thorntons chocolate trifle
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
8
0 we grade moderate or higher
7 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (8)
This label lists 3 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 acidity regulator, 1 anticaking agent, 1 additive and 1 raising agent. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
E415
Xanthan gum
Thickener and stabiliser
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.
Permitted freely.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E415
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E331 Sodium citrates acidity regulator
- E401 Sodium alginate thickener
- E422 Glycerol other
- E428 Gelatine thickener
- E450 Diphosphates raising agent
- E502 No entry in our register
- E570 Fatty acids anticaking 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
colate sauce, toppe coa sponge, a sweetei ping and a dark choc redients ose-fructose syrup, water, whippi m (milk) (17%), skimmed milk, chocolate powder (2.7%) (sugar, c s, whole milk powder, cocoa butt nmed milk powder), dark chocolate %) (cocoa mass, sugar, fat reduced uder), whole milk powder, wheat f onut oil, whey powder (milk), modifie ze starch, egg (free range), fat-reduce coa powder, emulsifiers (mono - and ycerides of fatty acids, lactic acid esters no - and diglycerides of fatty acids, soya thin), cocoa mass, skimmed milk powc k gelatine, tapioca starch, glycerol, bilisers (sodium alginate, xanthan gum), g albumen (free-range), preservative otassium sorbate), butter oil (milk), wouring, cocoa butter, raising agents odium carbonates, diphosphates), acidity aulator (trisodium citrate). r allergens including cereals containing mlen poo ngredients in bold. ay also contain nuts
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.