The Aldi supermarket chain has removed iconic Roald Dahl children's book Revolting Rhymes from its shelves after complaints from customers about the use of the word "slut".

The offending word is found in Dahl's comical take on the Cinderella fairy tale.

In it, the prince sees Cinderella in her impoverished rags as he goes house to house trying to find the owner of the shoe left behind at the palace ball.

"The Prince cried, 'Who's this dirty slut?" the poem reads. "'Off with her nut! Off with her nut!'"