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Is Tipiak 36 French Macarons ultra-processed?

36 Pastries Sold in the United States

Pack of Tipiak 36 French Macarons

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:

  • 100 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

raspberry macaron (sugar), raspberry preparation (raspberry, sugar, lemon juice, pectin), almond, egg whites, butter, raspberry puree (raspberry, sugar), vegetable juice (color), nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, natural flavor, xanthan gum, peaches, cream macaron (sugar), almond, egg whites, peach puree (peach, ascorbic acid), butter, cream (cream, carrageenan), nonfat dry milk, paprika extract (color), natural flavors, carrageenan, xanthan gum, lemon, yuzu macaron (sugar), almond, egg whites, butter, lemon puree, yuzu, water, nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, turmeric (color), xanthan gum, lemon essential oil, pistachio macaron (sugar), almond, egg whites, butter, water, cream (cream, carrageenan), pistachio, nonfat dry milk, spirulina extract (color), carrageenan, natural flavor, xanthan gum, blueberry macaron (sugar almond powder), egg whites, blueberry (blueberry, sugar), butter, nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, spirulina extract (color), natural flavor, xanthan gum, intense chocolate macaron, sugar, almond, egg whites, cream (cream, carrageenan), dark couverture choco, late (chocolate liquor, sugar, low fat cocoa, soy lecithin, vanilla flavoring), glucose syrup, butter, low fat cocoa, sunflower oil, xanthan gum

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

RASPBERRY MACARON: sugar, raspberry preparation (raspberry, sugar, lemon juice, pectin), almond powder, egg whites, butter (milk), raspberry puree (raspberry, sugar), vegetable juice (color), nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, natural flavor, xanthan gum. PEACHES AND CREAM MACARON: sugar, almond powder, egg whites, peach puree (peach, ascorbic acid), butter (milk), cream (cream (milk), carrageenan), nonfat dry milk, paprika extract (color), natural flavors, carrageenan, xanthan gum. LEMON AND YUZU MACARON: sugar, almond powder, egg whites, butter (milk), lemon puree, yuzu juice, water, nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, turmeric (color), xanthan gum, lemon essential oil. PISTACHIO MACARON: sugar, almond powder, egg whites, butter (milk), water, cream (cream (milk) carrageenan), pistachio, nonfat dry milk, spirulina extract (color), carrageenan, natural flavor, xanthan gum. BLUEBERRY MACARON: sugar almond powder, egg whites, blueberry puree (blueberry, sugar), butter (milk), nonfat dry milk, carrageenan, spirulina extract (color), natural flavor, xanthan gum. INTENSE CHOCOLATE MACARON. sugar, almond powder, egg whites, cream (cream (milk), carrageenan), dark couverture choco - late (chocolate liquor, sugar, low fat cocoa, soy lecithin, vanilla flavoring), glucose syrup, butter (milk), low fat cocoa processed with alkali, sunflower oil, xanthan gum.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Fat reduced cocoa An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 170th. 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810732021149, last edited 18 April 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.