Is St michel French pastry collection ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 70 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), flour (wheat flour, niacin, electrolytic iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, butter (processing marker), rapeseed oil, invert sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker), glycerol (ultra-processing marker), semisweet chocolate (sugar (processing marker), chocolate, cocoa powder, natural vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker)), sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar (processing marker)), cream, natural vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker), hazelnut paste, cornstarch (processing marker), sugared egg yolk (egg yolks, sugar (processing marker)), natural hazelnut flavors, leavening blend (disodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt (processing marker), pectin (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), eggs, wheat flour, almond flour, rapeseed oil, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), butterfat, almonds, cassava starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), leavening blend (sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), Wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), milk chocolate (sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter, whole milk powder (processing marker), chocolate, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), natural vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker)), butter (processing marker), rapeseed oil, egg whites, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), eggs, skim milk powder (processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker), cornstarch (processing marker), natural vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker), leavening blend (sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate), salt (processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
Sugar, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, electrolytic iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, butter, rapeseed oil, invert sugar syrup, glycerol, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa powder, natural vanilla flavor), sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), cream, natural vanilla flavor, hazelnut paste, cornstarch, sugared egg yolk (egg yolks, sugar), natural hazelnut flavors, leavening blend (disodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, pectin. Sugar, eggs, wheat flour, almond flour, rapeseed oil, glycerol, butterfat, almonds, cassava starch, salt, leavening blend (sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate), natural flavor. Wheat flour, sugar, milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, unsweetened chocolate, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), butter, rapeseed oil, egg whites, glycerol, eggs, skim milk powder, wheat starch, cornstarch, natural vanilla flavor, leavening blend (sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate), salt.
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
- 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.
Among 205 pastries
From least to most processed, this one ranks 110th. 87% of the pastries here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0183838000807, last edited 21 December 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.