When doing your weekly shop, start by choosing a pack that suits when you want to eat your biscuits. Individual packets give you a pre-portioned amount, while you can portion out loose biscuits yourself. Then check the amount per portion, compare the nutritional information per 100 g for similar biscuits, and read the current ingredients and allergen information. The word ‘mini’ alone tells you nothing about how much you’ll eat.
For school, work or when you’re out and about, you may want to take a set amount with you. Individual packets, such as the Lotus Biscoff Snack Pack described by Albert Heijn, or containers you fill at home may be more useful than focusing on the size of each biscuit.
If you want your biscuits to last all week, check the total pack size and the number of biscuits or packets. That way, you can work out how many planned snack breaks a pack will cover, without treating a mini stroopwafel as the same product as a biscuit.
If you have a relevant allergy or intolerance, check the information on the current packaging of the exact variant. To compare the ingredients in similar biscuits, use the nutritional information per 100 g rather than relying on the word ‘mini’.
First decide how you want to spread your biscuits across the week. Then check the pack size and read the label for each variant you choose.
| What to consider | What to check before buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Taking portions with you | Check how many packets there are and how many biscuits each contains, or decide how many loose biscuits you’ll portion out yourself. | If I want a set snack portion for work or when I’m out and about, I prefer to prepare it in advance. Portion planning comes first for around 31% of consumers. |
| Stocking up for the week | Check the total pack weight and the number of biscuits or packets for your planned snack breaks. | When I do one shop, I want to take home enough biscuits for the moments I’ve planned, rather than judging by the number of packs alone. The amount needed for the week matters most to around 25% of consumers. |
| Allergens and ingredients | Read the current ingredients and allergen information; compare the nutritional information per 100 g for similar products. | If I need to avoid an ingredient or want to compare nutritional values, I check the exact variant I’m holding. For around 25% of consumers, this is their first priority. |
| Variety and sharing | Check which types of biscuits you’re choosing, how many are in the pack and the label for each variant. | For a coffee break or sharing at home, I mainly want a suitable number and a flavour the others will enjoy too. Sharing or variety comes first for around 19% of consumers. |
A small biscuit doesn’t determine how many you eat at one time. A large pack of loose biscuits won’t portion itself either.
Decide in advance how many biscuits or packets you want to set aside for each occasion, then choose a pack that suits.
A filled biscuit, stroopwafel or other biscuit may contain different ingredients and allergens from a familiar variant in the same product range.
For every variant you choose, read the current ingredients list, the allergens listed and any information about possible traces of other allergens.
A small serving pictured on the pack or a flavour description won’t tell you how the nutritional values of two biscuits compare.
Compare similar products using the nutritional information per 100 g. The Voedingscentrum uses this basis for comparing labels.
The speculoos products described show the difference between pre-portioned packets and loose biscuits in a larger pack.
The mini stroopwafels and mini filled biscuits described are different types of biscuit for a coffee break or sharing.
Jumbo groups a range of mini biscuits together, including branded products and own-label products.
Lidl describes Sondey Mini star biscuits as a store product available in milk chocolate and white chocolate varieties.
ALDI lists mini biscuits and other biscuit sizes and formats under the Biscotto brand.
This selection of Joybuy products includes mini biscuits and other biscuits to consider for planned snack breaks. Check the actual portioning on each pack: a biscuit in a small pack isn’t automatically a mini biscuit.
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For planned snack breaks, check the pack to see how many biscuits you want to set aside each time.
Check the portioning and current allergen information before choosing this variant.
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You can choose these milk chocolate biscuits for a planned coffee or snack break; the product name doesn’t describe them as mini biscuits.
Check how many portions the pack contains and read the allergen information for this variant.
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The pack of three may be a good choice if you want to spread mini biscuits across several planned snack breaks.
Check how many biscuits are in each pack or portion, and read the current allergen information.
No. ‘Mini’ describes the size of a biscuit, not how many you eat. Check how many biscuits are in each packet, or set aside a number of biscuits in advance from a larger pack.
Compare the nutritional information per 100 g for similar biscuits, as the Voedingscentrum recommends when comparing labels. Also check how many grams are in the portion you actually want to set aside.
No. Check the ingredients and allergens on the current packaging of each variant. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority describes the mandatory labelling of 14 allergens; which of these are present varies by product.
Follow the storage instructions for the product you choose. For the mini stroopwafels and mini filled biscuits described, Albert Heijn recommends keeping them in a sealed tin once opened; further storage instructions vary by product.
