Choose an individually wrapped biscuit bar if you want to take one wrapper with you. Choose a cereal biscuit or soft spiced cake bar if its flavour, texture or portion size better suits your snack break. Check how many pieces are in each wrapper and compare the nutritional information per 100 g and per portion, as well as the ingredients and allergens.
Start by thinking about what you want from that afternoon snack: an easy-to-carry portion, a particular flavour or a product whose label you can compare first.
A sealed wrapper is handy for work, study or when you’re out and about. But check what’s inside: Jumbo’s product pages show both a LU Time Out bar per wrapper and a Naturel variant with two biscuits per wrapper.
Chocolate, speculoos and spiced cake offer different treats to enjoy with a coffee or as an afternoon snack. Check the actual portion, too: Jumbo says that the Lotus Biscoff chocolate speculoos product reviewed contains three biscuits in each inner pack.
Factors to consider include sugars, saturated fat, salt, fibre, ingredients and allergens. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre recommends comparing nutritional values per 100 g; the per-portion value then shows how much you’ll be eating.
First decide whether a handy wrapper, the nutritional information or the flavour will guide your choice. A chocolate biscuit bar suits a chocolate treat, while a cereal biscuit gives you another option to compare by its label. A soft spiced cake bar could be right if you’re after that texture and a larger portion. In each case, the packaging tells you what you’re actually getting.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Portion and portability | Count the pieces in each inner wrapper and check the portion weight. | If I’m taking something with me, I want to know whether one wrapper contains the amount I have in mind for that occasion. Around 44% of consumers would put portion size and portability first. |
| Nutritional value and allergens | Compare sugars, saturated fat, salt and fibre per 100 g and per portion; read the allergen information. | When choosing products by their labels, I also want to see which ingredients are relevant to me. Nutritional value and allergens would be the first consideration for around 33% of consumers. |
| Flavour and texture | Choose deliberately between options such as a chocolate biscuit bar, cereal biscuit, speculoos or soft spiced cake. | With my coffee, I mainly want a flavour and texture I fancy at that moment. An estimated 23% of consumers would put flavour and indulgence first. |
Individually wrapped doesn’t always mean there’s exactly one biscuit inside. Jumbo lists two biscuits per wrapper for LU Time Out Naturel and three for the Lotus Biscoff chocolate speculoos product reviewed.
Check both the number of inner packs and the number of pieces in each pack before choosing your portion.
A claim about grains, fibre or sugars doesn’t tell you the whole nutritional story. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that comparing products per 100 g makes differences between products with different portion sizes easier to see.
Also check the nutritional information per portion to see how much you’ll actually be eating.
The biscuits and cereal biscuits reviewed list a range of allergens that are present or may be present. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority says that allergens on labels of pre-packed foods must be clearly distinguishable in the ingredients information.
Read the current packaging, even if you’ve bought the product before.
Albert Heijn marks the AH Kruidkoekreep mentioned as discontinued; Lidl says that one of its biscuit bar products is only available in store. So, finding a suitable type of product doesn’t guarantee that a specific pack will be available the next time you shop.
Check whether the specific product is available and, if needed, compare an alternative by portion size, ingredients and label.
These brands offer different types of biscuits and snacks. Compare the specific pack: the features of one variant don’t automatically apply to the whole range.
Jumbo lists both Time Out Choco Chip biscuit bars and Time Out Naturel biscuits under the LU brand.
Jumbo describes a Lotus Biscoff variant with speculoos and chocolate.
Lidl Netherlands lists biscuits, cereal biscuits, wafers and bars among its Sondey products.
ALDI Netherlands lists multigrain biscuits, fruit bars, muesli bars and fruit and nut bars among its Golden Bridge products.
These products are options for a sweet afternoon snack, from chocolate biscuits to biscuit bars and wafers. Check each pack to see whether you want to eat one bar, one wafer or several pieces at once. Assess the nutritional information and allergens on the current label.
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A handy choice if you’re after a chewy bar with a cookie dough flavour. Check how the bars are divided between the wrappers, and read the portion size and allergen information on the packaging.
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For a snack break when you fancy biscuits with milk chocolate. If you’re looking for a one-off portion, check how many biscuits are in each wrapper, and check the allergens.
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A choice for anyone who fancies a strawberry wafer as an afternoon snack. The product name lists 12 x 27 g; use the nutritional table and allergen information on the current packaging to compare it with other products.
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A small chocolate wafer with a pistachio flavour. The product name lists 10 x 12.5 g; read the ingredients, allergens and nutritional information on the label before choosing it.
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For anyone looking for wafers with hazelnut and milk flavours. The product name lists ten pieces; check the pack for the weight per wafer, nutritional information and full allergen details.
First compare the nutritional values per 100 g, then consider how much you actually want to eat. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says manufacturers set their own portion sizes, so comparing products per portion without taking the amount into account can give you a different picture.
Read the ingredients information and any warnings on the current packaging. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority says that required allergen information must be clearly distinguishable in the ingredients list. Check the specific product rather than relying on a previous purchase.
No, that kind of claim doesn’t show the full nutritional picture. Also check the ingredients list and compare sugars, saturated fat, salt and fibre per 100 g and per portion, depending on what matters for your choice.
