Sugar and energy content in biscuits per 100 g
| Category | n | Sugars (g), mean SD (range) | Category | n | Energy (kcal), mean±SD (range) |
| Own label | 296 | 28.3±8.4 (12.0–70.0) | Own label | 296 | 490±35 (375–558) |
| Branded | 185 | 32.8±9.6 (15.7–74.0) | Branded | 185 | 474±41 (331–585) |
| Descending order | |||||
| Iced | 7 | 43.5±6.3 (30.9–51.6) | Shortbread with additions | 10 | 528±18 (496–554) |
| Wafer | 10 | 42.3±9.6 (26.3–56.9) | Shortbread | 28 | 519±11 (497–553) |
| Chocolate-coated ginger | 7 | 39.5±4.8 (29.8–44.9) | Flavoured shortbread | 8 | 519±9 (505–532) |
| Fruit filled | 13 | 36.0±3.5 (27.0–39.9) | Chocolate-coated ginger | 7 | 505±23 (466–534) |
| Chocolate chip | 29 | 34.5±3.1 (30.0–44.2) | Jam and cream | 10 | 505±39 (425–558) |
| Jam filled | 5 | 33.2±2.9 (28.2–36.0) | Wafer | 10 | 498±89 (331–585) |
| Ginger stem | 7 | 32.4±3.6 (24.8–35.7) | Chocolate chip | 29 | 498±10 (485–522) |
| Ginger | 19 | 31.3±4.8 (18.8–39.8) | Nice | 5 | 497±7 (487–505) |
| Bourbon | 9 | 30.4±3.0 (26.3–34.1) | Chocolate digestives | 31 | 495±13 (456–512) |
| Custard cream | 6 | 30.4±1.5 (28.5–31.5) | Custard cream | 6 | 492±3 (487–494) |
| Jam and cream | 10 | 29.9±2.9 (24.7–33.6) | Shortcake | 9 | 490±13 (458–502) |
| Chocolate digestives | 31 | 29.2±3.7 (23.3–42.7) | Malted milk | 9 | 489±7 (476–500) |
| Breakfast filled | 7 | 25.0±3.5 (20.1–29.0) | Digestives | 11 | 481±14 (447–498) |
| Oatmeal | 8 | 24.8±2.2 (20.8–27.9) | Bourbon | 9 | 480±9 (460–487) |
| Nice | 5 | 23.7±1.7 (21.8–25.6) | Oatmeal | 8 | 478±11 (454–491) |
| Shortbread with additions | 10 | 21.9±4.2 (14.5–27.5) | Ginger stem | 7 | 466±28 (430–502) |
| Breakfast unfilled | 22 | 21.7±3.8 (12.0–30.9) | Ginger | 19 | 456±17 (421–489) |
| Flavoured shortbread | 8 | 20.6±1.8 (17.4–23.5) | Breakfast filled | 7 | 455±22 (433–497) |
| Rich Tea | 16 | 20.2±0.7 (18.7–21.1) | Rich Tea | 16 | 454±7 (436–467) |
| Malted milk | 9 | 20.2±3.3 (18.4–29.0) | Iced | 7 | 451±38 (399–515) |
| Shortcake | 9 | 19.9±2.8 (15.8–23.1) | Breakfast unfilled | 22 | 432±19 (395–461) |
| Digestives | 11 | 19.3±1.7 (16.6–22.0) | Jam filled | 5 | 426±18 (396–445) |
| Shortbread | 28 | 17.5±2.8 (14.0–24.8) | Fruit filled | 13 | 391±11 (375–410) |
| All products | 481 | 30.0±9.2 (12.0–74.0) | All products | 481 | 484±38 (331–585) |