# McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £2.60 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/mcvities-fig-rolls-biscuits-200g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/mcvities-fig-rolls-biscuits-200g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** McVitie's **Price:** £2.60 GBP **GTIN:** 5011021004163 **Stock:** instock ## Summary McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g is soft pastry wrapped around a dense fig centre, 200g in the pack, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the one biscuit on our shelf that is not a variation on sugar and fat.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains wheat (gluten), and it may contain egg, milk, nuts and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.Everything else here is dry: dry and coated, dry and filled, dry and crisp. The usual rules run backwards too: the enemy is drying out rather than going soft. Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand’s published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage, why not to dunk it and what being soft buys you are also covered in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g is soft pastry wrapped around a dense fig centre, 200g in the pack, and it is barely a biscuit at all. That is not a complaint. It is the whole reason it has survived unchanged on British shelves for generations while flashier things have come and gone. Everything else on this shelf is dry: dry and coated, dry and filled, dry and crisp. It is also the only one where fruit is the main event rather than a flavour note. If you want a snap, this is the wrong page. If you want the one biscuit in the cupboard that is not a variation on sugar and fat, it is the right one. The Taste Profile Fig Centre: ●●●●● (5/5) Dense, jammy and seedy, with a real fruit character rather than a flavouring one. Soft Pastry Casing: ●●●●○ (4/5) A cakey wrapper rather than a biscuit, which is what makes this different from everything else on the shelf. Sweetness: ●●●○○ (3/5) Moderate and mostly fruit-derived, which reads differently from sugar on a coating. Dunking Strength: ●●○○○ (2/5) Poor, for the opposite reason to most: it is already soft, so there is nothing for tea to improve. 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind McVitie's The fig roll itself is older than any brand that sells one: a fruit paste wrapped in dough is one of the oldest sweet baked forms there is, and it persists because it solves a real problem, which is how to make fruit portable and keep it that way. That is a more interesting reason to exist than most biscuits have. What You Are Actually Buying A 200g pack of fig rolls. Read the current UK pack. Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains wheat (gluten), and it may contain egg, milk, nuts and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. How Does McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g Compare to: Go Ahead Banana Crispy Fruit Slices Multipack Snack Bars: the other fruit product here and the opposite construction. Go Ahead lays fruit on a thin crisp base; a fig roll wraps the fruit completely in soft pastry. One is light and crisp, the other dense and soft. McVitie's Rich Tea The Light One Biscuits: the same house at the opposite extreme of texture. Rich Tea is thin, dry and built entirely around the dunk; a fig roll is soft and wet and has no interest in your cup at all. Ideal Serving Conditions The usual biscuit rules run backwards here. A fig roll is not trying to stay crisp, so humidity is far less of a threat than it is to anything else on this shelf, and the enemy is the opposite one: drying out. An open pack loses moisture and the casing goes from cakey to tough, which is the one way to ruin these. Keep it sealed and keep it out of a hot cupboard. The Everyday Serve Room temperature: Cold makes the fig centre firm and mutes the fruit. This one genuinely wants a cupboard rather than a fridge. Two with a cup: Dense and satisfying for their size, because the centre is fruit paste rather than air. Two goes further than two of most things here. Nothing added: No butter, no jam, no cream. It already contains the fruit layer that most people would add. What Being Soft Actually Buys You It does not shatter in a bag: A soft biscuit travels far better than a crisp one, because there is nothing rigid to break. It squashes rather than crumbles. It suits a lighter tea: With no coating and only moderate sweetness, it does not flatten a delicate cup the way a chocolate biscuit does. It is genuinely filling: Fruit paste is dense. Two fig rolls do more than two of almost anything else on this shelf. It has no use for a dunk: Nothing here needs softening, so a dunk gains you nothing and costs you the casing. This is a dry eat with a wet middle. Getting It Right with a Hot Drink Plain black tea: The default and a good one. Neither side has to be strong, and the tannin lifts the fruit. Earl Grey: Very good. Bergamot and fig are a better pairing than they sound, and both are quiet enough not to argue. Milky tea: Fine, because there is no coating to fight and the sweetness is moderate. Dunking: Pointless. There is nothing to soften and the casing gives up quickly. Keep it dry and drink alongside. Safety And Purity Allergen Warning: the pastry casing is a wheat product, so this contains gluten and is not suitable for a coeliac diet. The declaration on the current pack is the only reliable source. Ingredients and nutrition: read the current UK pack. Fig has a long traditional association with digestion, which is culinary tradition rather than a claim. We make none. ## Product Questions Is a fig roll really a biscuit?Barely, and that is the point. If you want a snap, this is the wrong page. What is the centre like?Dense, jammy and seedy, with a real fruit character rather than a flavouring one. The seeds are part of it and give a faint grittiness that people either like or do not. Can I dunk it?You can, but there is no point. Nothing here needs softening, so a dunk gains you nothing and costs you the casing. This is a dry eat with a wet middle, and the cup goes beside it. Why has mine gone tough?An open pack loses moisture and the casing goes from cakey to tough. Reseal it properly and keep it out of a hot cupboard. Should I keep it in the fridge?No. Cold makes the fig centre firm and mutes the fruit. A cool cupboard with the pack sealed is right. What drink goes with it?Plain black tea is the default and neither side has to be strong. Earl Grey is the better answer than it sounds, because bergamot and fig are both quiet enough not to argue. Milky tea is fine too. Does it travel well?Better than most, because there is nothing rigid to break. A soft biscuit squashes rather than crumbles, which is a real advantage at the bottom of a bag, and there is no coating to melt. Is it filling?More than its size suggests, because the centre is fruit paste rather than air. Two fig rolls do more than two of almost anything else on this shelf. Why has this product survived so long?Because it solves a real problem rather than being a variation on one. A fruit paste wrapped in dough is one of the oldest sweet baked forms there is, and it exists to make fruit portable and keep it that way. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains wheat (gluten), and it may contain egg, milk, nuts and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this product: Fig Paste (30%), Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Palm), Water, Salt, Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate), Wheat Starch, Acid (Citric Acid).Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy383 kcalFat8.6gof which saturates3.8gCarbohydrate71.7gof which sugars34.8gFibre3.0gProtein3.4gSalt0.6gIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsPack: McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g; soft pastry wrapped around a fig paste centre. Store cool and sealed. The failure mode here is drying out rather than going soft, which is the reverse of every other biscuit on this shelf, so reseal the pack and keep it out of a hot cupboard. Read the net weight, the biscuit count, the ingredient list, the allergen advice and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Characterising components shown.Sourcing & blend. McVitie’s Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g carries the McVitie’s name, the largest brand on the British biscuit shelf. The fig roll itself is much older than any brand that sells one: a fruit paste wrapped in dough is one of the oldest sweet baked forms there is, and it persists because it solves a real problem, which is how to make fruit portable and keep it that way. That is a more interesting reason to exist than most biscuits have, and it is why this product has survived essentially unchanged while flashier things have come and gone.What’s in McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g, and what isn’t:In: soft wheat pastry wrapped completely around a dense, seedy fig paste centre, in a 200g pack.Not in: no chocolate, no coating and no cream filling, which is unusual on this shelf.Contains gluten: the pastry casing is a wheat product and this is not suitable for a coeliac diet.No health claim: the presence of fruit in a sweet baked product is not a benefit and we do not present it as one. Fig carries a long traditional association with digestion, which is culinary tradition and not a claim. ## Flavour Science The flavour of McVitie's Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the biscuit tastes the way it does from the first bite to the last swallow.The outer layer is the pastry casing, and calling it an outer layer is almost too generous, because it is thin and it is soft. What it contributes is a mild, cakey, faintly wheaty sweetness and a texture that gives rather than breaks. There is no snap to wait for and no crumb to shed, which is why this product behaves so differently in the hand and in a bag from everything else on the shelf.The flavour spike is the fig, and it is unambiguously the main event. The centre is dense and jammy with a concentrated fruit sweetness quite unlike sugar on a coating: rounder, slightly tannic at the edges, and carrying a faint grittiness from the seeds that is part of the character rather than a flaw. Because the casing is thin the fruit arrives almost immediately and dominates the whole of the middle of the bite, which is why a fig roll tastes of fruit rather than of biscuit with fruit in it.The base structure is long and slightly tannic, the way dried fruit is. Nothing sugary is left on the palate, and what lingers is closer to the finish of a dried fig than to the finish of a biscuit. That is the reason a fig roll sits beside a lighter tea without flattening it, and it is also why two of them feel like more than two of anything crisp: density and a long finish do what volume does elsewhere.Getting it right in the cup. The honest version of this heading is that there is nothing to gain from a dunk. Every other biscuit on this shelf dunks or refuses to dunk for reasons to do with crispness; this one is already soft, so hot tea has nothing to improve and the casing gives up quickly. Keep it dry. As a pairing it is one of the more flexible products here, because there is no coating to fight and the sweetness is moderate and fruit-derived. A plain black tea is the default and neither side needs to be strong. An Earl Grey is better than it sounds, since bergamot and fig are both quiet enough not to argue. Milky tea is perfectly fine, which is not true of anything coated on this shelf.How water and temperature change it. Every storage rule on this shelf runs backwards for a fig roll, and it is worth knowing which way round it goes. A crisp biscuit is ruined by humidity; a fig roll is ruined by dryness. An open pack loses moisture from the casing, which goes from cakey to tough, and from the centre, which goes from jammy to chewy. Neither change reverses. Reseal the pack properly and keep it out of a hot cupboard or a sunny windowsill, because warmth accelerates the drying rather than melting anything. Cold is the other mistake: the fridge firms the fig centre and mutes the fruit, and there is no coating here that chilling would improve. A cool sealed cupboard at ordinary room temperature is exactly right. ## Recipe Ideas McVitie’s Fig Rolls Biscuits, 200g is soft, dense and fruit-led rather than crisp and sugar-led, so the useful builds treat it as fruit rather than as biscuit. Five below cover the everyday serve, a cheese plate, a warmed pudding, a lunchbox pairing and how to stop a pack drying out. Recipes, born here first The Everyday Serve How to make The Everyday Serve with McVitie's Fig Rolls. 5 min 1 cup Easy You’ll need Two fig rolls Plain black tea or Earl Grey Nothing added to them Method Take them at room temperature. Cold firms the fig centre and mutes the fruit. Brew the tea normally. Neither side has to be strong and the tannin lifts the fruit. Eat them dry. A dunk gains nothing here because there is nothing to soften. Reseal the pack. Drying out is the failure mode, not going soft. What you’ll end up with: Two dense fruit-led biscuits that go further than two of anything crisp, beside a cup that they do not flatten. Fig Rolls on a Cheese Plate How to make Fig Rolls on a Cheese Plate with McVitie's Fig Rolls. 10 min 4 people Easy You’ll need Six fig rolls A blue cheese or a hard sharp one Sharp apple One board Method Slice the fig rolls across rather than serving them whole, so the fruit centre shows. Set them beside a blue or a hard sharp cheese. Fig and cheese is an old pairing and the pastry does the job a cracker would. Add sharp apple for acidity. Serve with tea rather than wine, which the fig tends to flatten. What you’ll end up with: A cheese plate where the fig is already portioned and wrapped. Warmed with Cream How to make Warmed with Cream with McVitie's Fig Rolls. 10 min 4 servings Easy You’ll need Eight fig rolls Pouring cream or thick yoghurt Lemon zest A warm oven or a low grill Method Warm them briefly in a low oven, two or three minutes, until the centre softens. Do not let the casing colour. Arrange in shallow bowls and pour cream over while they are still warm. Grate lemon zest over the top for the acidity the fig has not got. Serve immediately, because they firm up again as they cool. What you’ll end up with: A pudding that tastes like it involved figs, cream and effort, from a 200g pack and ten minutes. The Lunchbox Pairing How to make The Lunchbox Pairing with McVitie's Fig Rolls. 2 min A week Easy You’ll need Two a day Something sharp A properly sealing tub for the opened pack Method Pack two rather than four. They are dense and they go further than a crisp biscuit does. Choose these over a crisp biscuit for a bag. A soft biscuit squashes rather than crumbling, and nothing melts. Reseal the pack at home in something that actually seals, because the box is not enough once it is open. Add something sharp to the box. The sweetness is moderate but it is one-directional. What you’ll end up with: A lunchbox biscuit that arrives whole rather than as crumbs in the bottom of the box. Stopping a Pack Drying Out How to make Stopping a Pack Drying Out with McVitie's Fig Rolls. 2 min Whole pack Easy You’ll need The opened pack A cool cupboard, not the fridge Not a sunny windowsill and not above the oven Method Reseal properly, or move the rest into a tub that closes. Moisture leaving is the problem here, not moisture arriving. Keep the pack out of a hot cupboard. Warmth speeds the drying rather than melting anything. Skip the fridge, which firms the fig centre and mutes the fruit. Use any that have gone tough in the warmed pudding above, where a few minutes of heat brings them most of the way back. What you’ll end up with: A pack where the last two are still cakey and jammy rather than tough and chewy. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._