Choose aniseed sprinkles if you’re mainly after their flavour. If Fairtrade cocoa is your priority, look for a chocolate product that carries a Fairtrade statement of its own. Jumbo lists sugar, aniseed and wheat starch in De Ruijter Gestampte Muisjes, but no cocoa. Neither option is automatically a complete snack after a tough workout: Voedingscentrum recommends eating foods containing protein and carbohydrates, as well as drinking enough.
You’re looking for something chocolatey after exercise and want the Fairtrade statement to apply to the product you choose. A chocolate bar or chocolate sprinkles may suit your needs better than traditional aniseed sprinkles, provided you check the label.
You’re mainly after aniseed flavour on bread, crispbread or yoghurt. Jumbo lists aniseed in De Ruijter Gestampte Muisjes, but no cocoa in the ingredients, so chocolate sprinkles won’t taste the same.
You want something sweet without mistaking it for a full meal. Voedingscentrum recommends eating foods containing protein and carbohydrates after exercise, as well as drinking enough. Aniseed sprinkles or chocolate can only be one part of your choice.
Let your main priority guide your choice: traditional aniseed sprinkles for aniseed flavour, or chocolate with a product-specific Fairtrade statement if cocoa matters most.
Choose these: if the familiar aniseed flavour in a sprinkle is what you’re after.
The trade-off: the ingredients listed by Jumbo for De Ruijter Gestampte Muisjes don’t include cocoa, so they won’t meet a Fairtrade cocoa requirement.
Choose this: if a Fairtrade statement for cocoa matters more to you than the shape of aniseed sprinkles.
The trade-off: a bar doesn’t have the aniseed flavour or work as a sprinkle. Don’t judge it on its cocoa percentage alone, either.
Choose these: if you’re mainly looking for chocolate sprinkles to scatter over food. Jumbo lists Fairtrade Original Dark Chocolate Sprinkles.
The trade-off: chocolate sprinkles aren’t aniseed sprinkles and, like a bar, aren’t a complete meal after exercise on their own.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who should consider this? |
|---|---|---|
| Fairtrade cocoa | Look for the Fairtrade statement on the specific chocolate product. If it mentions mass balance, read the explanation to understand what that means. | I want to choose chocolate with a clear Fairtrade statement after exercise, even if that means giving up aniseed flavour. Around 40% of consumers prioritise Fairtrade cocoa. |
| Food after exercise | Check the nutritional information per portion and how the product fits into a meal containing protein and carbohydrates, alongside enough to drink. | After a tough workout, I don’t want to mistake my snack for a complete meal. For around 30% of consumers, what they eat after exercise matters most. |
| Aniseed flavour and sprinkle format | Check whether you’re buying aniseed sprinkles or chocolate sprinkles. For aniseed flavour, look at the ingredients list. | I want the flavour of aniseed sprinkles on bread, crispbread or yoghurt, not chocolate. Around 30% of consumers prioritise this preference. |
The ingredients Jumbo lists for De Ruijter Gestampte Muisjes are sugar, aniseed, wheat starch and glucose syrup. This doesn’t mean they contain Fairtrade cocoa. A general Fairtrade statement from a retailer doesn’t apply to every individual product, either.
If you require cocoa, check for a Fairtrade statement on the product itself. Choose aniseed sprinkles for their flavour, not because you expect them to contain chocolate.
Voedingscentrum recommends eating foods containing protein and carbohydrates after exercise, as well as drinking enough. A topping or chocolate bar on its own won’t tell you what the rest of your meal should look like.
Think about the role the sweet product will play in your snack or meal, and check the nutritional information per portion.
A cocoa percentage doesn’t confirm that a product carries a Fairtrade statement, or tell you whether a bar is right for what you want to eat after exercise.
Check the certification, ingredients, allergen information and portion size separately. If a product includes an explanation of mass balance, pay attention to exactly how it’s worded.
For anyone looking for traditional aniseed sprinkles: Jumbo lists sugar, aniseed and wheat starch among the ingredients in De Ruijter Gestampte Muisjes.
The AH Organic Extra Dark Bar is a chocolate alternative, not a product made from aniseed sprinkles. Albert Heijn says the required quantity for this product has been traded and checked as Fairtrade.
Jumbo lists Fairtrade Original Dark Chocolate Sprinkles as a chocolate topping you can scatter over food.
Lidl says its Way To Go products are Fairtrade certified and makes a separate Fairtrade statement about its seasonal chocolate.
ALDI lists Moser Roth Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa as a Fairtrade-certified chocolate product.
PLUS lists a Fairtrade 70% Cocoa Bar and says the cocoa in its own-brand products has been Fairtrade certified since 2020.
These Joybuy bars are for anyone choosing chocolate instead of aniseed sprinkles. They don’t have the aniseed flavour or sprinkle format of aniseed sprinkles. Check the Fairtrade statement and allergen information on the packaging of the variant you choose.
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A dark chocolate bar for anyone who prefers chocolate to the aniseed flavour of aniseed sprinkles.
The product name says 70%, but the product description gives conflicting minimum cocoa percentages. Check the percentage on the packaging if it’s important to your choice.
Consider the bar as part of your snack or meal, and check the current Fairtrade statement, ingredients and allergen information.
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A milk chocolate bar for anyone looking for a chocolate snack instead of aniseed sprinkles.
The product name says the bar contains pecan and caramel. Before buying, check the current Fairtrade statement, full ingredients list and allergen information on the packaging.
Don’t consider aniseed sprinkles a complete meal on their own after a tough workout. Voedingscentrum recommends eating foods containing protein and carbohydrates after exercise, as well as drinking enough. Aniseed sprinkles can add flavour to something else you eat.
Look for a Fairtrade statement that applies to the specific product and check it on the packaging. Albert Heijn says that the required quantity for its Organic Extra Dark Bar has been traded and checked as Fairtrade. For products like this, also read the explanation of mass balance.
Chocolate sprinkles can be an alternative if you want a chocolate topping you can scatter over food, but not if you’re specifically looking for the aniseed flavour of aniseed sprinkles. Jumbo lists Fairtrade Original Dark Chocolate Sprinkles; check the label of the product you choose when buying.
Check the allergen information for each product and variant on the current packaging. Jumbo lists wheat starch in De Ruijter Gestampte Muisjes; the ingredients and possible traces in a chocolate bar or chocolate sprinkles may differ.
