Tesco Egg Custard Tarts 4 Pack
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
1
0 we grade moderate or higher
Counted from the label, not by quantity
Saturates per 100g
5.93g
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 colour.
E160A
Carotenes
Yellow to orange colour
What it is. The orange pigments found in carrots and other vegetables, either extracted or made synthetically.
Why it is used. Colours margarine, soft drinks, dairy, and sweets.
What the evidence says. The same compound the body turns into vitamin A, and safe at the levels used in food. High dose beta-carotene supplements have been linked to harm in smokers, but those doses are far above anything a colour in food delivers, and conflating the two is a common mistake.
Permitted. The supplement findings apply to concentrated doses, not to food colouring.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E160A
Ingredients
whole milk, wheat flour (whebt flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin], pasteurised egg (16%), sugar, palm oil, dried glucose syrup, rapeseed oll, whipping cream (milk), palm kernel oil, nutmeg, flavouring, dextrose, colour (carotenes), salt. allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. also, may contain peanuts and nuts. fr v suitable for vegetarians recycling clean storage keep refrigerated. carton not suitable for home freezing. tiol recycle recycle nutrition as sold tesco stores ltd., welwyn garden c ri* for an typical values per one egg custard tesco ireland ltd dun laoghaire, c tart (86g) ri* average adult 0b 1197kj 8400kj energy
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.