Pret A Manger · Breakfast pastries

Almond Croissant

8 g protein · 382 cals · 90 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Fat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

8% of kcal

24% water

7 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

29%

49%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 382
Protein: (8%); 8 g
Fat: (50%); 21 g
Carbohydrates: (41%); 39 g
of which sugar: 14 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 212 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

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Ingredients

Wheat Flour ( Wheat ), Butter ( Milk ) (20%), Almond Filling (19%) (Sugar, Almonds ( Almonds ), Wheat Flour ( Wheat ), Flavouring (Natural Flavouring), Water), Water, Sugar, Almonds ( Almonds ) (4%), Yeast, Wheat Gluten ( Wheat ), Icing Sugar, Free-Range Egg ( Egg ), Salt, flour treatment agent (Ascorbic Acid).

Nutrition as published by Pret A Manger — check it yourself. Product photograph © Pret A Manger, shown to identify the item. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.

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