If you want a strictly savoury breakfast, skip chocolate sprinkles: even the organic kind is a sweet topping for bread. If a sweet topping does suit your breakfast, check the organic certification on the packaging and compare the sugars and ingredients of the specific product.
You want to enjoy chocolate sprinkles now and then, and a verifiable organic certification matters more to you than a general sustainability claim. Look for the EU organic logo on the packaging and read the ingredients.
If you want to avoid sweet toppings on bread, chocolate sprinkles are not the right choice for your breakfast. An organic production method does not make them a savoury topping.
You’re happy to have chocolate sprinkles as a sweet topping, but want to check the nutritional information per 100 g and how much you use. Consider organic certification and sugar content as separate factors.
First decide whether sweet toppings on bread have a place in your breakfast at all. Only then compare organic certifications and nutritional information for the products you’re considering.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this most important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Savoury or sweet | Decide whether you want to avoid sweet toppings on bread; organic chocolate sprinkles are still a sweet choice. | If I want breakfast without sweet toppings on bread, chocolate sprinkles are out, whatever the certification. This is the top priority for around 44% of consumers. |
| Organic certification | Check the EU organic logo and the organic product information on the packaging. | I only want to choose a sweet topping if the organic certification on the pack can be verified. This is the main consideration for around 33% of consumers. |
| Sugars and ingredients | Compare sugars per 100 g and read the ingredients and allergen information for the product you’ve chosen. | If I do choose chocolate sprinkles, I want to compare the sugar content of different packs on a like-for-like basis. This is the top priority for around 23% of consumers. |
Chocolate sprinkles are still a sweet topping for bread. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre does not include them in its Wheel of Five guidelines and highlights their sugar and saturated fat content.
Choose a different topping if a savoury breakfast is your priority. Only choose organic chocolate sprinkles when you’re consciously looking for a sweet topping.
A Rainforest Alliance label does not mean that chocolate sprinkles are organic. According to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the EU organic logo helps consumers recognise organic products.
If you want to buy organic, check the logo and product information on the pack you’re buying.
Albert Heijn marks AH Biologisch Bio hagelslag puur as discontinued. Jumbo says Bio Nature Hagelslag Puur is no longer part of its online range.
Check current availability before choosing a product. If you pick a replacement, check its organic certification again.
A name such as ‘dark’ doesn’t tell you how much sugar the chocolate sprinkles contain or which allergens may be relevant to you. Ekoplaza lists 68 g of sugars per 100 g for Your Organic Nature Pure chocolade hagelslag.
Read the nutritional information per 100 g and check the ingredients and allergen information for the exact product you’re buying.
A brand or shop name alone tells you nothing about the organic status of a particular chocolate sprinkle product. Always check the packaging of the product you want to buy.
Its own range of chocolate sprinkles, including an organic dark variety listed on an Albert Heijn product page.
A supermarket with several chocolate sprinkle brands and a product page for Bio Nature Hagelslag Puur.
A chocolate sprinkle brand with dark and milk varieties in the range shown by Jumbo.
A chocolate sprinkle brand with products in Jumbo’s chocolate sprinkles category.
A supermarket that also sells other types of sprinkles.
A supermarket that sells Kiekeboe and De Ruijter chocolate sprinkles, among others.
Ekoplaza describes dark chocolate sprinkles from Your Organic Nature and extra dark chocolate sprinkles from Chocoreale as being made with organic ingredients.
Not if by ‘savoury’ you mean that you want to avoid sweet toppings on bread. Chocolate sprinkles are still sweet, even when the ingredients are organic. Choose a different topping if a savoury breakfast is your priority.
Look for the EU organic logo and organic product information on the packaging. Skal Biocontrole states that the EU organic logo is compulsory on prepacked organic consumer products in the EU; another sustainability certification does not replace it.
No. Organic certification says nothing about the amount of sugar. For example, Ekoplaza lists 68 g of sugars per 100 g for Your Organic Nature Pure chocolade hagelslag. Compare the nutritional information per 100 g on the specific packs you’re considering.
Don’t assume that an old product page confirms availability. Albert Heijn marks AH Biologisch Bio hagelslag puur as discontinued, while Jumbo no longer lists Bio Nature Hagelslag Puur in its online range. Check what’s currently available before you choose.
Read the allergen information on the current packaging of the exact product you want to buy. Don’t assume what it contains based only on the words ‘dark’ or ‘organic’.
