The British public has made some controversial choices in the vote for their favourite biscuits
Its 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 McVities 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%.
For #NationalBiscuitDay, we can reveal Britain's top five biscuits:
1. McVitie's Milk Chocolate Digestives: 81%
2. Cadbury Fingers: 78%
3. Cadbury Milk Chocolate Digestives: 77%
4. Jaffa Cakes: 73%
5. McVitie's Original Digestives: 69% https://t.co/9jABQMlaQa pic.twitter.com/PNdHflOTiy— YouGov (@YouGov) May 29, 2019
The controversial inclusion was the Jaffa Cakes as some say they arent a biscuit at all.
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Obviously the name itself includes the word cake and a court case in ruled that they are definitely not biscuits.
Apparently its because they have a texture like a traditional sponge cake and they go stale rather than soft like a biscuit.
McVities wanted them to be treated like a cake, rather than a biscuit, which is taxed more.
Why have you amalgamated a cake poll with a biscuit poll?
— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) May 29, 2019
Jaffa
Cakes
— Sean Murricane (@SeanMurricane) May 29, 2019
Jaffa cakes are not biscuits! Biscuits go soft when stale, cakes go hard!
— Polly McCowen (@wadpol) May 29, 2019
But that hasnt 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 McVities original Digestives, which got 71% of the vote.
Reasons why Jaffa Cakes were declared to be cakes
- The products 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 andRead More – Source
