I had naively imagined that they are more wholesome because they are made with wholemeal flour, but in fact it’s only a small proportion of the total flour content – just over a fifth in the case of McVitie’s. Their fibre level is only about a quarter more than Rich Tea biscuits.

Darker edges than most but a neatly made biscuit, with a sharp imprint. There’s a rough texture, but a mild flavour – really rather bland, but not too sweet. The merging of Fox’s and Burton’s followed their acquisition by a Ferrero-related company in autumn 2020 and summer 2021 respectively. Simon Browne is leading the new business as CEO, having worked as managing director for Burton’s since August 2015. Digestives are the sensible jersey of the biscuit world, comforting without being fancy. There are recipes for homemade versions on the internet but this seems an odd idea, much like those dough presses designed so you can spend hours sweating in the kitchen to make custard creams that look just like ones you buy, but at five times the cost. Remove from the tin and put on your serving plate. Smooth the sides with a butter knife to create a neater finish Indistinguishable from Lidl’s Tower Gate, these also have a blurry imprint and are uneven in shape; both feel like they are trying to match the McVitie’s flavour. A nice bite for the price.For the full recipe with measurements, head to the recipe card at the end of this post. How to make Galaxy Caramel Cheesecake Mars Chocolate Drinks and Treats is launching a rival to McVitie’s digestives with the debut of Galaxy chocolate digestive biscuits.

Harvester and Toby Carvery have both said they will extend the Eat Out to Help Out scheme for an extra two weeks. For the cheesecake filling use a food mixer with a whisk attachment or an electric hand whisk to mix together the cream cheese, vanilla extract and icing sugar until smooth with no lumps This number rises to 55% in 18 to 25-year-olds, suggesting there is a fantastic opportunity for retailers to increase penetration with our Galaxy chocolate digestive biscuits.”

Can this recipe be made in a different sized tin?

While M&S takes the biscuit for the milk chocolate version. Although this biscuit was more popular than the McVitie’s version in the taste test scoring 78/100 compared to 72/100.