Put together this camping breakfast using rusks and chocolate sprinkles that are each labelled ‘gluten-free’. Check the packaging currently available, and avoid contact with crumbs from ordinary bread when preparing your breakfast. Gluten-free rusks alone don’t make the combination suitable for someone with coeliac disease.
You want to check the rusks and chocolate sprinkles separately, and make sure they don’t come into contact with crumbs from ordinary bread while you prepare your breakfast. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre points out that even a stray bread crumb can cause symptoms for someone with coeliac disease.
You want to be able to pack the rusks and topping separately. The rusks need to stay dry, and you’ll need to check the label on each item.
Gluten-free doesn’t mean free from egg or milk. Jumbo lists these allergens for Damhert Nutrition Glutenvrij Beschuiten Biscottes 125 g; check the packaging of the version you’re buying.
First, choose rusks and chocolate sprinkles that each meet your gluten-free requirements. Then think about how you’ll prepare them safely at the campsite and keep them dry.
| What to consider | What should you check? | Who should pay particular attention? |
|---|---|---|
| Gluten-free status and contact with crumbs | Look for the words ‘gluten-free’ on both packs, and use clean, separate utensils for the topping and a crumb-free surface. | If there’s ordinary bread on the table too, I don’t want crumbs ending up on my rusk via a knife or the topping. For around 50% of consumers, avoiding contact with gluten would be the main concern. |
| Keeping everything dry | Check the packaging and keep the rusks and chocolate sprinkles dry and separately packed during transport and storage. | For a no-cook breakfast, I want the rusks to stay whole and dry on the way. For around 30% of consumers, practical packing would be the priority. |
| Other allergens and availability | Read the allergen information for the exact version, and check that the product you plan to take is available before you leave. | If I also need to avoid egg or milk, or I’m relying on a particular rusk, I don’t want to have to look for an alternative once I’m at the campsite. For around 20% of consumers, these additional requirements would be the main concern. |
If you have coeliac disease, the chocolate sprinkles also need to be suitable for a gluten-free diet. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre also notes that even a stray bread crumb can cause symptoms.
Read both packs and, at the campsite, use clean, separate utensils for the topping and a crumb-free surface.
Jumbo says that Jumbo Lekker Vrij van Gluten Beschuit is no longer part of its online range. So, an existing product page doesn’t mean you can still order the item.
Before you leave, check whether your shop has the product you plan to take. If necessary, choose another breakfast product that meets your requirements in good time.
Looking for an alternative just before you leave takes extra time.
Jumbo lists egg and milk as allergens for Damhert Nutrition Glutenvrij Beschuiten Biscottes 125 g.
Also read the ingredients and allergen information on the packaging of the exact version you’re buying.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority’s information about iodine compounds from baker’s salt doesn’t mean that baker’s salt is used in every rusk.
Check the ingredients list for your chosen rusks if their composition matters to you; don’t use baker’s salt as an indication that a product is gluten-free.
Damhert has a gluten-free range, including a rusk product listed on product pages by Albert Heijn and Jumbo.
Jumbo has a gluten-free range with products sold under the Lekker Vrij van Gluten name.
Albert Heijn has a page for gluten-free products and lists Damhert Glutenvrije beschuit on a product page.
Jumbo lists De Ruijter products in its chocolate sprinkles range.
Jumbo lists several Venz products in its chocolate sprinkles and flakes category.
Under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014, a food can be labelled ‘gluten-free’ when sold to the final consumer if it contains no more than 20 mg/kg of gluten. Check for this label on both the rusks and the chocolate sprinkles you want to combine.
No. The rusks alone aren’t enough: check the chocolate sprinkles too, and avoid contact with crumbs while preparing your breakfast. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre points out that even a stray bread crumb can cause symptoms for someone with coeliac disease.
No, that doesn’t follow from the fact that the rusks are gluten-free. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority describes the presence of iodine compounds in bakery products through the use of baker’s salt, but that doesn’t establish that every rusk contains baker’s salt. Check the ingredients list on the pack you choose.
Don’t assume so just because it’s labelled ‘gluten-free’: Jumbo lists egg and milk as allergens for Damhert Nutrition Glutenvrij Beschuiten Biscottes 125 g. Check the allergen information on the packaging of the exact version before choosing it.
