Triple Layered Banoffee Mousse Cakes

M&S

29395712

Processing

4

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

4

0 we grade moderate or higher

3 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

29.86g

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.

This label lists 2 raising agents, 1 emulsifier and 1 thickener or gelling agent.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
Low limited evidence

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.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

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

  • E440 Pectin thickener
  • E450 Diphosphates raising agent
  • E500 Sodium carbonates raising agent

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.

Suitable not su nut allergy for Double Cream (Milk) (26%) (17%) (Double Cream (Milk) • • Salted Caramel Brown Sugar. Sugar Butter (Milk) Cornflour Salt) Sugar. Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Rapeseed Oil Banana Purée (6%) White Chocolate (4.5%) (Sugar. Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk Dried Skimmed Milk Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin Natural Vanilla Flavouring) Pasteurised Egg Whole Milk Milk Chocolate (3%) (Sugar Cocoa Butter Cocoa Mass Dried Skimmed Milk Milk Fat Lactose (Milk) Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin) Dark Chocolate (3%) (Sugar Cocoa Mass. Cocoa Butter Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin) Humectant: Glycerol Pasteurised Egg Yolk Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Skimmed Milk Sugar) Glucose Syrup. Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate, E450 Cornflour. Concentrated Butter (Milk) Palm Oil Unsalted Butter (Milk) Stabiliser: Pectin, Agar Salt Dextrose Lactose (Milk) Milk Protein Barley Malt Extract (contains Gluten). Sea Salt Emulsifier: E471 Dried Glucose Syrup Natural Flavouring. . For allergens see ingredients in bold. Not suitable for those with a Nut and Peanut allergy. Suitable for vegetarians Made O Ma PO B Unite M&S PO B Dubli mark M 2

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.

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