2 iced & spiced buns
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
6
0 we grade moderate or higher
5 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (6)
This label lists 5 emulsifiers and 1 thickener or gelling agent.
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E435 Polysorbate 60 emulsifier
- E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose thickener
- E470A Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids emulsifier
- E472C Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides emulsifier
- E472E Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters (DATEM) emulsifier
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
gluten-free english brioche with icing, made with raisins macerated with orange, orange peel and spices - made without wheat ingredients sugar raisins macerated with orange (23%) (grapes of smyrna currants grapes, reconstituted orange juice) gluten-free flour (maize starch rice flour tapioca flour potato starch) water yeast palm fat sunflower oil invert sugar syrup bark powder psyllium orange peel stabilizer: e464, xanthan gum emulsifier: e470a, e471, e472c, e472e, e435, egg white powder concentrated raisin infusion humectant: glycerol potato fibre ground broken salt (chinese cinnamon) flavours - palm oil glucose syrup celifier: agar-agar d ground coriander rapeseed oil, for allergens, see ingredients indicated in bold, important to avoid choking, keep packaging out of reach of infants and children, information our ,quot,made without range,quot, has been designed so that people following specific diets , , has
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.