Choose plain currant or raisin buns if you’re mainly looking for fruit buns for your buffet. If you’d also like a pronounced dark chocolate flavour, choose chocolate separately and check that its cocoa percentage is stated. Storage advice to keep buns in a dark place tells you nothing about whether they contain chocolate. Match the size of the buns to your portions, and check the latest allergen information before serving.
If you’d like to offer a dark flavour alongside the fruit buns, decide whether the chocolate needs to be in the bun or whether you can serve it separately as part of the buffet. The cocoa percentage on a chocolate bar does not describe the ingredients in a currant bun.
When your buffet includes several dishes, it makes a difference whether you put out mini or regular buns. Check both the size of the buns and the number in each pack. The pack size alone won’t tell you how many buffet portions you want to serve.
If you’re serving guests with food allergies, read the labels on both the buns and any chocolate. PLUS lists wheat and milk among the ingredients in its currant buns; always follow the ingredients and warnings on the packaging of the products you’re actually serving.
First, decide whether you’re happy to serve the dark flavour in a separate chocolate option. Then compare the portions offered by the currant buns and check the ingredients of both buffet items.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this most important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Dark chocolate flavour | Check whether chocolate is an ingredient in the bun, or choose a separate bar with a stated cocoa percentage. ‘Store in a cool, dark place’ is storage advice only. | If I’m shopping specifically for a dark flavour, I want to know which buffet item will provide it. Around 40% of consumers put this question first. |
| Size and quantity | Compare the size of the buns, the number in the pack and the storage instructions for the pack you choose. | With other buffet dishes to consider, I want to offer portions that fit my serving plan. For around 30% of consumers, choosing the right portions comes first. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the latest labels on both the buns and the chocolate. If the buns are unwrapped, ask for allergen information. | If guests need to avoid certain ingredients, I want to know what I’m serving before it goes on the table. This is the first concern for around 30% of consumers. |
Jumbo’s storage advice for its raisin and currant buns is to keep them ‘in a cool, dark place’. For separate dark chocolate, Jumbo and Albert Heijn state a cocoa percentage instead. These details relate to different products.
If you’re looking for chocolate in the bun, check the product description and ingredients for that specific bun. If separate chocolate works too, make it a second choice for the buffet.
A pack of smaller buns and a pack of regular buns don’t offer the same serving options. Pack sizes also vary: Albert Heijn, for example, lists a pack of four, Jumbo a pack of six and PLUS a pack of eight.
First decide how large you want the portions to be, then compare the number of buns in each pack.
A product description you viewed earlier may not match the packaging of the product you put on the table. This is particularly important when guests need to avoid certain ingredients.
Read the latest labels on the buns and chocolate before serving. If the buns are unwrapped, ask about allergen information before buying.
A reference to baker’s salt on one currant bun doesn’t tell you which ingredients are in other currant buns. Brood.net explains the guidelines for using iodised baker’s salt, but that doesn’t confirm the ingredients of any particular product.
If the type of salt matters to your choice, check the information for the specific product and ask the manufacturer for clarification if needed.
These shops offer some useful options when choosing currant buns. Any chocolate products they list are separate items, not features of the buns.
Albert Heijn has a category for currant and muesli buns, and also lists dark chocolate separately, including a Delicata bar with 70% cocoa solids.
Jumbo lists white wheat, raisin and currant buns in packs of six, as well as a separate dark chocolate bar with at least 46% cocoa solids.
PLUS lists regular currant buns and an eight-pack described as ‘stays tasty for longer’, with different bun sizes available too.
ALDI describes its raisin and currant buns as wheat buns containing raisins and currants, sold in packs of six.
Lidl lists currant buns in packs of six, among other options, as well as smaller varieties for a different serving size.
These Joybuy options are chocolate bars for anyone who wants to serve dark chocolate separately alongside currant buns. They are not currant buns, so choose the buns separately and check the labels on both products.
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A separate chocolate option to serve with currant buns. This bar states 78% cocoa and weighs 100 g.
According to the product information, the bar contains milk and may also contain hazelnuts, almonds, other nuts and soya. Check the latest label before serving it to guests.
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For anyone who wants to serve chocolate separately from the currant buns. The bar states 70% cocoa and weighs 100 g.
Check the latest label for ingredients and allergens before serving, even if you’re putting the chocolate out alongside the buns.
No. ‘Store in a dark place’ is storage advice, not a list of ingredients. If you want chocolate in the bun, look for an explicit mention in the product description and ingredients for that bun. A cocoa percentage on a separate bar applies only to the bar.
Yes. Use the allergen information on the packaging of the product you’re serving. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority explains how allergens are listed on labels for prepacked foods; the listed PLUS currant buns contain wheat and milk, among other ingredients.
You can if the instructions on the packaging you’ve chosen allow it. PLUS says its ‘stays tasty for longer’ currant buns can be frozen at home on the day of purchase and used within one month. Don’t automatically apply this advice to other varieties.
No. Check each product’s ingredients rather than assuming they’re the same as those in another pack. Check the ingredients information and ask the manufacturer for clarification if the type of salt matters to your choice.
