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Cakes, from least to most processed

We track 377 cakes, 94% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Cherry Pie Bars.

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What makes cakes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cakes that contain each:

Processed food (22)

  1. 1 Cherry Pie Bars Larabar · 1lb 4.4oz (578g) 3
  2. 2 Jam doughnuts Tesco · 4 3
  3. 3 Corn cake thins Aldi · 130g 3
  4. 4 Blueberry muffins Wellsley · 17 g 3
  5. 5 Blueberry Muffin Lärabar 3
  6. 6 Carrot Cake Soft Oaty Bars Organic Mamia · 6 x 25g = 125g 3
  7. 7 Carrot cake bars Bear · 4 x 27 g 3
  8. 8 Chocolate Brownies Flax4life · 14 oz 3
  9. 9 Doughnut 3
  10. 10 Beetroot, Spinach & Marscapone Quiche Waitrose · 1x 400g 3
  11. 11 Tropical Fruity Boba Mochi Tropical Fields · 900 g 3
  12. 12 Chocolate Muffin & Cake Almond Flour Mix Simple Mills · 10.4 oz 3
  13. 13 English muffins, toasted onion Mikey's Muffins 3
  14. 14 Almond Flour Baking Mix Brownie Simple Mills · 12.9 oz 3
  15. 15 marlenka snack medova Marlenka · 50 g 3
  16. 16 Carrot Cake Muffin King · 120g 3
  17. 17 So Soft 4 Muffins The Bakery at Asda · 4unknown 3
  18. 18 Spiced Carrot Cake Bars Simple Mills · 5 x 1.19 oz 3
  19. 19 Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix Original Simple Mills · 10.7 oz 3
  20. 20 Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders · 16 oz 3
  21. 21 Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill 3
  22. 22 Sweet Yellow Cornbread & Muffin Mix Martha White · 7 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (355)

  1. 23 Blueberry Muffin 5 Raw Fruit & Nut Bars Alesto · 175 g 4
  2. 24 Chocolate Mini Rolls Waitrose · 17 units 4
  3. 25 Yogurt Coated Rice Cakes Tesco 4
  4. 26 Blueberry oat muffin The Protein Ball Co · 45 g 4
  5. 27 Choc Chip Muffin The Protein Ball Co. · 45 g 4
  6. 28 4 Breakfast Muffins Rowan Hill Bakery 4
  7. 29 Grödinge ostkaka Frödinge · 300g 4
  8. 30 All butter muffins Morrisons 4
  9. 31 Farmhouse cheddar muffins Hovis 4
  10. 32 Instant Gulab Jamun mix Chitale Foods · 7 oz (200 g) 4
  11. 33 White muffins Sainsbury's 4
  12. 34 New york vanilla cheesecake slices Sainsbury's taste the difference · 2 x 90g 4
  13. 35 Crumpets Hovis · 6 4
  14. 36 sponge fingers Tesco · 200 g 4
  15. 37 Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders · 16 oz 4
  16. 38 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Cinnamon Oat Kodiak · 20 oz 4
  17. 39 All Butter Scones Tesco 4
  18. 40 All Butter Welsh Cakes Waitrose · 6 4
  19. 41 Organic 7 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill · 680 g 4
  20. 42 4 All Butter Sultana Scones Waitrose 4
  21. 43 4 Cornish Clotted Cream Scones Sainsbury's · 280 g 4
  22. 44 Blåbärspaj Frödinge · 400g 4
  23. 45 Buttermilk Waffles Eggo · 10, 349 g 4
  24. 46 Tesco Flapjack Mini Bites All Butter Tesco Expertl Tesco 4
  25. 47 Madeleine Bonne Maman · 175 g 4
  26. 48 White Muffins Waitrose 4
  27. 49 Lancashire Chorley Cakes Lancashire Eccles Cakes · 4 x 70g 4
  28. 50 Real Lancashire Eccles Cakes Lancashire Eccles Cake Ltd · 200g 4
  29. 51 Blueberry Oat Muffins Veggies Made Great 4
  30. 52 Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea Mochi Tropical Fields · 31.8oz (900g) 4
  31. 53 Gâteau Marbré Farmer’s Market 4
  32. 54 Potato Cakes Warburtons · 6 4
  33. 55 Wholemeal Muffins Morrisons · 4 4
  34. 56 Malt Lunchbox Loaves Soreen · 150g 4
  35. 57 Raspberry Ripple We Love Cake 4
  36. 58 Brownie Bites Heavenly Hunks · 6 oz 4
  37. 59 Ostkaka Coop · 500 g 4
  38. 60 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sweet Loren’s · 12 oz 4
  39. 61 Soreen Malt Loaf 190g Soreen · 190 g 4
  40. 62 Organic Baked Oat Cups Apple Crumble Made Good 4

Showing the first 40 of 355. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.