A seeded bar is a good choice if you want to serve Dutch breakfast cake separately with your Sunday meal and the seeds are a priority. If your recipe for hachee or beef stew calls for Dutch breakfast cake, follow the recipe rather than automatically using a seeded bar as a substitute. If you’re serving it on its own, compare the ingredients and nutritional information for regular and wholemeal varieties too.
You want to serve Dutch breakfast cake on its own or take it with you, and are looking for seeds that are listed in the ingredients too. For example, the Peijnenburg Tussendoor+ bar described by Albert Heijn lists sunflower seeds.
Your recipe calls for Dutch breakfast cake in hachee or beef stew. Jumbo suggests using it in these dishes, so the type of product specified in your recipe matters more than a label such as ‘with seeds’.
Before buying, you want to know which grains, sugars, fibre, sweeteners and allergens are listed on the pack of a regular, wholemeal or seeded variety.
First decide whether you’ll eat the Dutch breakfast cake on its own or use it in a recipe. Then compare the ingredients and nutritional information of the varieties that suit your intended use.
| What to consider | What should you check? | Who is this important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Seeds and texture | Check which seeds are listed in the ingredients and what proportion they make up, if this is stated. | If I’m serving the cake on its own, I want to see recognisable seeds rather than rely on an appealing product name. Around 40% of consumers prioritise seeds and texture. |
| Using it in a stew | Follow the type and quantity specified in the recipe; don’t automatically swap regular Dutch breakfast cake for a filled bar. | For hachee or beef stew, I mainly want a type of Dutch breakfast cake that suits the recipe. This is the main concern for around 30% of consumers. |
| Nutritional information and ingredients | Compare sugars and fibre per 100 g and per serving; also check the sweetener and allergen information. | When eating it on its own, I want to know what’s in my serving and which ingredients I need to avoid. Around 30% of consumers prioritise this label information. |
The seeds don’t tell you how much sugar, fibre or salt a product contains per serving. The Peijnenburg Tussendoor+ bar listed by Albert Heijn also contains xylitol; the packaging warns that excessive consumption may have a laxative effect.
Check the nutritional information per 100 g and per serving, as well as the ingredients and allergen information.
Jumbo lists Dutch breakfast cake as an ingredient for hachee and beef stew. That doesn’t mean a separately wrapped seeded bar will give the same result in every recipe.
Check which type of Dutch breakfast cake your recipe calls for before choosing a different variety.
Information from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority about iodised baker’s salt does not confirm that every Dutch breakfast cake contains this salt.
If you want to know which salt has been used in a particular cake, check the packaging or ask the manufacturer.
Ingredients and allergen information can change. This is particularly important if you need to avoid rye, oats, milk or nuts.
Check the current packaging before using the product.
Peijnenburg makes regular and wholemeal Dutch breakfast cake, as well as a Tussendoor+ bar with grains, seeds and fruit. The bar is a different type of product from a regular Dutch breakfast cake.
Jumbo offers several types of Dutch breakfast cake, including regular, wholemeal and raisin varieties. The retailer also suggests using it as an ingredient in hachee or beef stew.
g'woon makes regular and sliced wholemeal Dutch breakfast cake. These varieties are worth considering if you want to compare a regular or wholemeal cake with a seeded bar.
This sliced wholemeal Dutch breakfast cake is a good choice if you want to serve it on its own or enjoy it as a snack. For hachee or beef stew, the recipe remains your guide; if you’re specifically looking for seeds, check the ingredients list.
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For anyone looking for sliced wholemeal Dutch breakfast cake to serve on its own or enjoy as a snack.
485 g pack. The product information lists 43% wholemeal rye flour and glucose-fructose syrup as an ingredient.
Check the current ingredients list if seeds, gluten or other allergens are important to you. When comparing this cake with another variety, make sure you’re comparing nutritional information on the same basis.
No: it depends on whether you’re serving the cake on its own or using it as an ingredient in a recipe. The Peijnenburg Tussendoor+ bar described by Albert Heijn contains 9% sunflower seeds; Jumbo lists Dutch breakfast cake in general as an ingredient for hachee and beef stew. When cooking, check which type of product your recipe calls for.
Start with the ingredients list: check which seeds it contains and what proportion is stated. Then compare sugars and fibre per 100 g and per serving, and check the allergen information. The Peijnenburg Tussendoor+ bar reviewed contains rye and oats, and may contain milk and nuts.
No, you can’t tell from the product category. Information from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority about baker’s salt doesn’t confirm which salt is used in an individual Dutch breakfast cake. Check the packaging or ask the manufacturer.
