Is St.Pierre 6 Pains Au Chocolat imp ultra-processed?

Chocolate croissant Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup
Gluten
Thickener
and 4 more

29 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, palm fat, chocolate 12% (sugar (processing marker), cocoa paste, cocoa butter, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (lecithins (ultra-processing marker))), water, sugar (processing marker), rapeseed oil, yeast, emulsifiers (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, pea protein, deactivated yeast, thickener (ultra-processing marker) (cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker)), rice flour, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.- prepared in an environment that handles ingredients which contain milk, egg, not suitable for milk and egg allergy sufferers

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, palm fat, chocolate 12% (sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa butter, emulsifier: lecithins), water, sugar, rapeseed oil, yeast, emulsifiers (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, mono and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides of fatty acids), salt, wheat gluten, flavourings, heat treated wheat flour, pea protein, deactivated yeast, thickener (cellulose gum), rice flour, glucose syrup. allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.- prepared in an environment that handles ingredients which contain milk and egg. not suitable for milk or egg allergy sufferers.

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.
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 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.
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.

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Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

3 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.
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 18th. 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 5027952015703, last edited 15 June 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.