Magic Minute What’s In A Biscuit?
MAGIC MINUTE // Ever wondered what’s really in your favorite biscuits?
Well, I found this out in a roundabout way.
When I was 15 I remember seeing scores of large Drums of freshly rendered white animal fat while visiting a meat works.
10 years later my flat mate Joe, the purchasing officer with a renowned Biscuit Company, happened to say, “I mustn’t forget to order those truckloads of tallow for our sweet biscuits.”
“Hey isn’t tallow candle wax?”
“Nah, it’s just a fancy name for animal fat.”
Those drums of fat in the meat works sprang to mind.
So according to Joe, those enticing sweet biscuits we love so much have a hearty percentage of that animal fat I’d seen – and tons of sugar!
Might be yummy but not all that healthy!
I’m Laurie Smale… Till my next Magic Minute 🪄
