Choose mini canoe pastries if you want guests to be able to help themselves to a small treat; choose a standard pack if a larger pastry suits your buffet. Work out how many packs you need by checking the number of pastries per pack, not just the total weight. Check the ingredients and allergens for every variety you serve.
You want to know how many packs you’ll need alongside the other desserts. The packs listed by Jumbo, PLUS, ALDI and Lidl vary in total weight; to count portions, you’ll also need to know how many pastries are in each pack.
You’re looking for a small pastry that guests can pick up individually. Jumbo lists a separate 220 g pack of Butter Mini Canoe Pastries for this purpose.
If you put the pastries out without their packaging, make sure the information provided matches the variety you’re actually serving. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority requires food businesses offering unpackaged products to make allergen information available to consumers in another way.
First decide whether mini or standard pastries will suit your dessert table. Then check how many pastries are in each pack and read the packaging for every variety you plan to serve.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Number of portions | Check how many pastries are in each pack and adjust the quantity to suit your guests and the other desserts. Don’t use the pack weight as a count of pastries. | If I want to put out canoe pastries for my guests, I need to know how many individual pastries I’m buying. Portion planning is the top priority for around 45% of consumers. |
| Self-service | Check whether you’re buying mini or standard pastries and how many the pack contains. | For a help-yourself dessert buffet, I want to put out something small that guests can pick up themselves. Self-service is the main priority for around 33% of consumers. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the current packaging for every variety you serve and keep the relevant information available to guests. | When I serve canoe pastries without their packaging, I want to be able to show guests information for that exact variety. This is the top priority for around 22% of consumers. |
ALDI lists a 330 g standard pack, Lidl a 325 g pack, and Jumbo and PLUS each list a 275 g pack. These weights don’t tell you how many individual pastries you can serve.
Check the number of pastries on the current packaging before deciding how many packs you need.
Ingredients and allergens can vary between brands and varieties. Information for PLUS butter canoe pastries won’t automatically apply to a different pack.
Keep the packaging for every variety you serve, or display the correct product information alongside it. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority requires food businesses offering unpackaged products to make allergen information available in another way.
Lidl lists the Sondey Canoe Pastries reviewed here as an in-store-only product. So a product listing doesn’t confirm that your chosen branch has enough packs in stock.
Check availability at the shop where you plan to buy, and decide in advance which alternative would work for your buffet.
A wasted trip could mean an extra journey or a last-minute change to your dessert plans.
Jumbo lists 275 g Butter Canoe Pastries and a separate 220 g pack of Butter Mini Canoe Pastries.
PLUS describes its 275 g Butter Canoe Pastries as crisp biscuits decorated with almonds and filled with almond paste.
ALDI lists 330 g Canoe Pastries under the Heerlijck Banket brand, describing them as pastries shaped like canoes.
Lidl lists 325 g Sondey Canoe Pastries as butter biscuits filled with almond paste.
Albert Heijn lists both AH Butter Canoe Pastries and AH BASIC Canoe Pastries as separate products.
Work this out using the number of pastries in the pack you’re actually buying, the number of guests and the other desserts you’re serving. A pack’s total weight alone isn’t a reliable way to count how many pastries you can serve.
Keep information for every variety you serve available at the buffet. For example, keep the packaging and display the correct details alongside the product. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority requires food businesses offering unpackaged food to make allergen information available to consumers in another way; this does not constitute a legal statement about a private wedding.
Don’t assume they’re suitable without checking the specific packaging. The Butter Canoe Pastries described by PLUS contain ingredients derived from milk, egg and almonds, among others; ingredients and allergens can vary between other brands and varieties.
