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The British public has made some controversial choices in the vote for their favourite biscuits


There were some controversial choices in the top five (Picture: McVitie’s/Cadbury)

It’s National Biscuit Day.

It might not be something set up in your calendar, but it should be because the biscuit is a great thing.

It is perfect as a quick treat and of course, for dunking into a cup of tea.

But they can also be divisive.

A survey conducted by YouGov to find the best one has caused a few arguments.

The top choice was the McVitie’s milk chocolate Digestives, with 81% of the vote.

A close second was the Cadbury Fingers with 78%, followed by the Cadbury version of the milk chocolate Digestives with 77%.

The controversial inclusion was the Jaffa Cakes as some say they aren’t a biscuit at all.

Obviously the name itself includes the word cake and a court case in ruled that they are definitely not biscuits.

Apparently it’s because they have a texture like a traditional sponge cake and they go stale rather than soft like a biscuit.

McVitie’s wanted them to be treated like a cake, rather than a biscuit, which is taxed more.

But that hasn’t stopped the British public putting them fourth on the list of their favourite biscuits, with 73% saying they were their favourite.

Fifth place went to the only top biscuit without any chocolate – the McVitie’s original Digestives, which got 71% of the vote.



Reasons why Jaffa Cakes were declared to be cakes

  • The product’s name was a minor consideration.
  • Ingredients: Cake can be made of widely differing ingredients, but Jaffa cakes were made of an egg, flour, and sugar mixture which was aerated on cooking and was the same as a traditional sponge cake. It was a thin batter rather than the thicker dough expected for a biscuit texture.
  • Cake would be expected to be soft and friable; biscuit would be expected to be crisp and able to be snapped. Jaffa cakes had the texture of sponge cake.
  • On going stale, a Jaffa cake goes hard like a cake rather than soft like a biscuit.

Of course, beyond the Jaffa Cake issue, people questioned how their favourite missed out.

Hobnobs, custard creams and bourbons were popular choices that weren’t included in the top five.

We guess this list really takes the biscuit.

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