If you want to enjoy tiger bread both every day and at Christmas dinner, first choose between white, brown and wholemeal by checking the ingredients and nutritional information. Then check whether you can get medium-thick slices of the exact variety you want: a whole loaf still needs slicing, while ‘pre-sliced’ doesn’t specify the thickness. If you’re serving guests, always check the latest allergen information too.
For Christmas dinner, you’ll want evenly sliced bread without having to cut it just before serving. Jumbo says that bread is sliced in store; ask your chosen branch whether they can also cut your tiger bread into medium-thick slices.
Compare white, brown and wholemeal by checking the product description, ingredients and fibre per 100 g. A dark colour doesn’t prove that a loaf is wholemeal, as Albert Heijn explains in its guide to types of bread.
If someone has an allergy or specific ingredient requirements, the label for the exact variety is what matters. Product information from retailers including Albert Heijn and PLUS shows that ingredients and listed allergens can vary between tiger breads.
Decide which type of bread you want and how much you need. Then check the slice and the label for that exact variety before you buy.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters most to |
|---|---|---|
| Slicing and serving | Ask whether the variety you’ve chosen is available sliced to a medium thickness. Don’t assume a particular slice thickness from the terms ‘whole’ or ‘pre-sliced’. | If I want to serve evenly sliced bread straight away at Christmas dinner, I need to know in advance whether it still needs slicing. For around 36% of consumers, ease of serving would be the main consideration. |
| Type of bread and fibre | Read the product description and ingredients; compare fibre on the same basis, per 100 g. | I want tiger bread that suits my preference for white, brown or wholemeal on ordinary days too. The type of bread and its fibre content would come first for around 29% of consumers. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Check the latest ingredients and allergen information for the exact variety; if you have a question about iodine, check which type of salt is listed. | When I’m buying bread for guests with an allergy or specific ingredient requirements, I want to be able to check what’s in that particular loaf. For around 21% of consumers, this would be their top priority. |
| Quantity and storage | Choose an amount that suits the number of guests and serving occasions; follow the storage instructions for the bread you’ve chosen. | If I’m serving several types of bread, I don’t want to buy more tiger bread than we can use or store as directed on the label. For around 14% of consumers, choosing the right amount would matter most. |
A dark colour doesn’t tell you whether the whole grain has been used to make the bread. You could end up buying a different type of bread from the one you intended for everyday use.
Check the product name and ingredients, and compare the fibre per 100 g if you wish. In its guide to types of bread, Albert Heijn points out that dark bread isn’t automatically wholemeal.
According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bakers aren’t required to use baker’s salt. So you can’t assume that every bread in this category contains the same type of salt.
If you have a question about iodine, check the ingredients for ‘baker’s salt’ or ‘iodised salt’ on the exact variety, or ask which type of salt was used if the bread is sold loose.
Product descriptions from retailers including Jumbo and PLUS describe tiger bread loaves as ‘whole’. ALDI calls one wholemeal variety ‘pre-sliced’, but that term doesn’t mean the slices are medium-thick.
Ask specifically whether the variety you want can be sliced to a medium thickness at your chosen branch. Jumbo says that bread is sliced in store, but this doesn’t confirm how every tiger bread is sliced.
White, brown and wholemeal don’t tell you which other ingredients or allergens are listed for a particular variety.
If you’re serving guests, read the latest ingredients and allergen information on the packaging of the exact loaf you’ll be serving.
Albert Heijn offers tiger bread in different types. AH Extra lang lekker tijger wit heel is a separate white variety.
Jumbo sells Boeren Tijgerbrood Wit and Boeren Tijgerbrood Bruin; both product descriptions refer to a whole loaf.
Lidl lists 800 g Tijgerbruin as an in-store product.
ALDI offers boeren-tijgerbrood in white, brown and wholemeal varieties. The wholemeal variety is described as both ‘whole’ and ‘pre-sliced’.
PLUS lists products including Volkoren tijger heel and Korenlanders Boeren tijger wit heel.
Dirk lists Bakker van der Akker Boeren tijger wit heel.
No, a brown colour doesn’t prove that tiger bread is wholemeal. Check the product name and ingredients for the exact variety; compare the nutritional information per 100 g if fibre is an important factor for you.
No, don’t assume that all tiger bread contains baker’s salt. Under the Dutch Commodities Act Decree on the Addition of Micronutrients to Foodstuffs, iodine may only be added to bread via baker’s salt, at a maximum of 65 mg of iodine per kg of salt. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that bakers aren’t required to use baker’s salt, so check the ingredients for the variety you’ve chosen.
Check the storage instructions for the bread you buy. For AH Extra lang lekker tijger wit heel, Albert Heijn says you can freeze it on the day of purchase; don’t apply this advice to another variety without checking first.
