Bubble Cake

Name: Bubble Cake
Brand: American foods

American foods

0024354420802

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

Counted from the label, not by quantity

Saturates per 100g

5.80g

High

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

Additives (1)

This label lists 1 sweetener.

E420 Sorbitol
Sweetener and humectant Low strong evidence

What it is. A sugar alcohol, about half as sweet as sugar, which also holds moisture.

Why it is used. Used in sugar free sweets and gum, and to keep baked goods soft.

What the evidence says. Not a toxicity question at all. Sugar alcohols are poorly absorbed, so a large amount draws water into the gut and has a laxative effect. That is well established, predictable and dose dependent, which is why the label has to say so.

Regulatory status UK Permitted with limits or a warning EU Permitted with limits or a warning US Permitted with limits or a warning

Permitted. Foods with more than 10 per cent polyols must carry the statement that excessive consumption may produce laxative effects.

Assessed against EFSA, UK FSA. Full entry for E420

Ingredients

Fact iner por Ración Sodium/Sodio 140mg Cholesterol / Colesterol 5mg Trans Fat/Grasa Trans Og Sat. Fat/ Informații Ingrediente: ZAHAR, FAINA DE GRAU, OUA, ULEI VEGETAL, SIROP DE GLUCOZA, ULEI VEGETAL HIDROGENIZAT (PALMIER, ULEIURI DE SEMINTE DE PALMIER), NUCĂ DE COCOS, PRAF DE ZER DE BRANZA, GLICEROL, SORBITOL, LAPTE PRAF DEGRESAT, AMIDON DE PORUMB, DEXTROZA, GRASIMI VEGETALE (CANOLA, FLOAREA-SOARELUI, ULEIURI DE PALMIER), ULEI VEGETAL (PALMIER), AMIDON DE TAPIOCA MODIFICAT, MONO ŞI DIGLICERIDE, SARE, AGENŢI DE DOSPIRE (PIROFOSFAT DE ACID DE SODIU), LECITINA DE SOIA, AGENŢI DE DOSPIRE (BICARBONAT DE SODIU), AROME ARTIFICIALE (NUCA DE COCOS) SORBAT DE POTASIU (CONSERVANȚI), ESTERI POLIGLICEROLI AI ACIZILOR GRAȘI VEGETALI, pros of a 6LACTILAT DE STEAROL DE SODIU, GUMA XANTAN, ACID CITRIC, STEARAT DE POTASIU, VANILINA 6 Avertisment privind alergenii: Conţine Oua, Lapte, Soia, GRAU, nucă de cocos (numai FDA). Poate conţine fructe uscate cu coajă tare (migdale, alune, fistic), arahide. A se păstra la loc răcoros şi uscat.

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

10g

Medium

Saturates

5.80g

High

Sugars

15.30g

Medium

Salt

Low

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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