The Hovis biscuit is a British manufactured
digestive biscuit
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi- sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two doctors to aid digestion. The term ''digestive'' is derived from the belief ...
.
Manufactured under license from 1980 from
Hovis
Hovis Ltd is a British company that produces flour, yeast
and bread. Founded in Stoke-on-Trent, it began mass-production in Macclesfield in 1886.
Hovis became part of Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) in 1962 after a succession of mergers. RHM, with ...
by
Nabisco
Nabisco (, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International.
Nabisco' ...
's then Irish subsidiary
Jacob's
Jacob's is an Irish Brand, brand name for several lines of biscuits and Cracker (food), crackers in Republic of Ireland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The brand name is owned by the Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, part of Valeo Foods, which prod ...
,
they are shaped like a miniature flat copy of the traditional Hovis
loaf
A loaf (: loaves) is a (usually) rounded or oblong quantity of food, typically and originally of bread. It is common to bake bread in a rectangular bread pan or loaf pan because some kinds of bread dough tend to collapse and spread out during ...
, and like the bread have the word "HOVIS" stamped on their top surface.
Now produced by
United Biscuits
United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In ...
, Hovis biscuits are sweet enough to be eaten on their own, with their slow release carbohydrates,
dunked, or are plain enough to be taken as a
savoury snack with a
cheese
Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...
topping.
References
United Biscuits brands
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