Meeting refreshment organisers
If sugar-free biscuits are requested, you need to distinguish them from no-added-sugar and conventional chocolate biscuits before putting out a shared selection.
Who is choosing the biscuits?
Organisers accommodating dietary needs
You need the exact pack’s ingredients and precautionary allergen statements as well as its sugars figure. A sugar-free label does not establish whether a biscuit is suitable for an attendee with an allergy.
What should you check before buying?
Establish which biscuits meet the sugar-free request, then compare their ingredients and the number of servings you can offer.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar-free claim | Business Companion’s February 2025 UK guidance sets the sugar-free claim limit at no more than 0.5g sugars per 100g of food. Check the figure and wording on the exact pack rather than another biscuit in the range. | I need to know which biscuits can go in the sugar-free selection. Diablo lists 0.2g sugars per 100g for its 130g chocolate-chip cookies; ASDA lists 0.3g per 100g for The Skinny Cookie Co’s chocolate-chip cookies. |
| Allergens | Read the ingredients and ‘may contain’ statements for each variant. Diablo lists egg in its chocolate-chip cookies and peanuts in its chocolate-striped peanut cookies; ASDA lists wheat and soya in The Skinny Cookie Co’s chocolate-chip cookies. | Before offering biscuits to a group, I want attendees to be able to identify the ingredients in each pack. I would not make the peanut variety the default when allergy requirements are unknown. |
| Portions and nutrition | Compare pack size and stated servings. If carbohydrate or energy matters to the choice, read those figures separately from sugars: Diablo lists 39g carbohydrate and 462 kcal per 100g for its sugar-free chocolate-chip cookies. | I need enough portions for the meeting without assuming that a low sugars figure describes the rest of a biscuit’s nutrition. ASDA states a two-cookie serving and ten servings per pack for The Skinny Cookie Co’s chocolate-chip cookies. |
| Sweeteners and serving | Check the exact pack’s sweeteners, excessive-consumption warning and storage directions. Diablo’s chocolate-chip cookies and ASDA’s Skinny Cookie Co listing both carry an excessive-consumption warning. | Guests should be able to see the pack information and decide how many biscuits they want, particularly if several portions are set out. |
What could cause a mix-up?
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Reading ‘no added sugar’ or ‘free from’ as sugar-free
These phrases describe different things. Gullón lists 3.5g sugars per 100g for its no-added-sugar Slimms Milk Choc Digestives, while Tesco lists 31.7g per 100g for its gluten- and wheat-free Chocolate Digestives.
For a sugar-free selection, compare the exact biscuit’s declared sugars per 100g with the limit in Business Companion’s February 2025 UK guidance: no more than 0.5g per 100g.
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Assuming sugar-free means suitable for every guest
The checked varieties have different ingredients and precautionary allergen statements, including wheat, soya, egg or peanuts depending on the biscuit.
Ask about relevant allergies before choosing, and keep each variety identifiable with its pack information available to attendees.
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Using sugars as a stand-in for all nutrition
Diablo lists 0.2g sugars, 39g carbohydrate and 462 kcal per 100g for its sugar-free chocolate-chip cookies. The sugars figure alone does not describe the other two values.
Read the per-100g panel alongside the stated serving size when deciding what to put out.
Which brands provide useful references?
These exact-product figures illustrate why a claim on one biscuit should not be applied to another variety or an entire brand.
Diablo
Diablo publishes nutrition information for sugar-free chocolate-biscuit varieties.
- The maker lists 0.2g sugars per 100g for both its 130g chocolate-chip cookies and its 150g chocolate-striped peanut cookies.
- Their ingredients and allergen statements differ; the striped variety contains peanuts. Check the chosen pack rather than treating the varieties as interchangeable.
The Skinny Cookie Co
ASDA lists a 230g pack of this brand’s sugar-free chocolate-chip cookies.
- ASDA states 0.3g sugars per 100g and ten two-cookie servings per pack.
- Its listing identifies wheat and soya, possible nuts and milk, and an excessive-consumption warning.
Gullón
Gullón uses sugar-free and no-added-sugar wording across different chocolate-biscuit varieties, making the exact product important.
- Its UK range includes chocolate-chip cookies described as sugar-free.
- Its Slimms Milk Choc Digestives page also uses ‘sugar free biscuit’ wording but lists 3.5g sugars per 100g. Do not assign that digestive to the sugar-free selection on the basis of the wording alone.
McVitie's
Milk Chocolate Digestives provide a conventional chocolate-biscuit reference, not a sugar-free option.
- McVitie's publishes a sugars figure of 28.5g per 100g for that exact product.
- That figure does not describe every McVitie's biscuit; keep any conventional pack distinct from a sugar-free selection.
Tesco
Tesco’s Free From Chocolate Digestives show why a dietary claim needs to be read for what it specifies.
- Tesco labels this product gluten- and wheat-free and lists its nutrition per 100g.
- Tesco lists 31.7g sugars per 100g for this biscuit. Its ‘Free From’ name is not a sugar-free claim.
Joybuy product option
This Joybuy option is a 97g sandwich-cookie pack for the meeting. Check its current sugars-per-100g figure and allergen information before putting it in a sugar-free selection.
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Oreo Zero Sugar Sandwich Cookies, 97g
The 97g sandwich-cookie pack is an option for meeting refreshments. Before serving it as sugar-free, check the current pack’s sugars per 100g, ingredients and allergen statements.
Frequently asked questions
Does ‘no added sugar’ mean a chocolate biscuit is sugar-free?
No. Business Companion’s February 2025 UK guidance sets the sugar-free claim limit at no more than 0.5g sugars per 100g of food. Gullón, for example, lists 3.5g per 100g for its no-added-sugar Slimms Milk Choc Digestives, so check the exact pack’s figure.
What should I check about allergies before serving the biscuits?
Ask about relevant allergies, then check each exact pack’s ingredients and precautionary statements and leave that information available. The checked chocolate-chip products list wheat and soya, while Diablo’s chocolate-striped peanut cookies contain peanuts.
How should I set out opened packs at a meeting?
Keep each biscuit variety identifiable and its original packaging accessible so attendees can check ingredients. Follow the selected pack’s storage directions after opening rather than assuming every variety has the same instructions.