Fruit & Grain Apple
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
9
0 we grade moderate or higher
7 of them not yet assessed here
Sugars per 100g
32g
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 (9)
This label lists 2 acidity regulators, 2 preservatives, 2 raising agents, 2 thickeners and gelling agents and 1 additive.
E202
Potassium sorbate
Preservative
What it is. The potassium salt of sorbic acid, which stops mould and yeast growth.
Why it is used. Used in cheese, baked goods, dried fruit, wine and dressings.
What the evidence says. Widely used and long regarded as one of the gentler preservatives. EFSA's 2015 re-evaluation lowered the acceptable daily intake and noted gaps in the genotoxicity data, asking for more work, while finding no evidence of harm at the levels actually used.
Permitted with maximum levels. EFSA has asked for further data rather than restricted it.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E202
E466
Carboxymethyl cellulose
Thickener and stabiliser
What it is. A modified plant fibre used to thicken and stabilise.
Why it is used. Common in ice cream, low fat products, gluten free bakery and sauces.
What the evidence says. Falls in the same emulsifier and gut research bucket as polysorbate 80, with early human work hinting at effects on the microbiome. Interesting, not conclusive.
Permitted with limits.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E466
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E281 Sodium propionate preservative
- E296 Malic acid acidity regulator
- E331 Sodium citrates acidity regulator
- E341 Calcium phosphates raising agent
- E422 Glycerol other
- E440 Pectin thickener
- E450 Diphosphates 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.
Ingredients
apple and cinnamon filling (40%) (sugar, apple purée (20%), water, modified maize starch, humectant: glycerol,, geling agent: pectin, acid: malic acid, fiming agent: tricalcium phosphate, preservative: potassium sorbate, acidity regulator: sodium citrate, havouring, cinnamon), wheat flour wheat flour, iron, niäcin, thiamin, riboflavin, folic acid), sunflower oil, humectant: glycerol, oat bran, raisins (raisins, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil), pasteurised liquid whole egg, wholegrain oat flakes, molasses, brown sugar, oat flour, vitamins and minerals (calcium, niacin, iron, zinc oxide, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin a, folic acid), invert sugar syrup, raising agents: potassium carbonates, diphosphates, sodium carbonates, calcium phosphates, stabiliser: carboxy methyl cellulose, salt, preservative: sodium propionate, maize starch,
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.