Baker Boys Double Choc Chip Cake
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
6
0 we grade moderate or higher
4 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 (6)
This label lists 1 anticaking agent, 1 emulsifier, 1 additive, 1 preservative, 1 raising agent and 1 thickener or gelling agent.
E202
Potassium sorbate
Preservative
What it is. The potassium salt of sorbic acid, which stops mould and yeast growth.
Why it is used. Used in cheese, baked goods, dried fruit, wine and dressings.
What the evidence says. Widely used and long regarded as one of the gentler preservatives. EFSA's 2015 re-evaluation lowered the acceptable daily intake and noted gaps in the genotoxicity data, asking for more work, while finding no evidence of harm at the levels actually used.
Permitted with maximum levels. EFSA has asked for further data rather than restricted it.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E202
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
- E422 Glycerol other
- E450 Diphosphates raising agent
- E492 Sorbitan tristearate emulsifier
- 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
gredients: sponge cake: (chocolate cake mix [wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin and thiamine), sugar, dried whole egg powder, fat reduced cocoa powder, modified maize starch, rating agents (disodium diphosphate, sodium bicarbonate), secdemisifier blend (glucone syrup, emulsifiers actic acid esters of mono and glycerides of fatty acids, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids mone-ard diglycerides y acids), skimmed milk powder), whey protein concentrate (from wilks ervative (potassium sorbate), stabiliser (xanthan gum), vanilla flavour], water, esped oil [rapeseed oil, antifoaming agent (piethyl polyc foranty chocolate avou ships/8%) [sugar, vegetable oil, cocoa powder emilsner (soya lecithin) stabiliser (sorbitan tristearate)], glycerine.
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.