Scientists reveal you’ve been eating Jaffa Cakes the wrong way… here’s how you SHOULD be doing it
The conventional Half Moon technique has been rubbished by boffins as it fails to make the most of the flavours offered by the sweet treat
BRITS have been eating Jaffa Cakes wrong - scientists have claimed.
For decades many have sunk their teeth into the zesty treat to create a half moon shape before polishing it off, but this technique has been rubbished by boffins.
The perfect method for eating one of the country's favourite treats is to carry out the All Rounder techinique.
In order to make the most of the flavour biscuit lovers should nibble around the edge and save the orange filled centre last.
A study by food scientist Dr Stuart Farrimond found doing so "gives the almost perfectly optimised balance of zesty orange, slightly bitter chocolate and sweet airy sponge."
Dr Farrimond said: "Given that the orange jam layer is pooled in the central segment of the Jaffa Cake, difference eating styles will result in different combinations of these three layers in each mouthful.
"Whilst the most common way to eat a Jaffa Cake is the Half Mooner technique, our research concluded that the All Rounder with the middle portion of the Jaffa Cake eaten as one, gives the optimum sweetness, taste and flavour, and this can only be fully appreciated by nibbling the edge off first and then eating the middle portion alone".
The survey found two thirds of Brits polish off at least one packet of Jaffa Cakes a week cementing its place as one of the country's best loved treats since 1927.
Former Great British Bake Off champ Francis Quinn baked the world's largest Jaffa Cake last year as a nod to the sweet treat.
Last year McVities caused fury among shoppers after shrinking the standard pack from 12 to just 10.
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