Campaigners have called for a national boycott of Tunnock's after the firm removed the lion rampant from their logo.
The Scottish Resistance, led by Sean Clerkin, held a protest outside Tunnock's Uddingston factory today.
Mr Clerkin, an activist who famously heckled Jim Murphy and comedian Eddie Izzard during the General Election campaign, told protester: "We are saying very clearly that Tunnock's have got to put the lion rampant and the Scottish identity back on their product.
"We do not want our cultural identity to be denied. We want Tunnock's to be a Scottish product."
However, the Scottish Resistance were heckled during the protest.
There are more people shouting at the Resistance than there are people in the Resistance. https://t.co/RPGP6ee5zP
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) January 14, 2016
The Scottish Resistance were totally drowned out at Tunnock's by a spontaneous counter protest by staff and locals. pic.twitter.com/4McO9WCLUL
— Oliver Milne (@OliverMilne) January 14, 2016
Tunnock's announced plans to remove the lion rampant from its logo in a bid to sell more teacakes in the rest of the UK earlier this month
The company, which makes caramel logs, caramel wafers and snowballs, launched an advertising campaign in England to promote the 'Great British Teacake' last month.
Boyd Tunnock told the Daily Mail last month: "It was the idea of my son-in-law, Fergus Loudon, who is the sales manager and looks after advertising. You've got the Great British Bake Off and things like that these days.
"We could haver said Scottish but then you're promoting Scotland. We're British."
A handful of Twitter users called for a boycott of the company following the announcement.
The company reported an annual turnover of over £50m in November 2015.
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