Take Away Place Claims Burgers Now Contain "80 Percent Less Spit".

Spit is a common ingredient in many take away foods.

A busy take away shop on a London high street has said it will dramatically cut down on the amount of spit in its burgers.

“We’re getting busy now, and it’s just too hard to gob in everything”, said one of the shops longest employees. Having your take away food gobbed in is somewhat of a tradition in England and Wales, but health agencies have long frowned on the practice.

“Our concern is with any kind of bodily fluid being ingested by customers no matter how popular it is”, said Rudolph Swartz of the National Take Away Shop Inspectorate (NTSI).

Customers have reported they will gob in each other's burgers, so they still have an authentic taste.