The team at McVitie’s have shared 28 surprising and entertaining facts about biscuits and the brand in honour of National Biscuit Day.

The McVitie’s nibbles family has grown and frankly abandoned the biscuit and gone for the cake. Oooops yes the cake bomb has dropped. Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit who knows and who cares at this point, because all focus is on theJaffa Cakes Nibbles. The post states that a white chocolate version of the McVitie's digestive biscuit hasn't been seen in shops since the mid-2000s. That's almost 20 years ago! When will White Chocolate Digestives be on sale?Marketer, The Conscious (31 December 2020). "Harlesden: The last of the inner-city London suburbs". Medium . Retrieved 12 August 2021. McVitie's". United Biscuits. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007 . Retrieved 16 August 2007. Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial?

For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18thed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.

United Biscuits. "Our History". Archived from the original on 27 April 2020 . Retrieved 6 November 2007. The UK is a nation filled with biscuit-lovers, with over half the nation (53%) professing their love for the humble biscuit. In 1875 the company had been joined by Charles Edward Price as a salesman. His success in this role led to a partnership in 1888 to create McVitie & Price. In 1888 they built the huge St Andrews Biscuit Works on Robertson Avenue in the Gorgie district of south-west Edinburgh. [17] Price left in 1910 following the death of Robert.

Although not their core operation it is noteworthy that McVitie's were commissioned in 1893 to create a wedding cake for the royal wedding between the Duke of York and Princess Mary, who subsequently became King George V and Queen Mary. This cake was over 2 metres high and cost 140 guineas. It was viewed by 14,000 and was wonderful publicity for the company. They received many commissions for royal wedding cakes and christening cakes. [22] Sixty facts about a royal marriage (item 43)". BBC News. 18 November 2007 . Retrieved 15 January 2008. What the nibbles do not allow you to do is eat a Jaffa Cake in the traditional way. Come on you literally cannot eat one without doing full moon, half moon …. total eclipse! In 1881 his eldest son, also Robert (1854–1910), was in charge of the Queensferry Street business [13] while the other properties remained in his name until 1884 although he died in 1883. In that year Robert junior also occupied 8 and 9 Merchant Street. [14] In 1887 he employed Alexander Grant from Forres, an experienced biscuit maker, to aid in this. He was employed as foreman of the bakery but left to set up his own bakery in Inverness but this failed and he returned to McVitie's.A journey through the McVitie's factory behind Britain's favourite biscuit". MyLondon . Retrieved 16 August 2022.

McVitie's is first described as a "baker and confectioner" rather than a provision shop in 1856 at 5 Charlotte Place. He used the basement area below the shop as the bakery. [6] By 1865 the bakery had moved to 47 London Street just round the corner from his flat at 76 Broughton Street. [10] In 1870, McVitie is described as a baker at 12 Antigua Street and 2 East London Street, both also near his home in Broughton Street. [11] In 1875 the business was expanded to 23 and 24 Queensferry Street where McVitie is described as a baker and confectioner. [12] Chocolate coatings form a barrier around the biscuit when dunking and hold it together when it would otherwise break. There has been a long debate throughout history whether Jaffa Cakes are classified as a biscuit or cake. So much so that it was part of a VAT tribunal in 1991, with the court finding in McVitie's favour that the Jaffa Cakes should be considered a cake for tax purposes. The Milkybar Choo was an upgraded version of the regular Milkybar with a chewy fudge centre. The combination of the smooth white chocolate combined with the chewiness inside made it so addicting, and way better than any other fudgey chocolate you could buy.For white chocolate fans, you’re probably still mourning the loss of the Dream bar. Deliciously smooth and creamy, it was the white chocolate version of Dairy Milk and definitely a favourite in the Heroes tin. But it’s not all bad news, as although the Dream is forever gone (RIP) Cadbury have just launched a brand new white chocolate range “Cadbury White†featuring a chocolate bar and giant chocolate buttons. Not quite the same but we’ll take it. 4. Snowflake Okay, so Mingles weren’t the best chocolate selection box; but they were still pretty great. The selection of Minty chocolates always made an appearance at Christmas and it was one of the rare chocolate selection boxes where there wasn’t a chocolate that everyone hated and always left at the bottom. 13. Taz Bar It’s official that the UK clearly hates white chocolate. The Snow Flake was the better version of the Flake, once you open the wrapper it looked no different to a regular Flake; but once you bite into the seemingly milk chocolate you’d discover the silky smooth flaked white chocolate inside. Honestly, why it was discontinued we’ll never know. 5. Heinz Coloured Ketchup