For an organic Christmas breakfast or dessert, first choose chocolate sprinkles whose organic status you can check on the packaging. If you’re comparing the organic dark varieties mentioned here and want a higher cocoa content and less sugar per 100 g, extra dark is one option. The regular dark varieties described are also suitable for bread and decoration. Whatever you choose, check the current ingredients, allergen warnings and nutritional information on the packaging.
You’re looking for chocolate sprinkles for Christmas breakfast, brunch or a cake, and want to check the packaging to see whether they’re organic. The EU organic logo and the related label information are useful here, as explained by the European Commission and Skal Biocontrole.
You want to use chocolate sprinkles on bread, yoghurt, cakes or desserts, and compare the stated cocoa content and sugar per 100 g in organic varieties.
You’re buying for guests or people you live with who need to avoid milk, lactose or soya. In that case, the ingredients list and warnings on the packaging matter more than the word ‘dark’ alone.
First, decide whether organic certification is essential. Then check the allergen information and choose according to how you plan to use the sprinkles, the flavour you prefer and the nutritional information.
| What to look for | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Organic labelling | Check the EU organic logo, the code of the inspection body and the indication of origin on the packaging. Another sustainability logo on its own doesn’t prove that the chocolate sprinkles are organic. | For Christmas breakfast, I want to be sure my choice is organic, not just accompanied by a sustainability claim. This check comes first for around 50% of consumers. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the current ingredients list and any warnings about the possible presence of allergens on the packaging. Don’t rely on the word ‘dark’ in the product name alone. | If I’m buying chocolate sprinkles for guests, I need to be able to check whether milk or soya could be a problem for them. This is the top priority for around 30% of consumers. |
| Flavour and use | Compare the stated cocoa content and sugar per 100 g, and check whether the variety is suitable for bread, cakes or desserts. | I’m mainly looking for a chocolate topping that goes with what I’m serving at Christmas, and I want to be able to compare the nutritional information. That’s the deciding factor for around 20% of consumers. |
ALDI lists Rainforest Alliance for a standard De Ruijter chocolate sprinkle product. This doesn’t show that the product is certified organic.
If organic is essential for you, check the organic labelling and related information on the packaging. The European Commission and Skal Biocontrole explain how the EU organic logo is used.
According to Ekoplaza’s product information, your organic nature’s organic dark chocolate sprinkles may contain lactose, milk and soya. So a dark chocolate flavour alone doesn’t tell you whether a product is suitable for someone with an allergy.
Check the ingredients list and warnings on the packaging just before use, even if you’ve bought the product before.
The organic varieties listed by Ekoplaza differ in their sugar content per 100 g: Chocoreale extra dark contains 50.0 g, while the regular dark varieties mentioned contain 68 g. Organic certification doesn’t tell you the nutritional value of a particular variety.
Compare the nutritional information per 100 g, and bear your serving size in mind when using the sprinkles as a Christmas topping.
The organic dark chocolate sprinkles described by Albert Heijn come in a 200 g pack.
Ekoplaza describes a 225 g pack of organic dark chocolate sprinkles for use on bread, cakes and desserts, among other things.
Ekoplaza describes its 225 g pack of organic intense chocolate sprinkles as a topping for bread, yoghurt and desserts, among other things.
Ekoplaza describes a 200 g pack of organic extra-dark chocolate sprinkles.
De Ruijter’s standard milk and dark chocolate sprinkles are included here for comparison if organic certification isn’t essential.
Check the organic labelling on the packaging. The European Commission explains the conditions for using the EU organic logo, while Skal Biocontrole describes the certification mark for pre-packed organic food produced in the EU. Also check the code of the inspection body and the indication of origin.
No, you can’t tell from the words ‘organic’ or ‘dark’ alone. The your organic nature variety described by Ekoplaza may contain lactose, milk and soya. Check the current ingredients and allergen warnings on the packaging of the sprinkles you’re buying.
No. Compare the nutritional information for each specific product per 100 g. For the Chocoreale extra-dark variety mentioned, Ekoplaza lists 50.0 g of sugar per 100 g; for the De Rit and your organic nature varieties mentioned, it lists 68 g per 100 g. This difference between these products doesn’t automatically apply to all extra-dark and dark chocolate sprinkles.
Follow the storage instructions and best-before date on the packaging you bought. For the AH Biologisch variety described, Albert Heijn recommends storing it in a cool, dark and dry place. Check the instructions again if you choose a different brand or variety.
