McVitie's Digestives

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

Label dataa public food database

Last updated4 July 2026

Pack size250g

The pack always wins if it disagrees with this page.

Allergens · gluten

The label we read declares: gluten.

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Worth knowing

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

Fine

Scored for 12 to 24 months. Turn the dial: the rules change with the age, not the food.

Lower in sugar than most in this aisle and more wholegrain than most here for a 12 to 24 month old.

The judgement

each line is one rule the number is built from

Low sugar for this age8.84353741496599g/100gFor 12 to 24 months, under 9.9g per 100g is the good zone and 22g is the line we hold.

Salt (sodium) is inside the line265mg/100gFor 12 to 24 months, 450mg per 100g is the line we hold.

Lower in saturated fat2.72108843537415g/100gFor 12 to 24 months, under 5g per 100g is the good zone. Lower earns a higher score.

More wholegrain than most here8.16326530612245g/100gFor 12 to 24 months, 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: 8.84353741496599g of sugar per 100g, against a cap of 22g.PASS

sodium-capInside the line: 265mg of salt (sodium) per 100g, against a cap of 450mg.PASS

prefer-lower-sugarLower in sugar than most in this aisle: 8.84353741496599g per 100g earns 100 of 100 on this preference (weight 3).100/100

prefer-lower-satfatLower in saturated fat: 2.72108843537415g per 100g earns 100 of 100 on this preference (weight 1).100/100

prefer-fibreMore wholegrain than most here: 8.16326530612245g per 100g earns 100 of 100 on this preference (weight 1).100/100

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The label, in our own table

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Nutrition per 100g

McVitie's Digestives

As we read the label, for 12 to 24 months

Energy	1938.77551020408 kJ
Energy (kcal)	463.378468022007 kcal
Protein	7.48299319727891 g
Fat	19.047619047619 g
Saturated fat	2.72108843537415 g
Carbohydrate	61.9047619047619 g
Sugar	8.84353741496599 g
Added sugar	0 g
Fibre	8.16326530612245 g
Salt (sodium)	265 mg
Salt	0.663265306122449 g
Iron	0 mg

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.

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

Your dairy, nuts flag: we could not match it against the declared names above, so do not rely on this page for it. Read the pack's own allergen statement; the pack is the truth.

Ingredients, as we read them

Wheat flour, vegetable oil (sunflower, palm), wholemeal wheat flour, bulking agent (polydextrose), sugar, partially inverted sugar syrup, maize starch, baking powder, food acid (malic), stabilizers (508, 511), salt, emulsifiers (sunflower lecithin, 472e), natural flavouring. contains wheat, gluten. may contain milk.

My kid had a reaction · something wrong with this info?

The report loop opens with the beta. In this private build, note the product and tell Hayden directly. Two parent reports pause a product automatically while the dietitian takes a proper look.

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