An outraged father is warning other parents after his ten-year-old daughter bought an adult-themed love potion from a local shop.

Herman Defoe said his daughter, Katrina, picked up the packet of Aunty Dangle's Famous Love Potion, which features the silhouette of a naked man and woman, in the sweet section of Southfield Food Fair on Southfield Lane, Bradford.

And he says the aphrodisiac which claims to "reach the parts other brews can't" should not be in easy reach of young children.

"I couldn't believe it when I saw what my daughter had bought. It's obviously a harmless joke for adults, but not something that should be sold to little children," said Mr Defoe, 39, of Basil Street, Little Horton.

"Katrina thought it looked funny but she didn't realise what she was buying. Young children don't have the sense to know what it means and the connotations on the packet are very seedy.

"It's something that should be on sale in an adult shop, not in the middle of the sweet section of a store."

Mr Defoe said the white powder contained glucose and ginger and the packet said it was not supposed to be sold to children under eight.

"When I complained to the shopkeeper he said he had done nothing legally wrong as my daughter was ten.

"But it's the moral issue of selling this kind of thing to children and I want other parents to be aware of it."

The Love Potion sachets are on sale within easy reach of children in the shop, in a box mixed among other Joke Shop sachets, including itching powder and a joke tea-bag.

The manager of Southfield Food Fair, who did not want to be named, said he had sold five boxes of the potion.

"They are in a box clearly marked Jokes and there are others such as itching powder and foaming sugar," he said.

"When I bought them the man told me that they are all harmless and are just a bit of fun. I have no plans to stop selling them."

Tony Downham, a Trading Standards Officer, said the product was not recommended to be sold to children under nine because of its high sugar content.

He added: "While there are no legal guidelines as to how it is sold, we would ask retailers to use their common sense."

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