Choose crispbread with a recognisable mix of seeds if you want to offer a range of textures on your wedding buffet. Leksands Seeds and Sea Salt is one example, with linseed, millet and rapeseed. Decide whether you also need a separate gluten-free option based on your guests’ needs. Check the allergen information for every platter: a seeded product is not automatically gluten-free or suitable for someone with a sesame allergy.
If you’re serving different types of crispbread unwrapped on a table, you’ll want to show which allergens are in each product next to its platter. This is especially important when you’re serving rye and sesame varieties alongside one another and guests are choosing for themselves.
You want guests to be able to choose between different seeds and textures, rather than offering plain crispbread alone. Compare the ingredients of each variety: a sesame product offers a different mix of seeds from one made with linseed, millet and rapeseed.
Alongside rye crispbread, you’ll want to offer a separate option that’s clearly labelled gluten-free. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre points out that even a bread crumb can cause symptoms for someone with coeliac disease, so it’s important to use a separate platter and serving utensils.
Start with your guests’ needs and the buffet setup. Then compare the seeds and nutritional information on each pack, and decide whether you need a separate gluten-free platter.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Allergens and presentation | Read the ingredients and allergen information for each variety. Decide how you’ll keep the information with the right platter and minimise cross-contact. | If I’m putting out several platters, I want guests to be able to identify the allergens in each variety and keep the products separate. Around 42% of consumers would prioritise allergen information and presentation. |
| Seeds and fibre | Compare the seeds listed and, if it matters to your choice, the fibre content per 100 g shown in the nutritional information. | I’m looking for a visible variety of seeds on a buffet where guests can choose between different options. For around 33% of consumers, that variety would be their top priority. |
| Gluten-free option | Look for an explicit gluten-free claim on the pack and check the other allergens too. Plan to use a separate platter and serving utensils. | If a guest needs to eat gluten-free, I want to offer a clearly identifiable alternative that isn’t placed among the rye crispbread. Roughly 25% of consumers would put a separate gluten-free option at the top of their list. |
Leksands Seeds and Sea Salt contains rye, while the Wasa gluten-free variety reviewed contains sesame. The allergen information on one pack therefore doesn’t describe the other.
Check each pack you choose individually, and keep its information card with the right platter.
Wasa Sesame & sea salt gluten-free contains sesame. What’s more, crumbs from rye crispbread containing gluten can contaminate a gluten-free platter.
As well as checking the gluten-free claim, check for other allergens and use a separate platter and serving utensils for the gluten-free option.
When a professional food provider sells unpackaged food to consumers, information about 14 allergens must be available, according to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. Guests must be able to get this information before making their choice.
Make sure allergen information is readily available at the buffet, and specify which grain is used in any crispbread containing gluten.
Crispbread isn’t automatically made with iodised baker’s salt. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that bakers aren’t required to use baker’s salt.
If iodine matters to your choice, base it on the information for the specific product, not on the fact that it’s crispbread.
Always compare the specific variety: seeds, ingredients and allergens can differ even within the same brand.
Seeds and Sea Salt is a rye crispbread for anyone looking for several seeds in one variety.
Among the range reviewed, Sesame & sea salt gluten-free is a possible separate option to serve alongside rye crispbread.
The range includes crispbread varieties with ingredients such as pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and sesame.
The range includes crispbread varieties with sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, as well as other seeded crackers.
The Sesame Crispbread and Pumpkin Seed & Oat Crispbread reviewed are varieties to compare for their seeds and ingredients.
These Joybuy products let you compare seeded rusks, sesame crispbread and seeded crackers for your buffet. Crackers and rusks aren’t necessarily the same type of product as crispbread, so choose the style you want to serve and check the allergens on each pack.
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An option if you’d like to serve rusks with several seeds alongside your crispbread. Check the ingredients and allergens on the pack before putting them on the buffet; this isn’t the separate gluten-free option.
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For a buffet where you’d like to offer a sunflower seed variety alongside other seeded products. Use the allergen information on the current pack for the label by the platter, and keep any gluten-free option separate.
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For a platter where sesame is the clearly identifiable seed choice. Check the allergens on this pack, and don’t present this variety as gluten-free based on the gluten-free claim on another Wasa product.
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A poppy seed cracker to serve alongside crispbread if you’d like to offer another type of product. Compare its style with what you’re looking for on the buffet, and read the allergen information on the pack before labelling a platter.
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For anyone who’d like to add a sunflower seed cracker to the table alongside the crispbread. Check that the ingredients and allergens suit your guests, and use a separate label for this variety.
When a professional food provider sells unpackaged crispbread to consumers, information about 14 allergens must be available, according to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. Make sure guests can get this information before making their choice, and name the grain used in any crispbread containing gluten.
No. The presence of seeds says nothing about whether a product contains gluten. Leksands Seeds and Sea Salt, for example, contains rye. For guests who need to eat gluten-free, choose a variety that’s explicitly labelled gluten-free and serve it with separate utensils.
No. Gluten-free doesn’t mean free from other allergens. The Wasa Sesame & sea salt gluten-free product described by Albert Heijn contains sesame seeds. Check the full label and make the sesame information clear by the platter.
No, you can’t tell that from the type of product. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre says that bakers aren’t required to use baker’s salt. If the type of salt used matters to your choice, check the information for the specific product.
Store it according to the instructions on the pack you’ve chosen, and serve moist toppings separately where possible or add them shortly before serving. This lets you prepare the platters without leaving the crispbread under moist toppings for too long.
