The UK supermarket chain was accused of racism because of  chocolate Easter ducklings, Sky News reported.

The "Waitrose Trio of Chocolate Easter Ducklings" contains a white, milk and dark chocolate version, which were named "Fluffy," "Crispy" and "Ugly" respectively.

The flurry of tweets began after Twitter user Livia Aliberti spotted the ducklings on Waitrose shelves.

Tweets rallied for and against the ducklings, with some calling the labeling "insidious" and accusing Waitrose of "a lack of diversity". Others tried to correct Waitrose, stating that the duckling was "grey", not brown. 

A Waitrose spokesman told Sky News: "We are very sorry for any upset caused by the name of this product, it was absolutely not our intention to cause any offense.

"We removed the product from sale several weeks ago while we changed the labeling and our ducklings are now back on sale."