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A crisp enthusiast was flabbergasted when she found pack of Hula Hoops while scoffing an supermarket brand alternative.

Charly Arnold was happily making her way through a multi-pack of Snackrite ready salted hoops that she had bought from an Aldi in Chichester, West Sussex when something strange happened.

She looked down at the familiar red and yellow packet and realised that it didn't say 'Snackrite' at the top.

It said 'Hula Hoop'.

When she stopped crunching the crisps and started crunching the numbers, it was clear what a big saving Charly had made.

(Image: Charly Arnold/Facebook) (Image: Charly Arnold/Facebook)

With a branded multi-pack of six from Tesco costing £1.70, a singular bag comes out at 28p.

The Aldi alternative comes in at 11p a bag, meaning Charly enjoyed the more premium brand while saving 32p.

She posted a picture of the bag online and wrote: "Just took two bags of 'proper' Hula Hoops out of the Aldi Snackrite multipack.

"Just goes to show how people are only paying for a brand name with most things!"

The post was met with likes from hundreds of people amazed by the hoop based mix up.

Others attempted to explain the likely cause of the confusion.

(Image: Charly Arnold/Facebook) (Image: Gillian Edwards/Facebook)

Gillian Edwards wrote: "Nearly all their produce is done by the same companies big brands.

"I worked in a factory for 15 years and the things I produced were of the same line but different code."

Alison Pelling confirmed that the two different hooped crisp brands tasted the same to her.

"Just literally eaten a pack of Aldi ones and me and hubby both said no difference from proper ones, now we know why," she explained.

In 2017 it was revealed that KP Snacks produces both branded Hula Hoops and Aldi's own version.