If you’re looking for individual speculoos biscuits with a low sugar content for your weekly shop, the Céréal variety with almond pieces could be a good fit: Jumbo lists 0.4 g of sugars and 29 g of polyols per 100 g. Damhert Sugar-Free Speculoos Spread is for those looking for a spread, not a biscuit. Check the current packaging of both products for ingredients, allergens, nutritional information and warnings.
If a low sugar content is your main priority, compare the details on the exact product packaging. Céréal Nederland lists 0.4 g of sugars per 100 g for its speculoos biscuits; Albert Heijn lists 38 g per 100 g for regular Lotus Biscoff Speculoos. This alone doesn’t tell you whether the other nutritional values or ingredients meet your needs.
If you want speculoos flavour on bread, a spread is a different product from an individual biscuit. Damhert Nutrition offers a 200 g speculoos spread; the Céréal variety covered here consists of individual biscuits. Compare the nutritional information against the portion you actually use.
If you have a relevant allergy or sensitivity to sweeteners, the ingredients list matters. For the Céréal biscuits, Jumbo lists maltitol and allergens including almonds, wheat, soya, egg, milk and barley. Damhert Nutrition also lists maltitol for its spread and includes a warning about excessive consumption. Always read the label on the pack you’re buying.
First decide whether you want biscuits or a spread for bread. Then compare the sugar content, ingredients and serving size of the exact variety you’re adding to your shopping basket.
| What to consider | What to check | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar content | Check ‘of which sugars’ per 100 g and look at the ingredients for the exact variety; the product name alone isn’t enough. | I want biscuits with as little sugar as possible and don’t want to pick up the regular variety by mistake. For around 33% of consumers, low sugar content would be the main reason for choosing a product. |
| Use and serving size | Choose deliberately between individual biscuits and a spread. Compare the nutritional values with the portion you use, too. | I’m looking for a spread for bread, but a biscuit for a separate snack. For around 27% of consumers, how the product is used would be the main consideration. |
| Sweeteners and allergens | Check for maltitol, declared allergens and any warnings on the current packaging. | If I’m buying for someone with a relevant allergy or keeping an eye on polyols, the ingredients list needs to suit them. Around 20% of consumers would make this their first priority. |
| Weekly shop | Check whether your shop or delivery area offers the exact variety you want, and whether the pack size suits how you’ll use it. | I want to add the right variety to my regular shop, not just a product that looks similar. For around 20% of consumers, this practical consideration would matter most. |
The products covered here have different nutritional values. Céréal Nederland lists 404 kcal and 20 g of fat per 100 g for its biscuits; Damhert Nutrition lists 560 kcal and 43 g of fat per 100 g for its spread. So the sugar figure doesn’t tell you everything about the product.
Compare the nutritional information per 100 g and consider how many biscuits you eat or how much spread you use. Choose a product to suit the occasion, rather than relying only on the ‘sugar-free’ claim.
Céréal Nederland lists 29 g of polyols per 100 g for the biscuits. Damhert Nutrition lists 30 g per 100 g for the spread and warns that excessive consumption may have a laxative effect.
Read the ingredients and warnings on the current packaging, especially if you’re mindful of sweeteners or plan to use the product regularly.
For regular Lotus Biscoff Speculoos, Albert Heijn lists sugar and candy syrup as ingredients, and 38 g of sugars per 100 g. This specific variety doesn’t meet a strict requirement for a sugar-free product.
Check the full product name, ingredients and nutrition table before adding a variety to your weekly shop.
The variety covered here is a pack of speculoos biscuits with almond pieces: 2 × 5 biscuits, 110 g in total, according to Jumbo.
Damhert Nutrition describes its 200 g Sugar-Free Speculoos Spread as a spread for bread and recipes, among other uses, rather than as an individual biscuit.
The regular 250 g pack of Lotus Biscoff Speculoos is included here as a comparison with a biscuit variety that isn’t intended to have a low sugar content.
No. That claim alone doesn’t tell you whether a product is suitable as a complete breakfast. Céréal Nederland lists 404 kcal per 100 g for the biscuits covered here; Damhert Nutrition lists 560 kcal and 43 g of fat per 100 g for its speculoos spread. If you plan to have the product for breakfast, consider your portion and the rest of the nutritional information.
Check the current packaging of the exact variety. For the Céréal biscuits, Jumbo lists almonds, barley, egg, milk, soya and wheat, among other allergens. For its speculoos spread, Damhert Nutrition lists wheat, oats, soya and egg, among other ingredients, and possible traces of milk and nuts.
Damhert Nutrition includes this warning for its Sugar-Free Speculoos Spread and lists 30 g of polyols per 100 g. Read the warning on the packaging if you choose this spread; the ‘sugar-free’ claim doesn’t replace information about sweeteners.
It’s a nutrition claim about a product’s composition, not a statement about all its nutritional values. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority gives ‘sugar-free’ as an example of a nutrition claim and says voluntary food information must not be misleading or confusing. Before buying, compare the claim, ingredients and nutritional information on the current packaging.
Not if you mean the regular Lotus Biscoff Speculoos described by Albert Heijn: its ingredients include sugar and candy syrup, and the nutritional information lists 38 g of sugars per 100 g. Check the label again if you’re considering another variety; these details don’t automatically apply to every Lotus product.
