Penguin is a chocolate sandwich biscuit with a chocolate flavoured coating, filled with chocolate flavour cream. It is produced by Pladis' manufacturing division McVitie's at their Stockport factory.
Penguin bars
McVitie's is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name is derived from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, established in 1830 on Rose Street in Edinburgh, Scotla
Penguin (biscuit)
…a chocolate sandwich biscuit with a chocolate flavoured coating, filled with chocolate flavour cream. It is produced by Pladis' manufacturing division McVitie's at their Stockport factory. Since 2025, the coating on the biscuits has been described as "chocolate flavour" because the amount of cocoa it contains…
McVitie's factory in Heaton Chapel, Stockport produces over 2,000 Jaffa Cakes a minute.
Memorial to Robert McVitie, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh
An early 20th century McVitie & Price's Digestive biscuit tin, located in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Plain digestives were launched in 1892.
McVitie's factory in Harlesden, north-west London