Don’t choose a multiseed croissant as your baby’s first bread for baby-led weaning. The Voedingscentrum recommends brown or wheat bread without kernels or seeds when introducing bread after 6 months. Only offer larger pieces once your baby can sit upright and swallow and chew well.
As your baby gets used to practice foods and coarser textures, the initial texture matters more than visible seeds when making your choice. For babies over 6 months, the Voedingscentrum recommends starting with bread without kernels or seeds.
If you want to offer larger pieces, first consider your baby’s eating skills. The Voedingscentrum says that your baby should be able to sit upright and swallow and chew well before you do so.
If allergens or childcare arrangements affect your choice, check the packaging of the exact product variant and ask the childcare setting in question about its rules.
Start with your baby’s eating skills. Then consider the texture of the bread and check the packaging of the product you’re thinking of buying.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Eating skills | Before offering larger pieces, check whether your baby can sit upright and swallow and chew well. | If my baby is still learning to eat larger pieces, I want to know whether they’re ready for them. Around 50% of consumers would put eating skills first. |
| Initial texture | When introducing bread after 6 months, choose brown or wheat bread without kernels or seeds, as recommended by the Voedingscentrum. | I’m looking for a first bread option and don’t want to mistake visible seeds for a suitable starting texture. For around 30% of consumers, this would be the main priority. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the packaging of the exact product variant. If you’re sending it to childcare, also ask about the setting’s arrangements. | If ingredients or childcare arrangements determine my choice, I want to be able to check the information on the product itself. Around 20% of consumers would make this their first consideration. |
A multiseed croissant has the seeds you’re looking for, but for introducing bread after 6 months, the Voedingscentrum recommends bread without kernels or seeds.
At this early stage, choose the recommended type of bread and offer larger pieces in line with what your baby can already manage.
The name ‘multiseed croissant’ doesn’t tell you which ingredients and allergens are listed for the exact product variant.
Check the current packaging before you buy, and check it again if you switch product or variant.
The word ‘croissant’ doesn’t tell you which salt was used in the product. Brood.net describes the use of iodised baker’s salt in an agreement, but that doesn’t mean every croissant has the same ingredients.
If this matters to your choice, check the ingredients information for the exact product variant.
Albert Heijn lists an AH Multiseed croissant.
Lidl describes its Multiseed Croissant as being made with several types of seed.
Jumbo features various types of croissant, including butter and ready-to-bake options.
ALDI lists croissants among its range of bread products to bake at home.
Dirk features a category that includes croissants and bread rolls.
According to the Voedingscentrum, a baby can try a piece of bread without the crust between 4 and 6 months if they’re used to practice foods and can already manage slightly coarser textures. For babies over 6 months, the Voedingscentrum recommends starting with brown or wheat bread without kernels or seeds.
Only offer larger pieces once your baby can sit upright and swallow and chew well, as advised by the Voedingscentrum. If your baby isn’t ready yet, give them more time before taking this step.
No, not as a first bread option. For babies over 6 months, the Voedingscentrum recommends starting with bread without kernels or seeds; visible seeds don’t make a croissant a more suitable alternative.
Check the ingredients and allergens for the exact product variant you want to buy. If you’re sending it to childcare, also ask about the arrangements there.
No, don’t rely on the product type alone. Brood.net describes the use of iodised baker’s salt in an agreement; if it matters to your choice, check the ingredients information for the croissant in question.
