If you have a food allergy, only choose wholemeal tiger bread once you’ve checked the current ingredients, allergens and any warnings such as ‘may contain’ for that specific loaf. For unwrapped bread, ask the shop for its allergen information. The word ‘wholemeal’ tells you nothing about whether the allergen you need to avoid is present.
You need information about the exact bread you’re buying to assess its ingredients, listed allergens and any warnings. According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, information about allergens present must also be available for unwrapped bread.
You want to know whether the bread is sold as wholemeal and check its nutritional information. The tiger-patterned crust alone doesn’t tell you whether the bread is wholemeal; check the allergen information separately.
You’re looking for a whole or half loaf of wholemeal tiger bread at a convenient shop. If you choose a different variety or a substitute loaf, check the allergen information again.
When choosing wholemeal tiger bread for a household managing a food allergy, check the allergens before comparing wholemeal status, nutritional information and loaf size.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Allergens and warnings | For packaged bread, read the current ingredients and allergen information, including any ‘may contain’ warnings. For unwrapped bread, ask for the information for that specific loaf. | If I need to avoid a particular allergen, I also want to know whether there’s a warning that it may be present. For around 50% of consumers, checking allergens is the top priority. |
| Wholemeal content and fibre | Check that the product is labelled as wholemeal and look at the nutritional information for your chosen variety; assess allergens separately. | After checking allergens, I want to make sure my tiger bread is genuinely sold as wholemeal and see its nutritional information. Around 30% of consumers prioritise this choice of grain and fibre. |
| Size and availability | Check whether the shop offers the whole or half loaf you want, and check the allergen information again if you choose a different variety. | Once I’ve found allergen information I can use, I want to choose a loaf size that’s available at my shop. For around 20% of consumers, size or availability is the deciding factor after that. |
Wholemeal describes the grain content, not which allergens may be present. So a wholemeal label is no substitute for checking the allergen information.
First check the allergens and warnings for the specific loaf, then compare the wholemeal label and nutritional information.
Ingredients and allergy information can change. That’s why Albert Heijn and PLUS advise shoppers to read the packaging.
Read the packaging again every time you buy the bread, even if you’ve bought the same loaf before.
Bread without consumer packaging needs to be checked in a different way. According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, sellers must tell customers about allergens present.
Ask the shop for the allergen information for the exact freshly baked or unwrapped loaf you want to buy.
According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bakers aren’t required to use baker’s salt. So you can’t tell which ingredients are used just from the type of bread.
For packaged bread, check the ingredients list for baker’s salt. For unwrapped bread, ask which salt has been used.
Albert Heijn lists AH Tijger volkoren heel.
Jumbo lists products including Boeren Tijger Volkoren and provides general information about allergens in packaged and unwrapped products.
Lidl lists Tijgervolkoren heel vloerbrood and publishes an ingredients and allergen guide for freshly baked bread.
ALDI lists Boeren tijger volkoren as a whole loaf of bread baked fresh daily.
PLUS lists Korenlanders Boeren tijger volkoren as a half loaf.
Dirk has a bread category that includes wholemeal bread.
Ask the shop for the allergen information for the exact loaf you want to buy. According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, sellers must also tell customers about allergens present in unwrapped food.
According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, ‘may contain’ means there’s a chance the named allergen is present. Take this warning into account when assessing the allergen you need to avoid; the wholemeal label doesn’t change what the warning means.
No. According to the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, bakers don’t have to use baker’s salt. It contains more iodine than table salt. For packaged bread, check the ingredients list; for unwrapped bread, ask which salt has been used.
Use an online product page to find a loaf, but check the current packaging or ask the shop for information before choosing. Albert Heijn and PLUS point out that product information can change and advise shoppers to read the packaging.
