Keto Croissants

Is a croissant keto friendly?

An ordinary bakery croissant is not keto friendly, because its dough is mostly wheat flour and starch. A croissant from the counter is built for lamination, not for a carbohydrate figure.

The croissants on this page replace that flour with wheat and rice protein and with acacia fibre, which brings one 50 g croissant down to between 3 g and 13.5 g of carbohydrate.

Most people counting carbohydrate on keto work to a budget of 20 g to 50 g a day. The plain croissant takes 4 g of that budget and the chocolate filled one 13.5 g, so the same shelf can cost you a fifth of a 20 g day or two thirds of it.

How many carbs and calories are in a keto croissant?

A keto croissant here declares between 168 kcal and 201 kcal in one 50 g piece. Carbohydrate runs from 3 g to 13.5 g across the four recipes, and the sugars line stays at 0.5 g on every one.

• Low-Carb Croissant 50g: 171 kcal, 4 g carbohydrate, 12.5 g protein and 7.5 g fibre, £2.49
• Low-Carb Croissant Double Chocolate 50g: 179 kcal, 5.2 g carbohydrate and 13.1 g protein, £2.69
• Low-Carb Croissant Delicious Pistachio 50g: 168 kcal, 3 g carbohydrate, 7.5 g protein and 12.5 g fibre, £2.69
• Low-Carb Croissant Chocolate Filling 50g: 201 kcal, 13.5 g carbohydrate, 6.8 g protein and 5 g fibre, £2.69

Fibre keeps a line of its own on the pack: 15 g per 100 g in the plain croissant, 25 g in the pistachio and 10 g in the chocolate filled one, which makes all three high in fibre.

On a British label the carbohydrate line already excludes fibre, so nothing has to be subtracted before the figure goes into your day.

The double chocolate croissant is the one gap in the list above. Its pack states high in fibre without printing the gram figure, so the number stays out of this page rather than being estimated.

What are keto croissants made of?

Keto croissants are built on wheat and rice protein with acacia and wheat fibre in place of flour. The plain one adds oat protein, and the chocolate filled one leads with pea protein concentrate.

Butter carries the fat in three of the recipes, with olive oil beside it in the plain croissant. The croissant with chocolate filling is made with coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil instead, so it carries no butter and declares no milk.

Sugar is replaced by two sweeteners named on the pack: sodium cyclamate in the dough of all four, and erythritol in the cocoa and pistachio creams. Potassium sorbate is the preservative, and sunflower lecithin the emulsifier.

Allergens differ between the four. Gluten and wheat run through every one, milk through three, hazelnuts through the double chocolate and the chocolate filled croissant, pistachios through the pistachio one and oats through the plain one.

Which keto croissant should you choose?

Compare any croissant on three lines before you buy: carbohydrate per croissant, protein per croissant and allergens. On this shelf those three lines point in different directions.

Pistachio sits at the bottom of the carbohydrate range with 3 g a croissant, and its cream is made with 5 per cent real pistachios.

Double chocolate carries the most protein, 13.1 g a croissant, and 5 per cent cocoa powder in the dough on top of its cocoa cream.

The croissant with chocolate filling is the outlier at 13.5 g of carbohydrate a croissant, against 3 g to 5.2 g in the other three. The filling moves that figure, so plan it as the sweet one of the shelf.

The plain croissant is the one without a filling: 4 g of carbohydrate, 12.5 g of protein and 7.5 g of fibre, at the lowest price on the page.

A croissant does not have to be eaten dry. Split one, warm it and fill it, or turn it into keto crepes made with a croissant when you want a hot breakfast.

Order any of them from this page from £2.49 and they ship across the United Kingdom.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I buy keto croissants near me?

Online rather than in a shop near you. No supermarket or high street bakery chain lists a keto croissant in the United Kingdom, so order from this page from £2.49 and the croissants arrive by post.

Do UK supermarkets sell keto croissants?

No supermarket bakery aisle lists one. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons bake their croissants on wheat flour, so the one on their counter is an ordinary croissant. A keto croissant comes from a specialist range sold online.

Can I make keto croissants at home?

Yes, but it is a different bake. The recipe shared most often is fathead dough, which is melted mozzarella and almond flour rather than a laminated butter pastry. If you would rather bake than buy, our keto flours cover the almond and coconut flour those recipes ask for.

Do keto croissants contain sugar?

Yes, 0.5 g of sugars a croissant. That is 1 g per 100 g on all four packs, which counts as low in sugars, and no sugar is added to any of the recipes. The sweetness comes from sodium cyclamate, with erythritol in the cocoa and pistachio creams.

Are keto croissants gluten free?

No, every one of them declares gluten. Wheat protein is what gives the dough its structure, so gluten and wheat sit in the allergen line of all four packs. Two of them also declare hazelnuts, one pistachios and one oats.

Is a keto croissant the same as a low carb croissant?

Here they are the same product. The packs are named Low-Carb Croissant because the range sells across Europe, and shoppers search for both wordings. Neither keto nor low carb is a defined nutrition claim in GB food law, so the carbohydrate figure printed per croissant is the comparison that holds.

How much protein is in a keto croissant?

From 6.8 g to 13.1 g a croissant. The plain croissant at 12.5 g and the double chocolate at 13.1 g are high in protein, with protein at 29.2 per cent of their energy. The pistachio at 7.5 g and the chocolate filled one at 6.8 g are a source of protein. Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.