Croissant

Butter-laminated viennoiserie perfected in 19th-century Paris, with 27 folded layers creating its signature honeycomb flake. France exports over €120M in pastry annually, with the croissant as its most recognised ambassador worldwide. Outselling the #2 pastry by more than 3:1 in global exports, it remains the benchmark for laminated dough — with 70% of French bakeries reporting it as their top seller.