getbracknell - Reading Evening Post

I donned my white jacket and protective goggles (unnecessarily) to explore the world of healthy biscuits.

I started my investigation cynically. Biscuits are a guilty pleasure and we all know that guilty pleasures are the best kind.

The array of reduced fat biscuits I found in an unnamed Wokingham supermarket (the big one, not the expensive one) was impressive. There is a reduced fat equivalent for almost all the major biscuits.

For my test I opted to use chocolate digestives. For my guinea pigs I chose my biscuit hungry colleagues.

My reception when I returned to Bracknell Standard Towers clutching two packets of biscuits was enthusiastic. Enthusiasm turned to intrigue when I announced my experiment. 

It has to be pointed out that the reduced fat biscuits had already made a poor start to the contest. They came in a smaller packet and cost more.

Neither packet lasted a long time, but after gobfuls were swallowed and crumbs swept away, I gathered some feedback.

To my surprise the low fat biscuits got a very good reception. One newshound said: “I like them. The biscuit underscores the chocolate better. It’s crispier and not as puddingy.”

Another said: “There’s more chocolate on the full fat ones. The light ones are all about the biscuit, the full fat ones are all about the chocolate.”

In general the consensus in the office was that the low fat ones tasted better.

Shows what they know. I thought the low fat ones tasted stale and hard. The chocolate was barely noticeable, as if they’d been placed on top of a warm wagon wheel, and they looked a funny colour. They were also not nearly as good for dunking in tea.

My editor hit the nail on the head with her observation: “If you look at the ingredients there’s not much fat in a biscuit anyway.

“They’re a bit of a con, like those Go Ahead biscuits that taste like vomit.”

This has drawn me to the conclusion that all biscuits are guilt free so there's no point in low fat ones.

Have you tried any low fat biscuits? What did you think of them? Is there even any point in them existing? Let me know.