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Toffee Cheesecake

Milbona

4335619312531

Processing

4

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

9

0 we grade moderate or higher

8 of them not yet assessed here

Saturates per 100g

10.20g

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 4 thickeners and gelling agents, 2 raising agents, 1 acidity regulator, 1 colour and 1 emulsifier.

E415 Xanthan gum
Thickener and stabiliser No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A fibre made by fermenting sugars with a bacterium, which thickens liquids at very low doses.

Why it is used. Thickens sauces and dressings and gives structure to gluten free baking.

What the evidence says. Passes through largely undigested and is treated as safe by regulators, with no numerical intake limit. Very large amounts act as fibre does, which is a digestive effect rather than a safety one.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E415

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

  • E150A Plain caramel colour
  • E270 Lactic acid acidity regulator
  • E410 Locust bean gum thickener
  • E412 Guar gum thickener
  • E440 Pectin thickener
  • E472B Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides emulsifier
  • E500 Sodium carbonates raising agent
  • E503 Ammonium 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.

Ingredients

GB IE Cheesecake dessert on a digestive biscuit crumb base topped with toffee flavour sauce Ingredients Water, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, 11% Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Sugar, Skimmed Milk, Whole Milk, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Folic Acid, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Whipping Cream (Milk), Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Whey Powder (Milk), Modified Maize Starch, Tapioca Starch, Stabilisers: Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum; Gelling Agent: Pectins; Invert Sugar Syrup, Emulsifier: Lactic Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Flavourings, Colour: Plain Caramel; Salt, Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid; Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates; Skimmed Milk Powder. Contains RSPO certified palm oil (SG), 4-1231-19-000-00. Allergy Advice

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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