At school, the extraordinary history teacher "Jock" taught us all sorts of things, not all of them on the syllabus. One of these was about adulteration of food in Victorian times. Chalk was being put in milk and flour to whiten it and bulk it up! Flour had other flours made from potato, peas and beans added for bulk. Thank goodness that doesn't happen now!
Which brings us to Penguin Biscuits. We all love that chocolate covered biscuit with a nice cuppa and a very fine tradition they are too. The ingredients include soya (bean flour) and calcium carbonate (chalk).
But nowadays due to the wonder of marketing, chalk is now a selling point ("Added Calcium") and therefore helps build childrens' bones.
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