If every advent calendar compartment needs to contain chocolate, compare the nutritional information for Céréal Chocolate Chip Cookie and Céréal Choco Delight Puur: Albert Heijn lists 0 g of sugars per 100 g for the first biscuit, while Jumbo lists 0.5 g per 100 g for the second. Before filling your calendar, also check the serving size, polyols and allergens on the current packaging. Verkade San Francisco Zero and AH Digestive 0% sugar are only alternatives if chocolate isn’t essential.
You want a chocolate biscuit for your advent calendar and are comparing the stated sugar content. Albert Heijn lists 0 g of sugars per 100 g for Céréal Chocolate Chip Cookie; Jumbo lists 0.5 g per 100 g for Céréal Choco Delight Puur.
You’re filling several compartments or handing out biscuits, and want to check the number of biscuits, serving size and ingredients in advance. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre recommends offering small portions and checking for allergies and dietary requirements before serving treats.
You’re choosing for someone with an allergy, a dietary requirement or sensitivity to polyols. As well as the nutritional information, read the ingredients and allergen details, and check for any warnings on the packaging. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that large amounts of polyols can cause digestive problems.
First decide whether the biscuit needs to contain chocolate. Then compare the sugars per 100 g and per biscuit, and check the number of biscuits and the ingredients before filling your calendar.
| What to consider | What to check before buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate and sugars | Check whether the biscuit contains chocolate and compare the sugars per 100 g and per biscuit in the nutritional information. | I want a chocolate biscuit in every compartment, but I’m also keeping an eye on the stated sugars. Around 37% of consumers say this combination is their main requirement. |
| Portions you can plan | Count the biscuits and compare the number of pieces with the compartments you need to fill; also check the weight of each biscuit. | When filling several compartments, I want to know in advance how many biscuits I can share out. For around 36% of consumers, planning portions comes first. |
| Ingredients and tolerance | Read the current allergen information and check whether the product lists polyols and includes a related warning. | If I’m buying for others, I need to consider their allergies, dietary requirements or sensitivity to polyols. For around 27% of consumers, ingredients and tolerance are the main priority. |
‘Lower in sugars’ doesn’t mean the same as ‘sugar-free’. The front of the pack alone won’t tell you how many sugars are in a calendar-sized portion.
Compare the nutritional information per 100 g and use the weight of each biscuit to work out what one biscuit adds.
The Céréal chocolate biscuits described here contain maltitols. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that large amounts of polyols can cause digestive problems.
Read the ingredients and any warning on the packaging, especially if someone will be having several biscuits or is sensitive to polyols.
The ingredients in Céréal Chocolate Chip Cookie and Choco Delight Puur contain or may contain allergens, including certain grains, milk, egg, soya, nuts or sesame. The details vary by product.
Before handing out biscuits, ask about allergies and dietary requirements, and check the current packaging for each product you choose.
Albert Heijn lists 12 biscuits for Céréal Chocolate Chip Cookie, while Jumbo lists 12 biscuits for Choco Delight Puur. That’s not enough to fill all 24 compartments of a calendar with one biscuit a day.
Count the compartments and recipients before deciding how many biscuits or other suitable treats you’ll need.
Chocolate Chip Cookie and Choco Delight Puur are two different biscuit options if you want chocolate in your advent calendar.
San Francisco Zero is a biscuit for a calendar where not every compartment needs to contain a chocolate biscuit.
AH Digestive 0% sugar is a biscuit option if chocolate isn’t essential.
No, they’re different claims. Read the nutritional information per 100 g and, for an advent calendar, check the weight of each biscuit too. A claim on the front of the pack isn’t a substitute for comparing the figures.
Not without checking who’ll be receiving them and reading the packaging first. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre recommends offering small portions and checking for allergies and dietary requirements before serving treats. Then read the current ingredients and allergen information for the biscuit you’ve chosen.
The warning is relevant to biscuits containing polyols, such as maltitols. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that large amounts of polyols can cause digestive problems, so check the packaging and consider how many biscuits each person will receive.
