The Hovis biscuit is a British manufactured

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. Manufactured under license from 1980 from

Hovis Hovis Ltd is a British company that produces flour and bread. The brand originated in Stoke-on-Trent and was first mass-produced in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1886. It became part of Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) in 1962 after a succession of merge ...

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's then English subsidiary

Jacob's Jacob's is a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The brand name is owned by the Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, part of Valeo Foods, which produces snacks for the Irish market. ...

, they are shaped like a miniature flat copy of the traditional Hovis

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, and like the bread have the word "HOVIS" stamped on their top surface. Now produced by

United Biscuits United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In Nove ...

, Hovis biscuits are sweet enough to be eaten on their own, with their slow release carbohydrates, dunked, or are plain enough to be taken as a savoury snack with a

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topping.

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