Is McVitie's Digestives low FODMAP?

Kept to one or two biscuits, a plain Digestive is a moderate risk rather than an outright trigger. The UK label is dominated by wheat — Flour (55%: wheat flour with added calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin) plus Wholemeal Wheat Flour (16%) — so roughly 70% of each biscuit is fructan-carrying grain. The saving grace is portion size: one biscuit weighs about 15g, so the actual wheat in a single Digestive is modest compared with a sandwich or a bowl of wheat cereal. The rest of the list is benign — palm oil, sugar, partially inverted sugar syrup (a balanced glucose-fructose syrup, not an excess-fructose one), raising agents and salt. There is no honey, no inulin or chicory fibre, and milk is only a 'may contain' cross-contact note rather than an ingredient. Fructans stack quickly, though: half a sleeve with a cup of tea is a very different proposition from one biscuit with lunch. Treat Digestives as a portion-controlled option — fine as an occasional single biscuit for many people, climbing towards trigger territory as the count rises.

📏 One biscuit (~15g) is the sensible unit; wheat fructans stack noticeably from two or three biscuits upward.