{"id":1307,"date":"2025-04-24T10:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merlinscove.com\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2025-04-27T08:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:03:39","slug":"mcvities-says-weve-been-eating-chocolate-digestives-wrong-for-the-last-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merlinscove.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/mcvities-says-weve-been-eating-chocolate-digestives-wrong-for-the-last-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"McVities says we\u2019ve been eating Chocolate Digestives wrong for the last 100 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s a correct way to eat the sweet treat (Picture: Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are some foods<\/a> that you can very obviously eat ‘wrong’. Biting into a pomegranate like an apple would be one example, or chomping a Babybel without removing the red wax first.<\/p>\n

But did you know you’ve probably been eating Chocolate<\/a> Digestive biscuits incorrectly your entire life?<\/p>\n

You’re not alone in this though, as apparently it’s been happening for the last 100 years. <\/p>\n

According to the experts over at McVities<\/a>, who have been producing the iconic biscuit since 1925, the snack is supposed to be eaten with the biscuit side facing up and the chocolate <\/a>side down, so that it’s on your tongue.<\/p>\n

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The chocolate part is the bottom and the biscuit is the top, according to the brand (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking to the BBC<\/a>, Anthony Coulson, the general manager of the company’s biscuits factory, explained that this is the way the product was originally designed to be eaten.<\/p>\n

This is because the chocolate side has always been considered the ‘bottom’ of the biscuit.<\/p>\n

While some will probably think it’s nonsense to worry about which way a biscuit is shoved into their gob, it turns out this ‘chocolate goes on the bottom’ rule doesn’t just apply to Digestives, but Hobnobs and even Jaffa Cakes<\/a> too.<\/p>\n

A McVities spokesperson previously told Metro<\/strong>: ‘When we make our McVitie\u2019s chocolate biscuits \u2013 whether that be Chocolate Hobnobs, Chocolate Digestives, or Jaffa Cakes \u2013 they go through a reservoir of chocolate on the production line.<\/p>\n

‘This essentially “enrobes” the bottom in chocolate – so we can confirm that the chocolate is officially on the bottom of the biscuits.’<\/p>\n

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Which way do you eat Chocolate Digestives?<\/h3>\n