Is Waitrose & Partners No1 Pains Au Chocolat ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed viennoiseries
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour acf oorentes butter, chocolaie (227, ugar, cocoa, cocoa butter (processing marker), soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), water, sugar (processing marker), yeast, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), free range egg, salt (processing marker), ascorbic acid, typical values as sold energy k energy kcal fat
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
wheat flour acf oorentes butter (milk) (26%), chocolaie (227, ugar, cocoa, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), water, sugar, yeast, wheat gluten, pasteurised free range egg, salt, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid) typical values as sold energy k energy kcal fat
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.
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.
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.
Among 21 chocolate croissant
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the chocolate croissant here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169387870, last edited 6 August 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.