Why is Poudre à lever sans phosphate classified as a processed food (NOVA 3) and what specific additives does it contain?

The product is placed in NOVA group 3 because it is a formulated ingredient that undergoes industrial processing to combine sodium bicarbonate, wheat starch and potassium hydrogen tartrate into a ready‑to‑use powder. The listed additives are E500 (ii) (sodium bicarbonate) and E336 (potassium hydrogen tartrate), both approved food‑grade substances that serve as leavening agents.

Is this leavening powder suitable for a gluten‑free diet?

No. The ingredient list includes wheat starch, and the product carries a gluten allergen warning, so it is not safe for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.

Can this product be used in vegan baking, and does it contain any animal‑derived ingredients?

Yes, all components – sodium bicarbonate, wheat starch and potassium hydrogen tartrate – are plant‑based or mineral, making the powder suitable for vegan and vegetarian recipes, provided the baker does not need the product to be gluten‑free.

La Patelière • 10 g

Poudre à lever sans phosphate

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Product Insights

Poudre à lever sans phosphate is a 10‑gram packet of organic, phosphate‑free baking powder marketed by La Patelière and sold at Biocoop in France. The formulation combines sodium bicarbonate, wheat starch and potassium hydrogen tartrate, providing a vegan and vegetarian leavening aid but also delivering gluten, which triggers the listed allergen warning. Classified in NOVA group 3, it is a processed food additive with no declared nutritional values, so a Nutri‑Score is not assigned, and in the French PNNS classification it belongs to the cereals and cereal‑derived products group.

Nutritional Values

Values per 100 g

Added Sugars0 g

Fruits & Vegetables0 %

Comparative Analysis

Compared with the typical food additive category averages, this leavening powder contains essentially zero grams of sugars, fats, saturated fat, salt and carbohydrates per 100 g, far below the average values of 22.5 g sugar, 8.3 g fat, 3.7 g saturated fat, 1.1 g salt and 56 g carbohydrates.

Ingredients

Bicarbonate de sodium, amidon de _blé_, tartrate monopotassique.

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