McVities Digestives

Draft scoring, pending APD review. Nothing here is published parent advice yet.

Label dataa public food database

Last updated4 July 2026

Pack size300 g

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Allergens · gluten, milk

The label we read declares: gluten, milk.

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Contains dairy, which you flagged. Shown, never hidden, so you decide. For allergy questions, the GP or child health nurse is the right person.

Contains gluten, which you flagged. Shown, never hidden, so you decide. For allergy questions, the GP or child health nurse is the right person.

Worth knowing

A sometimes food; the score just picks the least sugary.

Fine

Scored for 2 to 5 years. Turn the dial: the rules change with the age, not the food.

No added sugars in the ingredients list.

More wholegrain than most here for a 2 to 5 year old.

The judgement

each line is one rule the number is built from

Sugar is inside the line28.742514799083g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, under 14g per 100g is the good zone and 30g is the line we hold.

Salt (sodium) is inside the line401mg/100gFor 2 to 5 years, 450mg per 100g is the line we hold.

More saturated fat than the best here12.574849153857g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, under 5g per 100g is the good zone. Lower earns a higher score.

Less fibre than the best here3g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, 4g per 100g or more earns full marks on this preference.

How this scored, rule by rule

needs-panelHas the nutrition data we need to score it.PASS

no-intense-sweetenersNone of the 35 names on this list appear in the ingredients. The pack always wins if it disagrees.PASS

sugar-capInside the line: 28.742514799083g of sugar per 100g, against a cap of 30g.PASS

sodium-capInside the line: 401mg of salt (sodium) per 100g, against a cap of 450mg.PASS

prefer-lower-sugarLower in sugar than most in this aisle: 28.742514799083g per 100g earns 49 of 100 on this preference (weight 3).49/100

prefer-lower-satfatLower in saturated fat: 12.574849153857g per 100g earns 40 of 100 on this preference (weight 1).40/100

prefer-fibreMore wholegrain than most here: 3g per 100g earns 75 of 100 on this preference (weight 1).75/100

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The label, in our own table

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Nutrition per 100g

McVities Digestives

As we read the label, for 2 to 5 years

Energy	2071 kJ
Energy (kcal)	495.20953994068 kcal
Protein	6.5868261891521 g
Fat	23.353292917341 g
Saturated fat	12.574849153857 g
Carbohydrate	62.275443972491 g
Sugar	28.742514799083 g
Added sugar	0 g
Fibre	3 g
Salt (sodium)	401 mg
Salt	1.0029939911383 g

Last updated 4 July 2026, from a public food database. The pack always wins.

Allergens

flags are only ever added, never removed

The label we read declares: gluten, milk.

Check the pack on the day too, including any may contain warning. If the pack and this page disagree, the pack wins.

Ingredients, as we read them

Ingredients wheat flour (35% choco 00%sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, mil ey. butter oil, vegetable oil (shea, pa emulsifiers (322, 476), natural vanilla flavour palm oil, wholemeal wheat flour (8%), suga glucose-fructose syrup, acidity regulator (296 raising agents ((500, 503 salt contains min. 25% cocea solid and wwim. 14% wwille solid. cantaste tm

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How we decide, including every check these numbers run through.