Tesco Lemn and Mascarpone Cheesecake Slices
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
5
0 we grade moderate or higher
3 of them not yet assessed here
Fat per 100g
25.44g
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 (5)
This label lists 2 colours, 1 emulsifier, 1 raising agent and 1 thickener or gelling agent.
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
E322
Lecithin
Emulsifier
What it is. A natural emulsifier, usually from soya or sunflower.
Why it is used. Keeps chocolate smooth and stops ingredients separating.
What the evidence says. Safe and widely used. Only relevant if the source, such as soya, is an allergen for you.
Permitted freely. Source allergen must be declared.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E322
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E170 Calcium carbonate colour
- E440 Pectin 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
Whipping Cream (Milk), Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (15%), Lemon Curd Glaze (13%) [Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water, Dextrose, Butter (Milk), Pasteurised Egg, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Single Cream (Milk), Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Whole Milk, Cornflour, Gelling Agent (Amidated Pectin), Colour (Algal Carotenes), Lemon Oil], Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Mascarpone Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Sugar, Palm Oil, Pasteurised Egg, Demerara Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Invert Sugar Syrup, Belgian White Chocolate [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Dried Whole Milk, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring], Concentrated Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, Cornflour, Flavouring, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate). Allergy Advic
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.