What is your favourite biscuit?
May 30, 2023
The most popular biscuits in the UK:
- Biscoff – 34,000.
- Shortbread – 29,000.
- Bourbon – 26,000.
- Jaffa Cake – 16,000.
- Jammy Dodger – 11,000.
- Custard Cream – 10,000.
- Party Rings – 6,800.
- Digestives – 6,600
- Malted Milk- 5,500
- Wagon Wheels- 5,100
Did you know:
- The earliest evidence of the invention of biscuits were from the Romans, which was bread that was re-baked to make it crisp.
- Biscuits were first introduced in 1588 to the rations of ships and found their way into the New World by the 1700s at the latest. Ship’s biscuit is the earliest surviving example of a biscuit from 1784.
- The word biscuit comes from the Latin “biscotus,” which means twice-baked. The Romans called these rusks. Biscuits were originally created as a practical solution to preserve food
- Britain’s eat 52 biscuits per second on average.
- The fig roll was invented as a health food.
What is your favourite biscuit?