little moons MOCHI CHEESECAKE 2 MOCHI TREATS STRAW
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
7
0 we grade moderate or higher
4 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 (7)
This label lists 4 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 acidity regulator, 1 emulsifier and 1 raising agent.
E407
Carrageenan
Thickener and stabiliser
What it is. A gel forming fibre extracted from red seaweed.
Why it is used. Thickens dairy, plant milks, desserts and some processed meats.
What the evidence says. Food grade carrageenan is permitted. A degraded form called poligeenan is harmful, but that is not what goes into food. Some lab and animal work links carrageenan to gut inflammation, which keeps it under review, but human evidence is limited and mixed.
Permitted, including in organic food in many places, though a few specialist products avoid it as a precaution.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E407
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
E330
Citric acid
Acidity regulator
What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.
Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.
What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.
Permitted freely.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E410 Locust bean gum thickener
- E412 Guar gum thickener
- E413 Tragacanth thickener
- 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.
Ingredients
Full fot soft cheese (27%) (full fat soft cheese (milk), sea salt), sugar, water, rice flour, strawberry filling (9.4%) (apple puree, sugar, strawberry, modified starch, black carrot juice concentrate, acidity regulator (citric acid), flavouring spice extract) gluten free biscuit crumb (5%) (gluten free flour blend (brown rice, potato, maize sugar, palm oil, dried rice syrup, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), trehalose chicory root fibre, rice starch, freeze-dried strawberry powder with seeds, natural strawberry flavouring, tapioca starch, emulsifier (mono and diglycerides of fatty acids), stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum, cellulose gum carrageenan), salt, natural raspberry flavouring, vanilla paste (invert sugar, bourbon vanilla extract, water, spent vanilla pod, thickener (tragacanth gum)), beetroot powder, soya. *Trehalose is a source of glucose 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.