Is Pret Chocolate filled croissants ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed viennoiseries
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour, Butter (processing marker), Chocolate Filling (Sugar (processing marker), Chocolate 17% (Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Sugar (processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Sunflower Lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Vanilla Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Maize Starch (processing marker), Palm Oil, Palm Fat, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder), Water, Sugar (processing marker), Dark Chocolate Decoration 3% (Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker))), Yeast, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Free-Range Egg, Salt (processing marker), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), including cereals containing gluten, please see ingredients in bold, Not suitable for nut and sesame allergy sufferers
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour, Butter (Milk) (19%), Chocolate Filling (Sugar, Chocolate (17%) (Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin; Vanilla Flavouring), Sunflower Oil, Maize Starch, Palm Oil, Palm Fat, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder), Water, Sugar, Dark Chocolate Decoration (3%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin), Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Free-Range Egg, Salt, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, please see ingredients in bold. Not suitable for nut and sesame allergy sufferers. Suitable for Vegetarians.
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.
- 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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
6 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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 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.
Among 21 chocolate croissant
From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 100% of the chocolate croissant here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5039303005899, 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.