Choose white sourdough that you can bake at home if you want to serve it warm just before the meal and have an oven or air fryer available. If you’d rather skip the preparation, look for rustic sourdough from the shop; individual part-baked rolls are another option if you prefer to serve everyone separately. Check the ingredients and nutritional information for each loaf: sourdough alone tells you nothing about its fibre content or whether iodised salt has been used.
If you want to serve the bread warm alongside the rest of your fakeaway, choose a white sourdough demi-baguette with baking instructions. According to PLUS, the Korenlanders version comes with instructions for both the oven and air fryer. For part-baked rolls, check the preparation instructions on the product’s own packaging.
A larger rustic loaf is handy for sharing at the table, with no need to bake it at home first. Jumbo describes sourdough loaves baked in store, while Lidl lists a rustic white wheat sourdough loaf. Check that your chosen variety is available at your local store before you set off: these in-store options aren’t presented as products you can order online.
If you choose white sourdough for its flavour but also care about the ingredients and nutritional value, compare the allergen information, fibre and salt content of each product. Check the ingredients list for iodised salt or baker’s salt; according to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, using baker’s salt in bread is not compulsory.
First decide whether you want to bake the bread just before serving or put a loaf from the shop straight on the table. Then compare the size and label of the white sourdough products that suit your meal.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Crust and serving time | Look for oven or air fryer instructions, and plan the baking time around the rest of the meal. | If the bread is only ready just before the meal, I want to be able to serve it warm without throwing off my plans. For around 42% of consumers, getting the right combination of crust and timing comes first. |
| Rustic bread to share | Check that the white variety really is sourdough, what size loaf you’ll get and whether it’s available at your local store. | I want to put a larger loaf on the table without having to bake it at home first. For around 33% of consumers, sharing the bread is the main reason for choosing it. |
| Ingredients and nutritional information | Read the allergen information and compare fibre and salt per 100 g; look for iodised salt or baker’s salt in the ingredients list. | When I choose white sourdough, I want to know what’s in it and how its nutritional value compares with other breads. For around 25% of consumers, checking the label is the deciding factor. |
Sourdough doesn’t rule out other ingredients. The product information for the white sourdough products mentioned by PLUS and Jumbo also lists yeast and iodised salt.
Read the full ingredients list if a particular ingredient matters to your choice; don’t rely on the word sourdough alone.
The sourdough process doesn’t turn white flour into wholemeal flour. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre distinguishes white bread from wholemeal bread based on the parts of the grain used and the nutritional value.
Choose your type of bread carefully, and compare the fibre per 100 g if the difference matters to your purchase.
Jumbo says its rustic sourdough loaves can’t be ordered online; Lidl lists the white sourdough loaf mentioned here as an in-store product.
Before your fakeaway night, check that your preferred loaf is available at your local store, or choose a part-baked product whose preparation you can plan at home.
The product page for AH Liefde & Passie white sourdough includes ingredient information, but also says that this product has been discontinued.
Check in store or in the app to see which white sourdough you can actually buy, and read the label for that specific variety.
These brands offer different ways to get white bread for your meal. Check whether each product is sourdough and whether its size and preparation suit your serving plans.
A bread range that includes sourdough products. Albert Heijn says the range’s own production process takes three days.
Jumbo distinguishes between rustic sourdough loaves from the shop and packaged, part-baked white sourdough rolls.
This range includes both a bake-at-home white sourdough demi-baguette and a larger white sourdough loaf.
Lidl lists a rustic white wheat sourdough loaf as an in-store product.
An in-store option for freshly baked or rustic white bread if ordinary white bread will do, even without confirmed sourdough.
A regular round white loaf as an alternative if sourdough isn’t essential.
No. Sourdough describes part of the preparation process; it doesn’t make white bread wholemeal. Check the type of bread and compare the nutritional information, including fibre per 100 g, if you’re choosing between white and wholemeal.
No. According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, using baker’s salt in baking isn’t compulsory. Check the ingredients list for iodised salt or baker’s salt on the loaf you’re buying, or ask the baker.
It depends on the instructions for the product you choose. PLUS recommends cooking its Korenlanders Desem demi baguette wit in an air fryer for 5–6 minutes at 200 °C; for any other loaf, follow the instructions on its own packaging.
No. Sourdough doesn’t mean gluten-free. The white sourdough products from PLUS and Jumbo mentioned here contain wheat; check the ingredients and allergen information for each loaf if gluten-free is a requirement for you.
