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Is Tesco Pain Au Chocolat (Brioches) ultra-processed?

360 g Chocolate croissant Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Pain Au Chocolat (Brioches)

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 8 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, Vegetable Fats, Water, Chocolate 10% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Soya Lecithins), Sugar, Wheat gluten, Yeast, mono- and DiGlycerides of Fatty Acids, mono- and DiAcetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and DiGlycerides of Fatty Acids, Salt, Skimmed Milk, Carboxymethylcellulose, Citric Acid, Milk proteins, Beta-Carotene, Ascorbic Acid

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , 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, Vegetable Fats [Palm, Sunflower, Rapeseed, Coconut], Water, Chocolate 10% [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)], Sugar, Wheat gluten, Yeast, Emulsifier (Mono-and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono - and Di-Acetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids), Salt, Dried Skimmed Milk, Thickener (Carboxymethylcellulose), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Milk proteins, Colour (Beta-Carotene), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)

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.

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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 chocolate croissant

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 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 5057545890691, last edited 25 September 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.