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== Consumption == [[File:Loaded Tea Tray (7610014554).jpg|thumb|right|Plain digestive biscuits with tea, jam and cakes on a serving tray.]] Digestive biscuits are frequently eaten with [[tea]] or [[coffee]]. Sometimes, the biscuit is [[dunking (biscuit)|dunked]] into the tea and eaten quickly due to the biscuit's tendency to disintegrate when wet. Digestive biscuits are one of the top 10 biscuits in the UK for dunking in tea.<ref name="Telegraph"/> The digestive biscuit is also used as a [[Cracker (food)|cracker]] with [[cheese]]s, and is often included in "cracker selection" packets. In the UK, McVitie's digestive is the best selling biscuit, with 80 million packs sold annually,<ref name="mcvitie.brand.history" /> though there are many other popular brands (such as [[Cadbury]]βs) as well as supermarkets' own versions.<ref name="YouGov"/> Digestives are also popular in [[food preparation]] for making into bases for [[cheesecake]]s and similar [[dessert]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/recipes/recipesearch/recipe/0209052-r08.asp|title=Waitrose: Banoffee Pie|website=waitrose.com|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303131250/http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/recipes/recipesearch/Recipe/0209052-r08.asp|archive-date=3 March 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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