I picked up packets of digestives from seven supermarket shelves to see if any could rival the original and save some money.

Tesco Digestives cost 60p for a 400g packet of 28 biscuits, which works out to 15p per 100g. These were the palest and smallest of all the biscuits and said 'Sweetmeal Digestive Sweetmeal' on the top.

Nothing goes better with a cup of tea than a chocolate digestive biscuit, but with a packet of McVitie’s setting you back £2.25 at the checkout, they aren’t the cheapest of sweet treats.

There will be three fewer digestive biscuits in a packet of McVite's. Photograph: iStock . Conor Pope. Thu Mar 09 2023 - 11:07.

I tested Irish supermarkets’ own-brand chocolate digestive biscuits – the winner is €2.45 cheaper than real deal Popular brands like McVitie's can set shoppers back around €3.15, while own ...

Tesco Digestives cost 60p for a 400g packet of 28 biscuits, which works out to 15p per 100g. These were the palest and smallest of all the biscuits and said 'Sweetmeal Digestive Sweetmeal' on the top.

I tested digestives from Asda, Aldi, M&S, Morrisons, Tesco, Lidl and Sainsbury's and found one I liked more than McVities - and £1 cheaper too ...