Choose a light, white tiger loaf if flavour is your priority alongside coffee and cake; compare brown and wholemeal options if the type of bread and fibre content matter more. If you’re specifically looking for medium-cut slices, check the cut on the packaging or ask in store: ‘half’ or ‘pre-sliced’ doesn’t tell you how thick the slices are.
If you eat tiger bread more often than just with your coffee, you can take the type of bread and fibre content per 100 g into account. Albert Heijn lists 6.7 g of fibre per 100 g for AH Wholemeal Tiger Half; PLUS lists 6.4 g per 100 g for its wholemeal tiger bread.
A white option may suit you if, alongside cake or sweet toppings, you’re mainly looking for a mild, light slice of bread. Albert Heijn describes AH White Tiger Half as a light white bread.
If you want slices of a particular thickness for even topping or serving, check the cut itself. The terms ‘half’ and ‘pre-sliced’ don’t confirm that the slices are medium-cut.
First decide whether the type of bread or its light texture matters more for this coffee break. Check the slice thickness separately, even if you’ve already chosen white, brown or wholemeal bread.
Choose this if: you specifically want wholemeal bread and would like to compare the fibre content of different options.
Bear in mind: choosing wholemeal doesn’t tell you how thick the slices are or which allergens the individual loaf contains.
Choose this if: you’re looking for brown bread without automatically assuming it’s wholemeal.
Bear in mind: according to the Voedingscentrum, brown bread is a mixture of wholemeal flour and white flour; compare the nutritional information for each product.
Choose this if: a light, white slice of bread with coffee and cake is your main priority.
Bear in mind: the white options mentioned contain less fibre per 100 g than the brown and wholemeal options mentioned.
| What to consider | Check | Who is this important to? |
|---|---|---|
| Type of bread and fibre | Look for the ‘wholemeal’ label and compare fibre per 100 g. | If I eat this bread regularly too, I want to know what type of bread I’m buying. An estimated 42% of consumers give this choice top priority. |
| A light texture with coffee and cake | Check the type of bread and the product description; Albert Heijn describes AH White Tiger Half as a light white bread. | With cake or sweet toppings, I’m mainly looking for a light slice of bread to go with my coffee break. This preference comes first for around 33% of consumers. |
| Slice, portion and storage | Ask about the slice thickness and check the pack size and storage or freezing instructions. | I want to serve evenly cut slices without buying more bread than I need. This practical consideration is estimated to matter most to 25% of consumers. |
According to the Voedingscentrum, brown bread is made from a mixture of wholemeal flour and white flour. So the colour alone doesn’t confirm that tiger bread is wholemeal.
Look for the ‘wholemeal’ label if that’s the type of bread you want, and compare fibre on the same basis: per 100 g.
Even if a loaf is sold as half or pre-sliced, that doesn’t tell you how thick the slices are.
Check the packaging or look at the slices, or ask the shop assistant about the cut before you order.
The white, brown and wholemeal options described contain wheat or gluten-containing cereals. Other allergens or warnings about possible traces may also vary from one product to another.
Check the current ingredients and allergen information on the packaging every time you buy.
The Voedingscentrum says that bread doesn’t have to be baked with baker’s salt.
If the type of salt used matters to you, check the ingredients or ask the baker.
Worth considering if you want to compare half loaves of white and wholemeal tiger bread.
Worth considering if you want to compare white and brown farmhouse tiger bread.
Worth considering if you want to compare whole farmhouse tiger loaves in white, brown or wholemeal.
Worth considering if you want to look at a whole wholemeal tiger loaf and its product information.
Worth considering if you’re looking for a whole white farmhouse tiger loaf.
No. According to the Voedingscentrum, bread doesn’t have to be baked with baker’s salt. Check the ingredients or ask the baker if you want to know which salt was used in a particular loaf.
Compare the nutritional information per 100 g for the loaves you’re considering. Albert Heijn lists 6.7 g of fibre per 100 g for AH Wholemeal Tiger Half and 1.6 g for AH White Tiger Half; Jumbo lists 5.3 g for Farmhouse Brown Tiger Bread. These figures apply to specific products, not to every loaf of that type.
Yes, if the storage guide for your chosen loaf says you can. Albert Heijn says AH Wholemeal Tiger Half can be frozen at home on the day of purchase and used within a month; check the instructions for your pack.
No. Check the ingredients and allergens for the individual product. The white, brown and wholemeal tiger breads described contain wheat or gluten-containing cereals; also check the current packaging for warnings about possible traces of other allergens.
