marshall, the boss of the Meaningful Chocolate Company, said Sainsbury’s and Asda appeared to be “not very comfortable, for some reason, with stocking Easter eggs for the Christian community”.

He added: “They provide Advent calendars for dogs but they won’t stock our Christian [Easter eggs]. Eighty per cent of the population say they want to see products which mention Easter on the shelves of supermarkets at Easter.”

Sainsbury’s said there has not been enough demand for the egg but that they “review our Easter eggs every year and base our range on customer demand”.

The row comes a little over a week after Theresa May slammed Cadbury for “airbrushing faith” out of Easter after the chocolate company did not use the word ‘Easter’ in advertising for their annual egg hunt.

Asda have been contacted for comment.

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