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Is Bon Appetit Cheese Croissant ultra-processed?

3.0 oz (85 g) Croissants Sold in the United States

Pack of Bon Appetit Cheese 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
  • 17 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Wheat Flour (Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Malted Barley Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Folic Acid), Granulated Sugar, Palm Oil (with mono- and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Citric Acid (preservative)), Water, Eggs, Yeast, Whey Powder, Dry Milk, Soy Flour, Invert Sugar, Wheat Flour (Datem, L-Cystenie, Azodicarbonamide (ADA), Enzymes), Vanilla Flavor, Cream Cheese Filling (Water, Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cream Cheese Cultures, Salt, Carob Bean Gums), Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Dextrose, Artificial Flavor, FD&C Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Caramel Color), Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Propionate (to preserve freshness), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E150c Ammonia caramel , E171 Titanium dioxide , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E410 Locust bean gum , E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E927 Azodicarbonamide and Carbamide , E927a Azodicarbonamide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

Bleached Wheat Flour Enriched (Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Malted Barley Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Folic Acid), Granulated Sugar, Palm Oil (with Mono & Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Citric Acid (preservative)), Water, Eggs, Yeast, Whey Powder, Dry Milk, Soy Flour, Invert Sugar, Wheat Flour (Datem, L-Cystenie, Azodicarbonamide (ADA) Enzymes), Vanilla Flavor, Cream Cheese Filling (Water, Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cream Cheese Cultures, Salt, Carob Bean Gums), Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Dextrose, Artificial Flavor, FD&C Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Caramel Color), Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Propionate (to preserve freshness), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate.

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.

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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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
9 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 croissants

From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 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 0035751318098, last edited 27 October 2023), 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.