The ingredients in McVitie’s Gold Bars include a caramel-flavor coating (70%) made from sugar, palm oil, dried whole milk, glucose syrup, dried whey, dried skimmed milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), and natural flavoring. The biscuits themselves are made from wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin, and thiamin), sugar, palm oil, and crisped rice (which includes rice flour, wheat flour, sugar, barley malt flour, salt, rapeseed oil, and soy lecithin). The bars are also made with partially inverted sugar syrup, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, tartaric acid, malic acid), and salt.

For allergen information, McVitie’s Gold Bars contain barley, milk, soy, and wheat (gluten). They may also contain traces of nuts and sesame, so individuals with allergies to these ingredients should be cautious.