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Is L'oven Fresh Pains au Chocolat ultra-processed?

Chocolate croissant Sold in the United States

Pack of L'oven Fresh Pains au Chocolat

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 4 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

wheat flour, vegetable oils (palm, canola), chocolate (sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa butter, lecithins (sunflower, canola)), water, sugar, yeast, salt, wheat gluten, natural flavors, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, milk proteins, deactivated yeast, carboxymethylcellulose, mono- and DIACETYLTARTARIC ESTERS OF mono- and DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM, CANOLA), CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA PASTE, COCOA BUTTER, LECITHINS (SUNFLOWER, CANOLA)), WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, SALT, WHEAT GLUTEN, NATURAL FLAVORS, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, MILK PROTEINS, DEACTIVATED DRIED YEAST, CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, MONO - AND DIACETYLTARTARIC ESTERS OF MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, BETA CAROTENE COLOR CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK MAY CONTAIN EGGS, SESAME

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.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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 15th. 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 4099100052916, last edited 18 November 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.
  • 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.