Let your choice depend on what you’re serving for breakfast: choose soft, evenly shaped slices for toasties or sandwiches, or look for a round loaf or tiger loaf if the crust matters more. A half loaf keeps your initial supply small, but won’t prevent waste on its own. Ideally, freeze any leftover slices in portions as soon as you buy them, and check the label for ingredients, allergens and nutritional information.
If there’s just one or two of you and you only eat a few slices at the weekend, a half loaf keeps your supply manageable. If you don’t get through it, you can freeze the rest in portions. The Voedingscentrum recommends freezing bread as soon as you buy it if you plan to use it later.
Soft, evenly shaped slices are a good choice for toasties or club sandwiches. Albert Heijn suggests these uses for AH Extra lang lekker casino wit half; for other loaves, check the individual product description.
If you want to buy white bread but still compare the fibre content of different products, use the nutritional information per 100 g. White bread with added fibre is not the same as wholemeal bread: according to the Voedingscentrum, wholemeal bread is made from 100% wholemeal flour.
First, work out how many slices you’ll actually use and what you’ll use them for. Then compare the packaging and labels of the loaves available at your shop.
| What to consider | What to check | Who will find this most important? |
|---|---|---|
| Keeping your supply small | Check the pack size and the date on the closure clip. Think about which slices you want to freeze in portions straight away. | If I only eat a few slices at the weekend, I want to avoid leaving the rest uneaten. For around 33% of consumers, keeping a small supply and reducing waste is the main concern. |
| Soft slices | Check whether the product description mentions soft, square bread or says it’s suitable for toasties and sandwiches. | For my toastie or sandwich, I want evenly shaped slices, not a loaf with a particularly firm crust. This is the main consideration for around 27% of consumers. |
| Fibre and type of bread | Compare fibre per 100 g and read the ingredients list. Check whether the product is white or wholemeal. | I want to keep eating white bread, but compare fibre content carefully. Around 20% of consumers give this the highest priority. |
| Availability | Check whether the half loaf you want is available at your usual shop and whether you can collect or order it there. | If you want to pick up your bread at your usual supermarket, you’ll need to be able to find a suitable option there. Availability is the most important factor for around 20% of consumers. |
You can still have slices left over from a half loaf. The Voedingscentrum lists bread as a product that is often wasted.
Work out how many slices you’ll need this weekend and freeze the rest in breakfast-sized portions as soon as you buy it.
The two types of bread don’t have the same ingredients. According to the Voedingscentrum, white bread is made from refined flour, while wholemeal bread is made from 100% wholemeal flour.
If you want wholemeal bread, check the type of bread. If you want white bread, compare the fibre content per 100 g on the packaging.
The ingredients and allergens in the white half loaves we looked at vary by product. The name ‘white bread’ doesn’t tell you what other ingredients it contains.
Check the current packaging every time you buy, especially if you need to avoid an ingredient because of an allergy.
Albert Heijn lists several types of half white loaf, including square and round loaves.
At Jumbo, you can compare product descriptions for casino wit half, tostibrood wit half and boeren tijgerbrood wit half.
Lidl lists white bread in its in-store range.
ALDI lists standard half and whole loaves in its bakery range and shows a listing for half white bread.
PLUS lists products including rond wit half, boeren tijger wit half and tostibrood wit half.
Dirk lists Bakker van der Akker Casino wit half as a soft white bread option.
Not by itself: you can still have slices left over from a half loaf. Work out how much you’ll use over the weekend and freeze the rest in portions as soon as you buy it, as the Voedingscentrum advises for bread.
No. According to the Voedingscentrum, wholemeal bread is made from 100% wholemeal flour, while white bread is made from refined flour. Compare the fibre content per 100 g in white bread, but don’t take a higher fibre content as proof that it’s wholemeal.
You can’t tell from the name ‘white bread’. For example, the ingredients list for AH Zaans wit half mentions iodised salt; check the current packaging for any other loaf.
Read the current label for the specific loaf. The white half loaves we looked at contain wheat and gluten; some products also list other allergens or possible traces. Don’t assume that every brand uses the same ingredients just because the bread has the same name.
