Girl Guide biscuits tested after complaints

The iconic Girl Guide biscuits are undergoing testing after complaints that this year's batch is not up to standard.

Girlguiding chief executive Ruth Teasdale said the product had not been recalled but it looked like there was a problem where "the mix was a bit dry" in the biscuits that were sent to the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville.

The tests by biscuit manufacturer Griffins could also find that there were problems with biscuits in other parts of the country.

"We will have a clearer picture [this] morning," Ms Teasdale told the Dominion Post.

The biscuits were first sold in New Zealand in 1957 after an original recipe was developed by Cadbury Fry Hudson.

Between 1 million and 1.7m packets of biscuits are sold annually with more than 40 per cent of the sales going to the guiding group which sells them.

- NZPA