McVitie's is a snack food brand owned by United Biscuits

United Biscuits

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. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose Street in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The firm moved to various sites in the city before completing the St. Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in the Gorgie

Gorgie

Gorgie is an area of west Edinburgh, Scotland, located near Murrayfield, Ardmillan and Dalry. It is home to Tynecastle Stadium, home of Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian Football Club, and the North British Distillery, which creates a distinctive odour in parts of the area.The area...

 district in 1888.

Biscuits

• Digestives
  Digestive biscuit
  A digestive biscuit, sometimes referred to as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit originated in the United Kingdom and popular worldwide. The term 'digestive' is derived from the belief that they had antacid properties due to the use of sodium bicarbonate when they were first developed...
  
  
• Ginger Nuts
• Hob Nobs
  HobNob
  Hobnob is a brand name of biscuit made from rolled oats and jumbo oats, similar to a flapjack/digestive biscuit hybrid. They are mainly sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In Italy they are now marketed as a variety of Digestive, having previously been known as Suncrok.-History:The recipe was...
  
  
• Rich Tea
  Rich tea
  Rich tea is a type of sweet biscuit, the ingredients generally include wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and malt extract. The biscuits are popular in the United Kingdom, where their plain flavour and consistency makes them particularly suitable for dunking in tea and coffee...
  
  
• Penguin
  Penguin (biscuit)
  Penguin biscuits are milk chocolate-covered biscuit bars filled with chocolate cream. They are produced by United Biscuits manufacturing division, McVitie's. The Tim Tam produced by Arnott's in Australia was based on the Penguin...
  
  
• Taxi
  Taxi (chocolate)
  Taxi is the name of a chocolate biscuit sold under the McVitie's biscuit brand. It is produced by United Biscuits, a European food manufacturer. A Taxi is made from layers of wafer, caramel, and chocolate creme, and is covered in chocolate....
  
  
• Gold Bar
• All Butter Shortbread
  Shortbread
  Shortbread is a type of unleavened biscuit which is traditionally made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts oatmeal flour. The use of plain white flour is common today, and other ingredients like ground rice or cornflour are sometimes added to alter the texture...
  
  

Cakes

• Lyle's
  Tate & Lyle
  Tate & Lyle plc is a British-based multinational agribusiness. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index as of 20 June 2011...
  
   Golden Syrup Cake
• Jamaica Ginger Cake
• Lemon Cake
• Mini Rolls
• Jaffa Cakes
• Waffles

See also

• Burton's Foods
  Burton's Foods
  Burton's Foods is a United Kingdom biscuit manufacturer.The company was formed from the merger of Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits and Horizon Biscuit Company in October 2000...
  
  
• Fox's Biscuits
• Jacob Fruitfield Food Group
  Jacob Fruitfield Food Group
  The Jacob Fruitfield Food Group is an Irish food company. It was formed by Fruitfield Foods' acquisition of the Irish portion of Jacob's Biscuit Group in 2004 from Groupe Danone. The CEO and part-owner is Michael Carey. Other major shareholders include Lioncourt with a 36% stake.It is the owner of...
  
  
• Huntley & Palmers
  Huntley & Palmers
  Huntley & Palmers was a British firm of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. The company created one of the world's first global brands and ran what was once the world’s largest biscuit factory. Over the years, the company was also known as J...
  
  

External links

• United Biscuits - page on McVitie's.
• Official McVitie's site in Japan (in Japanese).

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