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Is 7days Double Max Cocoa & Coconut Croissant ultra-processed?

80 g Croissants Sold in the United States and the Czech Republic

Pack of 7days Double Max Cocoa & Coconut Croissant

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 9 additives

Less processed croissants

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

dough (wheat flour), vegetable oils (palm oil, sunflower oil, cotton seed oil, rapeseed oil), sugar, stabilizer (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), coconut 5%, glucose-fructose syrup, yeast, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid), vanillin, preservative (calcium propionate 0.1%), cocoa cream 17% (palm oil), glucose syrup, sugar, low fat cocoa powder 7%, skimmed milk powder, ethyl alcohol, emulsifier (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), vanillin, gelling agent (sodium alginate), preservative (potassium sorbate 0.1%), coconut cream 11% (sugar), palm oil, skimmed milk powder, coconut milk 4%, egg yolk powder, ethyl alcohol, emulsifier (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), acidity regulators (disodium diphosphate, phosphoric acid), stabilizer (cellulose gum), flavouring, preservative (potassium sorbate 0.1%), lactose

Additives: E1510 Ethanol , E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids

As written on the pack

dough: wheat flour, vegetable oils (palm oil, sunflower oil, cotton seed oil, rapeseed oil), sugar, stabilizer (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), dehydrated coconut powder 5%, glucose-fructose syrup, yeast, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid), vanillin, preservative (calcium propionate 0,1%), cocoa cream 17%: palm oil, glucose syrup, sugar, low fat cocoa powder 7%, skimmed milk powder, ethyl alcohol, emulsifier (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids) , vanillin, gelling agent (sodium alginate), preservative (potassium sorbate 0,1%), coconut cream 11%: sugar, palm oil, skimmed milk powder, coconut milk powder 4%, egg yolk powder, ethyl alcohol, emulsifier (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), acidity regulators (disodium diphosphate, phosphoric acid), stabilizer (cellulose gum), flavouring, preservative (potassium sorbate 0,1%), lactose (milk)

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 croissants

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 80% of the croissants here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 44 croissants, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5201360502837, last edited 17 September 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.