Pret A Manger · Breakfast pastries

Very Berry Croissant

4 g protein · 299 cals · 88 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

6% of kcal

33% water

8 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

41%

58%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 299
Protein: (6%); 4 g
Fat: (37%); 12 g
Carbohydrates: (57%); 42 g
of which sugar: 22 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 224 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

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Higher-scoring, from Pret A Manger’s own “Breakfast pastries” in United Kingdom.

Ingredients

Mixed Berry Filling (35%) (Sugar, Strawberry, Redcurrant, Blackcurrant, Raspberry, Blackberry, Concentrated Lemon Juice, gelling agent (Pectins), Flavouring), Wheat Flour ( Wheat ), Shea Butter, Water, Sugar, Yeast, Wheat Gluten ( Wheat ), Salt, Sunflower Oil, Potato Starch, Concentrated Lemon Juice, 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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