In celebration of National Biscuit Day (29th May), new original research has revealed the nation’s best biscuits and bizarre nibbling habits.

The Stockport factory makes the chocolate for the milk and plain (dark) varieties of biscuit, as well as the gold caramel variety on occasion.

The art was commissioned as part of the brand's 100th birthday celebrations for their chocolate digestive. McVitie's has operated a biscuit factory in Harlesden, west London since 1902.

Psst! Did you know London has its own biscuit museum? The McVitie's Chocolate Digestives Experience is in town from 2-5 May. McVitie's invented the chocolate digestive biscuit in 1925, meaning we ...

An artist has used more than 1,000 biscuits to depict famous “British icons” to mark the 100th anniversary of the chocolate digestive. Mosaic artist Ed Chapman, who previously created large ...

The McVities factory has been in operation since 1917, and the chocolate digestive made its debut in 1925, following on from the original plain digestive biscuit which was first manufactured in 1892.

The chocolate digestive has been a staple in British households for 100 years - but it seems we may have been eating the iconic biscuit wrong all this time ...

Some 80 million packets of digestive biscuits are made each year in the Manchester-based McVities factory - it’s certainly one of the nation’s favourites.

To explain: this week the McVitie’s chocolate digestive turns 100. To celebrate I visited the company’s factory in Harlesden, Northwest London – the second largest biscuit factory in the world.