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Is Pasquier Pancakes Choc Chip ultra-processed?

280 g Pastries Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pasquier Pancakes Choc Chip

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
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Chocolate chip pancakes (WHEAT flour 23%), EGGS Dextrose powder, oil (Rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), s, Chocolate chips 9% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, lecithins), Sugar, Water, Skimmed MILK powder, glycerol, lactose, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium diphosphates, Sodium carbonates, Salt, Modified corn starch

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Chocolate chip pancakes: WHEAT flour 23% - EGGS Dextrose powder - Rapeseed and sunflower oils - Chocolate chips* 9% [sugar, cocoa mass', cocoa butter', emulsifier: lecithins (SOYA)] - Sugar - Water - Skimmed MILK powder - Stabiliser: glycerol - LACTOSE powder - Emulsifier: mono and diglycerides of fatty acids - Raising agents: sodium diphosphates and Sodium carbonates (GLUTEN) - Salt - Modified corn starch.

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.

  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • 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.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
7 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.
  • 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 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 123rd. 87% of the pastries 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 205 pastries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3256549997340, last edited 25 August 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.