If you want to use a ready-baked breakfast cake with grains and seeds as an ingredient, Peijnenburg’s Tussendoor+ bars are one option. If you want to choose the shape of your biscuits and the type and amount of seeds yourself, start with a suitable baking recipe and add the ingredients yourself: a ready-to-eat bar is no substitute for dough or batter.
You’re looking for a ready-baked breakfast cake that specifically lists grains and seeds. Peijnenburg describes its Tussendoor+ bars as containing grains and seeds; you’ll still need a separate recipe to shape and bake biscuits.
You want to choose the additions yourself and decide how to distribute them through the batter or dough. Albert Heijn Allerhande’s wholemeal breakfast cake recipe shows you how to make your own batter, but it uses nuts and isn’t specifically a seed recipe.
The ingredients list, nutritional information and any allergen warnings are what matter most to you. Check the current packaging of both the bar and any loose additions before using them in a recipe.
When: Choose this option if you want to use a ready-baked ingredient containing grains and seeds. Peijnenburg describes its Tussendoor+ Fruit and Choco varieties as individually wrapped bars.
Consider: You can’t treat a bar like uncooked biscuit dough; check your recipe to see whether and how to use it.
When: Start with a recipe if you want to shape the biscuits yourself and choose which seeds or kernels to add.
Consider: Albert Heijn Allerhande’s breakfast cake recipe uses nuts, not a specified seed mix. So make sure any additions and preparation method suit the recipe you’re actually using.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Grains and seeds | Look for specific grains, kernels or seeds to be listed, and check whether you’re buying a ready-to-eat bar or a separate ingredient. | If I’m using a bar in my baking, I want to know whether it actually contains seeds. This ingredient information is the top priority for around 40% of consumers. |
| Ingredients and nutritional information | Read the current ingredients list, allergen information and nutritional values. If a sugar claim is made, also compare the ‘of which sugars’ figures. | When choosing a bar, I need to be able to check which ingredients, sweeteners and allergens it contains. Around 30% of consumers give this the highest priority. |
| Recipe and shape | Decide whether you want to use a baked bar or make your own dough or batter; follow a suitable recipe for the biscuit shape you’ve chosen. | I want to choose how many seeds to add and what shape to make my biscuits. This freedom is the main reason around 30% of consumers choose to bake from scratch. |
Those descriptions alone don’t tell you whether a product contains seeds or kernels. So the wholemeal breakfast cake and zero variant described by ALDI aren’t automatically suitable if you’re specifically looking for an ingredient with seeds.
Check the current ingredients list for the addition you want, rather than relying on the product category.
Peijnenburg lists 7.6 g of sugars per 100 g for Tussendoor+ Fruit, despite the ‘no added sugars’ claim.
Check the ‘of which sugars’ figure per 100 g in the nutritional information and, if provided, per serving too. Also check the ingredients if sweeteners are relevant to your choice.
Baker’s salt is iodised salt, but according to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bakers aren’t required to use it. So you can’t assume a product contains it just because it’s baked.
Check the packaging or ask the baker which salt they’ve used if this matters to you.
The Tussendoor+ varieties are already-baked bars. By contrast, Albert Heijn Allerhande’s breakfast cake recipe starts with ingredients that are mixed into a batter.
Before you start baking, decide whether you’re using a baked bar or making your own dough or batter. Don’t simply use the baking times for breakfast cake in a tin for shaped biscuits.
The Tussendoor+ range includes Fruit and Choco bars, which Peijnenburg describes as containing grains and seeds.
Albert Heijn Allerhande has a recipe for wholemeal breakfast cake with nuts; Albert Heijn also lists Peijnenburg Tussendoor+ in its range.
ALDI describes a wholemeal breakfast cake and a separate zero variant from Koek & Bakker.
Jumbo lists several types of breakfast cake in its category overview, including a gluten-free variety.
These Joybuy products are loose sesame seeds for anyone who wants to choose their own additions for a baking recipe. They’re not breakfast cake bars or biscuit batter, so check your recipe to see whether sesame and the amount you want to use are suitable.
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For anyone who wants to add black sesame to a suitable baking recipe.
91 g pack. This is a loose seed product, not breakfast cake or batter; check your recipe to see how much you need.
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For anyone who wants to choose sesame as an addition to a suitable baking recipe.
44 g pack. This isn’t breakfast cake or batter; check the allergen information and make sure it’s suitable for your recipe.
No. Peijnenburg lists 7.6 g of sugars per 100 g for Tussendoor+ Fruit. Check the nutritional information for the variety you’re buying to see how much sugar it contains.
No. Baker’s salt is iodised, but according to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bakers in the Netherlands aren’t required to use it. Check the packaging or ask the baker which salt they’ve used.
Read the current ingredients list and allergen information on the packaging. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority explains that allergens must be clearly identified on the label; Peijnenburg also states that Tussendoor+ Choco may contain milk, hazelnuts, almonds and other cereals containing gluten.
A ready-to-eat bar isn’t uncooked biscuit dough. If you want to shape your own biscuits, use a suitable recipe; only use a bar as an already-baked ingredient if your recipe allows for it.
