ATTENTION BRITS: Without our notice, the time-honoured tradition of fish and chips with malt vinegar has been befouled right beneath our noses -- which is odd, given that it's the pungent scent of vinegar where we should have noticed the issue.
Apparently, the stuff they usually serve at your local fish and chip shop isn't actually malt vinegar, but a combination of chemicals that taste more or less the same. Why this betrayal? Because "chucking some chemicals together is significantly cheaper than actually brewing vinegar," says YouTuber Tom Scott.
According to Scott, this practice isn't exactly kosher. However, the government agencies responsible for enforcing such rules don't pursue any sort of action because, well, the few people who know about it don't really care.
Which brings us to, does it really matter?
