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Is Jus-Rol Pains au Chocolate ultra-processed?

275 g Chocolate croissant Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Jus-Rol Pains au Chocolate

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 12 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed viennoiseries

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 87% (wheat flour), water, palm fat, sugar, vegetable oils (soybean, sunflower), wheat gluten, dextrose, raising agents (diphosphates, sodium bicarbonate), alcohol, salt, emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), stabiliser (xanthan gum), flavouring, acidity regulator (lactic acid), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), colour (beta-carotene), chocolate sticks 13% (sugar), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

dough (87%): wheat flour, water, palm fat, sugar, vegetable oils (soybean, sunflower), wheat gluten, dextrose, raising agents (diphosphates, sodium bicarbonate), alcohol, salt, emulsifiers (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), stabiliser (xanthan gum), flavouring, acidity regulator (lactic acid), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), colour (beta-carotene). chocolate sticks (13%): sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring. for allergens see ingredients in bold. dough may contain egg, milk and soy. chocolate sticks may contain 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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
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  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 chocolate croissant

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 100% of the chocolate croissant 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 21 chocolate croissant, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010084702399, last edited 27 March 2026), 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.