GETTY Brits love a biscuit

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The nation's addiction to its favourite snack shows more than one in four (27 per cent) eat biscuits every single day and a further 29 per cent eat them every couple of days. A third of British adults regularly eat four or more biscuits in one session, most often with a cuppa. Such is the popularity of everything from digestives to Hob Nobs that only a measly two per cent of the country never eats them, said the survey by trade 'bible' The Grocer.

GETTY 20 per cent of Brits will polish off a packet of biscuits in one go

Despite health kicks, the obesity crisis and a growing campaign against too much sugar in our diets, it has not prevented the British obsession with Bourbons, Rich Teas and every other brand of biccie, said The Grocer.

We lack restraint when it comes to this teatime treat The Grocer

It found 19 per cent admit they have eaten a whole packet of biscuits in one sitting, those in the North West are most likely to eat biscuits every day and, age wise, it is the under 25s who are the biggest consumers. Not surprisingly perhaps, Britain's biscuit boom goes hand in hand with the nation's tea habit and 33 per cent only eat biscuits with a cuppa with dunking particularly popular in the North East and Wales and the over-35s. The habit is not likely to go away either with the popularity of shows such as The Great British Bake-Off and charity coffee mornings encouraging more people to bake their own versions of cookies and biscuits. Wales and East Anglia are the regions where home cooked biccies are most popular, London and the Midlands least popular, said the survey of over 2,000 adults by Harris Interactive for The Grocer.

GETTY Only 2 per cent of the country never eat biscuits

It showed men are only slightly bigger biscuit consumers than women - 29 per cent of men compared to 25 per cent of women eat them every day. The Grocer said: "Brits love a biccie. We have arguments over which is the best dunker, the most fancy and whether Kit Kat really is a biscuit or an intruder in the biscuit aisle.

GETTY 27 per cent of Brits eat a biscuit every day

"And few Brits can stop at one. We lack restraint when it comes to this teatime treat. At least a third of Brits munch down on four or more biscuits in one sitting!" However, it is not all good news for the industry, said The Grocer, as the survey also showed 32 per cent say they try and cut down on the amount of biscuits they eat.