Choose a dark chocolate biscuit as a planned snack well before or after a training session, rather than automatically treating it as fuel during a long run. Compare the carbohydrates in the portion you’ll actually eat with its fat and fibre content, and try any new choice during an ordinary training session first. Voedingscentrum advises against large portions and foods high in fat or fibre just before exercise.
If you want something sweet beforehand, timing and portion size matter more than the chocolate flavour alone. Voedingscentrum advises taking care with large portions and foods high in fat, protein or fibre just before exercise.
If you’re sensitive to food around a run, consider portion size, fat and fibre, and try the biscuit during an ordinary training session. The word ‘dark’ says nothing about how well you’ll tolerate it.
A stated serving size or a pack with two biscuits per packet can help you decide in advance how many to take. That packaging doesn’t automatically make a biscuit suitable fuel during a race.
First decide when you want to eat the biscuit. Then compare the nutrition per 100 g with the amount you actually plan to have.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Timing and tolerance | Check the portion size, fat and fibre; try the biscuit during training first. | If food can feel heavy shortly before a run, I want to know which portion and timing work for me. Timing and tolerance are the top priorities for around 36% of consumers. |
| Carbohydrates per portion | Convert the carbohydrates per 100 g to the amount you’ll eat. | When planning a long training session, I want to be able to add up what my actual biscuit portion contributes. Around 29% of consumers prioritise calculating the amount per portion. |
| Taking them with you and portioning | Check how many biscuits make up a portion and how they’re packaged. | When I’m out and about, I want to take a pre-planned amount without having to guess how much one portion is. This is the main need for around 21% of consumers. |
| Dark chocolate flavour | Check whether the description refers to a layer of dark chocolate or a chocolate flavour. | I’m mainly looking for a biscuit with a dark chocolate flavour for a planned snack, without treating the flavour name as a sports nutrition claim. This flavour preference is the top priority for around 14% of consumers. |
Dark chocolate describes the type of chocolate. It doesn’t tell you how a biscuit will feel while you’re running or how many carbohydrates your portion provides.
Choose according to when you’ll eat it, the portion size and the nutrition table. Try a new biscuit during training rather than for the first time on an important race day.
The stated portions vary: Albert Heijn lists 13 g for AH Gesuikerde biscuits pure chocolade, Jumbo lists 14 g for Jumbo Chocolade Biscuits Puur, and the information for LU Scholiertje Puur gives 25 g for two biscuits. So the amount you eat at a particular time depends on how many you have.
Convert the carbohydrates per 100 g to your actual portion, and only count the biscuits you eat.
The product information for both Jumbo Chocolade Biscuits Puur and LU Scholiertje Puur lists 25 g of fat per 100 g. Voedingscentrum advises against foods high in fat just before exercise.
It’s better to plan a biscuit like this well ahead of your training session, or choose a time and portion you’ve already tried during training.
Ingredients and product information can change. This is especially important if you need to take allergens into account when buying.
Before eating, check the ingredients, allergens and nutrition information on the pack you receive.
AH Gesuikerde biscuits pure chocolade comes in a 400 g pack and consists of a biscuit with a dark chocolate layer and decorative sugar.
Jumbo Chocolade Biscuits Puur is described as a biscuit with 63% chocolate, in a pack of nine.
LU Scholiertje Puur combines butter biscuits with dark chocolate; the stated portion is two biscuits weighing 25 g in total.
ALDI describes Biscotto Chocoladekoekjes as a pack of 20, with two biscuits per packet.
This biscuit with a dark chocolate flavour could work as a planned snack on a training day. Decide for yourself when to eat it and how much to have; the flavour description doesn’t specify a particular cocoa percentage.
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Consider these dark chocolate-flavoured cookies as a planned snack, rather than automatically treating them as fuel just before a run. The pack contains 70 g; check the nutrition information per portion if you want to plan your intake.
It’s not an obvious choice. Voedingscentrum advises against large portions and foods high in fat, protein or fibre just before exercise. If you still want a biscuit, try a small portion well beforehand during an ordinary training session.
A biscuit can provide carbohydrates, but that doesn’t automatically make it suitable as your main fuel during a long run. Plan your food and drink as a whole for prolonged exercise, and use training to find out what’s practical and comfortable for you.
First compare the nutrition per 100 g, then convert it to the amount you’ll actually eat. For example, the stated portions are 13 g for AH Gesuikerde biscuits pure chocolade, 14 g for Jumbo Chocolade Biscuits Puur and 25 g for two LU Scholiertje Puur biscuits, according to the relevant product information.
Yes. Check the allergen information on the pack you receive when you buy it. Ingredients can change; the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority explains which allergens must be listed on the label.
