If you want a savoury breakfast, chocolate sprinkles aren’t an obvious choice of topping: they’re sweet, while the Netherlands Nutrition Centre lists eggs, hummus and cottage cheese among its topping suggestions. If you fancy a sweet rusk now and then, compare the flavour and portion size, and check the ingredients and allergens on the pack you choose.
If savoury flavours are your priority, chocolate sprinkles aren’t what you’re looking for. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre lists eggs, hummus and cottage cheese among its topping suggestions; check the ingredients and allergens of the product you choose.
If you’re in the mood for a sweet rusk, you can compare different flavours. Also consider how much you use each time and check the allergens on the exact pack.
If you want to measure out sprinkles for each rusk in advance or alternate between different types, a pack of individual portions can be useful. Check which types and portion sizes it contains.
First decide whether you want a savoury-tasting breakfast. You only need to compare types of sprinkles and pack sizes if a sweet rusk is what you have in mind.
| What to consider | What should you check? | Who is this important to? |
|---|---|---|
| Savoury or sweet topping | First choose the flavour you want. Only compare chocolate sprinkles if a sweet topping suits you. | If I want a savoury breakfast, I’m not looking for a chocolate flavour on my rusk. For around 50% of consumers, a savoury option would be the first priority. |
| Flavour | Compare, for example, dark, milk or mixed varieties. Read the ingredients and allergens for the variety you choose. | If you fancy a sweet rusk, the chocolate flavour may be especially important, but you’ll still want to know what’s in that variety. For around 30% of consumers, flavour would come first. |
| Pack size and portions | Check the net weight and, for individual portions, the number of portions and the amount in each one. | If I’m having a few rusks at a time, I want to choose between sprinkling them myself and using pre-measured portions. For around 20% of consumers, the packaging would be the main consideration. |
Chocolate sprinkles are still a sweet topping, even on a rusk. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre highlights sugar and saturated fat as things to consider when choosing chocolate sprinkles.
Choose a topping to suit the flavour you want: a savoury topping for a savoury breakfast, or chocolate sprinkles when you’re deliberately in the mood for something sweet.
Albert Heijn lists milk and lactose in AH Hagelslag puur. So the flavour name alone doesn’t tell you which allergens a product contains.
Read the allergen information on the pack of the exact variety you’re choosing. If you’re buying an assortment, check each type individually too.
De Ruijter sells regular chocolate sprinkles, as well as a Kleintjes pack containing eight individual portions.
Venz sells chocolate sprinkles in dark, milk and other flavours.
The own-label range includes AH Hagelslag puur in a 600 g pack.
Jumbo sells own-label chocolate sprinkles, including milk, dark and duo varieties in 600 g packs.
Kiekeboe is an ALDI own-label brand with a 600 g pack of dark chocolate sprinkles.
Lidl lists a dark chocolate sprinkles variety from Mister Choc.
Not if you’re specifically looking for a savoury flavour: chocolate sprinkles are a sweet topping. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre lists eggs, hummus and cottage cheese among its topping suggestions; choose chocolate sprinkles when you fancy a separate sweet rusk.
No. Albert Heijn lists milk and lactose in AH Hagelslag puur. Check the label on the pack you choose for every dark variety rather than relying on the flavour name.
According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, allergen information must appear on the label of pre-packed products. Check the information on the specific pack, even if you’ve bought a different variety from the same brand before.
No, that doesn’t follow. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority’s information about iodine compounds in bread, bread substitutes and other bakery products says nothing about the ingredients in a pack of chocolate sprinkles. Check the ingredients of the rusk and the chocolate sprinkles separately.
