Office tin restockers
Choose a pack size colleagues are likely to use, then follow its directions for storing biscuits after opening. Keep the packaging nearby so the contents remain identifiable.
Who is the tin for?
Mixed sweet-and-savoury teams
A plain digestive covers the sweet-biscuit choice. Add a separately identified cracker if colleagues also want a savoury snack or plan to bring toppings.
Colleagues checking allergens
Keep the current pack’s ingredient and ‘may contain’ information available. A biscuit chosen for a distinct dietary need may be easier to identify when it stays in its own packaging rather than going into the communal tin.
What should you check before choosing?
Decide whether the tin needs a sweet biscuit, a savoury cracker or both; then compare the actual packs for ingredients, storage and serving size.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
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| Snack type | Check whether the pack is a plain digestive or a savoury cracker. If crackers are intended for toppings, consider what else will be served with them. | I want a sweet biscuit for breaks, but some colleagues would also choose a savoury snack. A cracker can sit alongside a digestive without taking its place. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the current ingredients, dietary declaration and any ‘may contain’ wording. Check for an explicit gluten-free label where needed; that label does not settle other allergen questions. | Before sharing food, I need to know which biscuit is which and be able to show colleagues the information on its own pack. |
| Pack and storage | Compare pack contents with how often the tin is refilled. Follow the product’s after-opening directions and retain its labelled packaging. | I would rather open what the office can use than put several unidentified products into one tin. The Tesco Groceries listing gives approximately 24 biscuits for the checked 360 g McVitie’s pack; counts for other packs need checking separately. |
| Nutrition basis | Use per-100 g figures to compare different products by the same weight. For a serving comparison, check the stated serving weight and remember that cracker figures exclude toppings. | If I am comparing sugar, salt or saturated fat, I want the figures on the same basis rather than treating one biscuit and one serving of crackers as equal portions. |
Common mistakes when filling the tin
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Assuming every digestive has the same dietary declaration
The checked Tesco digestive lists dried skimmed milk. The checked ASDA digestive is labelled vegan but also says it may contain milk, while the checked Schär gluten-free digestive contains soya and may contain lupin.
Check the exact pack’s ingredients, dietary declaration and precautionary wording against the relevant colleague’s requirements.
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Swapping digestives for crackers without considering how they will be eaten
The checked Carr’s Table Water and Ritz Original products are savoury crackers, not plain sweet digestives. Nutrition information for a cracker does not include any cheese or spread added later.
Decide whether colleagues want a sweet biscuit, a cracker to eat alone, a cracker for toppings or a choice of both.
If the intended snack includes toppings, those need to be arranged separately from the crackers.
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Emptying different packs into an unlabelled tin
Without the packaging, colleagues cannot readily check which ingredients and precautionary statements belong to each biscuit.
Read the delivered packs and keep their labels available. Leave products serving distinct dietary needs separately identified.
Product lines to compare
These references describe particular products or ranges; check the pack you intend to serve rather than applying one product’s details to a whole brand.
McVitie’s
The Original digestive is a plain sweet-biscuit reference for the tin.
- Tesco Groceries lists approximately 24 biscuits in the checked 360 g pack and directs buyers to use an airtight container once opened.
- That listing contains wheat and says the product may also contain milk; check the declaration on the pack being served.
ASDA
Its checked own-label plain digestive provides another sweet-biscuit option to compare by pack.
- The checked 400 g product is labelled vegan.
- It contains wheat and may contain milk. ASDA advises reading the pack because product information can change.
Tesco
The checked own-label digestive illustrates why ingredients matter when comparing plain biscuits.
- Its 400 g listing provides an ingredient declaration for comparison with other digestive packs.
- The checked recipe lists dried skimmed milk, so do not assume it has the same dietary declaration as another plain digestive.
Schär
The checked gluten-free digestive is an option to consider for a separately identified biscuit.
- ASDA Groceries lists the checked 150 g product as three packs of five biscuits.
- It contains soya and may contain lupin; its gluten-free label does not answer every allergen question.
Carr’s
The checked Table Water product is a savoury cracker to consider when toppings are planned.
- The checked 125 g product is described for pairing with other foods.
- It contains wheat and may contain sesame; check the chosen pack and any toppings separately.
Ritz
The checked Original 150 g product is a savoury cracker, not a digestive biscuit.
- It offers a distinct savoury choice for a tin that also contains sweet biscuits.
- The Tesco Groceries listing includes wheat and barley malt flour and says it may contain milk; details of other Ritz variants need checking individually.
Jacob’s
Jacob’s has appeared in manufacturer-described assortments of savoury crackers.
- In a 2025 announcement, manufacturer pladis described a seasonal selection containing several cracker varieties.
- For an office tin, check the composition and labelling of the particular assortment under consideration rather than relying on a past seasonal description.
Digestive and cracker options on Joybuy
These options cover a plain digestive, a gluten-free digestive and savoury crackers. Check each pack’s label before putting it into the office tin, particularly where colleagues need to identify ingredients or allergens.
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McVitie’s Digestives The Original 2x315g
A plain digestive option for the sweet side of the office tin. This is a 2x315g pack; check its own ingredients, allergen wording and after-opening directions rather than using details from a different pack size.
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Schär Gluten Free Digestive Biscuits 150g
A labelled gluten-free digestive to consider keeping separately identified for a colleague who needs one. The checked Schär 150 g product contains soya and may contain lupin; confirm the current pack against the colleague’s other ingredient requirements.
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Ritz Breaks Original 190g
A savoury cracker option for colleagues who want something other than a digestive. This 190g Breaks variant is distinct from the 150 g Ritz Original listing; check its own ingredients and serving information before comparing them.
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Sky Flakes Crackers 800g
An 800g savoury cracker option to consider if the tin also needs a non-digestive snack. Check how this pack is divided before opening it for sharing, and retain its ingredient information for colleagues.
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Carr’s Table Water Biscuits 125g
A savoury table water cracker for an office that plans to serve toppings as well as biscuits. The checked 125 g product contains wheat and may contain sesame; check the pack and any toppings for the colleagues eating them.
Frequently asked questions
How should biscuits be stored once the office pack is open?
Follow the directions on each pack. Tesco Groceries’ listing for the checked McVitie’s Original digestives says to use an airtight container once opened; keep the packaging available so colleagues can still identify the biscuits and their ingredients.
Does the name ‘digestive’ mean the biscuit aids digestion?
No. The checked Schär product information explains that ‘digestive’ is a traditional British biscuit name and does not mean the biscuit aids digestion.
Can a gluten-free digestive go into the shared tin?
Keep it separately identified rather than mixing it with other biscuits. Check the current pack and the intended colleague’s requirements first: the checked Schär gluten-free digestive contains soya and may contain lupin.
What allergen information should colleagues be able to see?
Keep the current pack’s ingredients and any ‘may contain’ statement accessible. Coeliac UK explains that listed allergens in prepacked-food ingredients are emphasised, while Food Standards Agency research describes ‘may contain’ wording as precautionary information about possible unintended presence.