It has been around for so long you can imagine the surprise when people realised they were spelling one of the most popular porridge brands WRONG. Scott's Porage Oats has been a common sight on ...

For almost a century and a half, Scott’s Porage Oats have been one of Scotland’s best loved brands, yet the dashing Scotsman or porridge’s ‘poster boy’ remains a mystery to many.

Even a recessionary one. When the athletic Highlander was adopted as a symbol of the original Porage Oats in 1924, porridge was an austerity food, associated with prisons and cold winter mornings.