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Is Marque Repère Pains au chocolat x 12 - format familial ultra-processed?

540 g Chocolate croissant Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Marque Repère Pains au chocolat x 12 - format familial

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:

  • 32 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 41%, palm oil, chocolate 13% (sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa butter, lecithins (sunflower), natural vanilla flavour), sourdough 8.6% (flours (wheat, rye, wheat), water, yeast), water, sugar, fresh eggs 2.6%, concentrated butter, yeast, skimmed milk powder, salt, e471, e481, wheat gluten, carob seed flour, carob germ flour, natural flavour, flour processing agent (ascorbic acid), carotenoids

Additives: E160 Carotenoids , E322 Lecithins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

As written on the pack

wheat flour 41%, palm oil, chocolate 13% (sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa butter, emulsifier: lecithins (sunflower), natural vanilla flavour), sourdough 8,6% (flours (wheat, rye, malted wheat), water, yeast), water, sugar, fresh eggs 2,6%, concentrated butter, yeast, skimmed milk powder, salt, emulsifiers: e471, e481, wheat gluten, thickener: carob seed flour, carob germ flour , natural flavour (contains alcohol) , flour processing agent: ascorbic acid , colouring: carotenoids, traces of soy,

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.

  • E160 Carotenoids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 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.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
5 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 21 chocolate croissant

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 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 3564700848999, last edited 14 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.