If you’re serving sandwiches with chocolate sprinkles and demand is low, half a wholemeal loaf is a better fit than a full loaf; for rusks with chocolate sprinkles, half a loaf isn’t a smaller pack of the same product. Choose the size of chocolate sprinkles pack to suit your needs, and compare the sugar content per 100 g and per portion. For unwrapped food served in a canteen, allergen information must be available before purchase, according to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.
If you’re shopping for one person or a small household, a whole loaf may be around longer than you’d like. Jumbo lists around 11 portions for its Fijn Volkoren Half loaf. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre recommends freezing bread in portions soon after buying it if you won’t eat it quickly.
If you use chocolate sprinkles on rusks or sandwiches, both the amount you use each time and the pack size matter. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre gives nutritional information for a 15 g portion of chocolate sprinkles; also check the label of the variety you’re planning to buy.
For filled sandwiches sold unwrapped, allergen information must be accessible to customers before they buy. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority sets out this information requirement for unwrapped foods.
First decide whether you want to serve rusks or sandwiches: choosing half a loaf only reduces the amount of bread you have in stock. Then choose a pack of chocolate sprinkles to suit how much you’ll use, and check the latest nutritional and allergen information for each product.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Wasting bread | For sandwiches, check the loaf size and number of portions; freeze the bread in portions soon after buying it if needed. | If I’m serving just a few sandwiches, I want to avoid having the rest of the loaf left over. Around 42% of consumers would name reducing bread waste as their main concern when buying. |
| Portions and sugar | For chocolate sprinkles, compare the sugar content per 100 g and per portion used, as well as the pack size. | When serving chocolate sprinkles on rusks or bread, I want to compare how much I sprinkle on and how much sugar it contains. Around 33% of consumers would choose portion size and sugar as their main priority. |
| Allergens when serving | Check the latest labels for both the bread or rusks and the chocolate sprinkles, and make the information accessible when serving unwrapped food. | When serving an unwrapped lunch, I need to be able to tell guests about allergens before they buy. For around 25% of consumers, accessible allergen information would be the main requirement. |
The size of the loaf determines how many sandwiches you need to use up; the size of the chocolate sprinkles pack determines how much topping you have in stock. For a lunch with rusks, choosing half a loaf won’t change how many rusks you have.
Choose the size of your loaf or rusk pack and your chocolate sprinkles pack separately, based on how much you expect to use.
Those words don’t tell you how much chocolate sprinkles you’ll use each time. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre classifies chocolate sprinkles as a sweet sandwich topping that falls outside the Wheel of Five.
Compare sugar content per 100 g, check which products are being compared when you see a comparative claim, and consider the portion you’ll use.
The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that using baker’s salt when baking bread isn’t compulsory. So don’t assume that bread contains iodised salt just because it’s labelled as bread.
For packaged bread, read the ingredients list; for unpackaged bread, ask the baker which salt they use.
Bread, rusks and chocolate sprinkles may list different allergens. For unwrapped food served in a canteen, customers must be able to access allergen information before buying, according to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.
Keep the latest labels for the products you’ve chosen, and update the information at the serving point if an ingredient or variety changes.
A brand of chocolate sprinkles and other sweet sandwich toppings; Albert Heijn lists, among other products, a catering pack with 120 portions of 20 g.
A chocolate sprinkles brand with several varieties, including dark chocolate sprinkles.
A supermarket own brand offering products including half wholemeal loaves and dark chocolate sprinkles.
A supermarket own brand offering products including Fijn Volkoren Half and dark chocolate sprinkles in a 200 g pack.
An ALDI own brand; ALDI lists a 600 g pack of dark chocolate sprinkles.
No. Half a loaf means you buy less, but you may still have slices left over. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre recommends freezing bread in portions soon after buying it if you won’t eat it quickly. If you choose rusks, consider the pack size and how you’ll use them separately.
No. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that using baker’s salt when baking bread isn’t compulsory. For packaged bread, check the ingredients list; for unpackaged bread, ask the baker which salt they use.
For unwrapped foods, allergen information must be accessible before purchase. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority sets out the information requirement for 14 allergens. Check the ingredients you’ve chosen and make sure the information is available where the food is served.
A lower-sugar variety is still chocolate sprinkles: compare the label and the portion you use rather than relying only on the wording on the front of the pack. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre classifies chocolate sprinkles as a sweet sandwich topping that falls outside the Wheel of Five.
