Choose wholemeal tiger bread if wholemeal ingredients and fibre are your priorities, brown tiger bread if a mix of wholemeal flour and white flour suits you better, and white tiger bread if you prefer a familiar light sandwich. The tiger-patterned crust doesn’t tell you what type of flour has been used: check the description, fibre per 100 g and ingredients on the packaging.
You want tiger bread for lunch, but you also want to be sure that it’s wholemeal. According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, wholemeal bread is made from 100% wholemeal flour. Check the description on the packaging and compare the fibre per 100 g.
If you have a fussy eater, you may be looking for bread made with both wholemeal flour and white flour. Brown bread fits the bill, but according to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, it isn’t the same as wholemeal bread. Compare the ingredients and fibre content of each loaf.
If a light-coloured white sandwich is what matters most, you can choose white tiger bread with confidence. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre describes white bread as being made from white flour; the tiger-patterned crust doesn’t make it wholemeal.
First, decide whether wholemeal bread, a brown middle ground or a familiar white sandwich is your priority for lunch. Then compare the details of the loaves you can actually buy.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this important to? |
|---|---|---|
| Wholemeal ingredients and fibre | Look for the wholemeal description and compare fibre per 100 g. | If I regularly buy tiger bread for lunch, I want to know whether it’s genuinely wholemeal and how much fibre it contains. For around 42% of consumers, choosing wholemeal bread and fibre comes first. |
| A brown middle ground | Check which types of flour are listed in the ingredients and compare fibre per 100 g. | If I have a fussy eater, I’m looking for bread made with both white flour and wholemeal flour, without going straight for a fully wholemeal loaf. For around 33% of consumers, this middle ground is the top priority. |
| A familiar white sandwich | Check whether the bread is described as white, brown or wholemeal, and whether it needs baking off. | If a fussy eater mainly wants a familiar white sandwich, I’ll make that the priority for this lunch. For around 25% of consumers, white bread matters most. |
The crust doesn’t tell you what type of flour the bread is made from. According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, brown bread is made with a mix of wholemeal flour and white flour, while wholemeal bread is made from 100% wholemeal flour.
If wholemeal bread is what you’re after, look for the wholemeal description and compare the fibre per 100 g in the nutritional information.
According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bread doesn’t have to be baked with baker’s salt. So you can’t tell from the name or colour of tiger bread whether iodised salt has been used.
If the type of salt matters to you, check the label for baker’s salt or iodised salt, and ask if the ingredient information isn’t clear.
A recipe or allergen declaration can change, so product information you’ve seen before may not match the bread you’re buying now.
Check the current packaging when you buy, especially if the ingredients or allergens affect your choice.
AH Tijger volkoren heel and AH Tijger wit half show the wholemeal and white options available in the same range.
Jumbo sells products including Boeren Tijger Volkoren and Boeren Tijgerbrood Bruin, so you can compare two types of bread.
PLUS sells Korenlanders Boeren tijger in wholemeal and white versions, including part-baked bread.
ALDI lists Boeren tijger volkoren, bruin and wit as separate types of bread.
Dirk lists Bakker van der Akker Boeren tijger wit heel as a white tiger bread option for lunch.
No, the tiger-patterned crust doesn’t tell you what type of flour has been used. According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, wholemeal bread is made from 100% wholemeal flour, brown bread from a mix of wholemeal flour and white flour, and white bread from white flour. So check the description and ingredients.
No, according to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bread doesn’t have to be baked with baker’s salt. Check the label on the loaf you’re buying to see whether baker’s salt or iodised salt is listed in the ingredients.
The tiger-patterned crust doesn’t tell you what allergens the bread contains. The AH and Jumbo examples mentioned contain wheat; check the current ingredients and allergen information on the packaging of each version.
