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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, around the time the biscuit was first introduced, that they had antacid properties due to the use of sodium…

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Alternative names
Wheaten, sweet-meal biscuit
Associated cuisine
British
Invented
1839
Main ingredients
Wheat flour, sugar, malt extract, butter (or in cheaper recipes or for vegans or those who are lactose intolerant: vegetable oil), wholemeal, leavening agents (usually sodium bi…
Place of origin
Scotland
Region or state
Forres

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Chocolate digestives

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Digestive biscuit

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related to history · 27
Digestive biscuit → After, At, Berkshire-based, Book, By, Cassell's New Universal Cookery, Despite, Digestives, Edinburgh-based McVitie's, England, Golden-baked, Huntley, In, John Montgomerie, London's, Making Malted Bread, Montgomerie, Palmers, Rival, Scotland
related to In popular culture · 27
Digestive biscuit → Abbey Road, According, Beatles, Chocolate, Emerick, Everywhere, Geoff Emerick, George Harrison, Harrison, Harrison's, Here, John Lennon, Lennon, Lennon's, McVitie's, Music, My Life Recording, Off, Ono, Show
related to Chocolate digestives · 16
Digestive biscuit → American, Bill Bryson, British, Cadbury's, Chocolate Homewheat Digestive, Digestive, In, London, McVitie's, McVitie's Harlesden, Other, The, They, UK, UK's, YouGov
related to Consumption · 11
Digestive biscuit → Cadbury, Digestive, Digestives, Fifteens, In, McVitie's, Sometimes, The, They, UK, Ulster
related to Ingredients · 9
Digestive biscuit → Because, DATEM, Graham, New Zealand, Outside, Some, The, United Kingdom, United States
Alternative names · 1
Digestive biscuit → Wheaten, sweet-meal biscuit
Associated cuisine · 1
Digestive biscuit → British
Invented · 1
Digestive biscuit → 1839
Main ingredients · 1
Digestive biscuit → Wheat flour, sugar, malt extract, butter (or in cheaper recipes or for vegans or those who are lactose intolerant: vegetable oil), wholemeal, leavening agents (usually sodium bi…
Place of origin · 1
Digestive biscuit → Scotland

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digestive biscuit mcvitie's chocolate biscuits tea flour digestives also popular developed ranked first british sugar scotland malt sodium bicarbonate extract

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Digestive biscuitAlternative namesWheaten, sweet-meal biscuit1.00infobox
Digestive biscuitAssociated cuisineBritish1.00infobox
Digestive biscuitInvented18391.00infobox
Digestive biscuitMain ingredientsWheat flour, sugar, malt extract, butter (or in cheaper recipes or for vegans or those who are lactose intolerant: vegetable oil), wholemeal, leavening agents (usually sodium bi…1.00infobox
Digestive biscuitPlace of originScotland1.00infobox
Digestive biscuitRegion or stateForres1.00infobox
Digestive biscuitTypeBiscuit1.00infobox
DATEM.Outside of the United Statesinstance ofand emulsifiers0.80text
such as in New Zealandinstance ofand emulsifiers0.80text
the United Kingdominstance ofand emulsifiers0.80text
digestive biscuits are made using natural white sugar instead of sweeter high fructose corn syrupinstance ofand emulsifiers0.80text
Digestive biscuitrelated to Chocolate digestivesDigestive0.60section

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