Is Angel Delight Butterscotch flavour ultra-processed?

59g Puddings Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Lactose
Whey
Modified starch
E150a Plain caramel
E160a Carotene
and 5 more

18 ingredients
10 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed puddings

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sugar (processing marker), Modified Potato Starch (ultra-processing marker), Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Palm Vegetable Oil), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Propane-1‚2-Diol Esters of Fatty Acids, Sunflower Lecithins (ultra-processing marker), Disodium Phosphate, Tetrasodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Lactose (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Caseinates, Plain Caramel (ultra-processing marker), Beetroot Red (ultra-processing marker), Annatto (ultra-processing marker), Mixed Carotenes (ultra-processing marker), Whey (ultra-processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Silicon Dioxide (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E160a Carotene , E160b Annatto , E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate , E551 Silicon dioxide , E570 Fatty acids

As written on the pack

Sugar, Modified Potato Starch, Vegetable Oil (Palm), Modified Maize Starch, Emulsifiers (Propane-1,2-Diol Esters of Fatty Acids, Sunflower Lecithins), Gelling Agents (Disodium Phosphate, Tetrasodium Diphosphate), Lactose (Milk), Sodium Caseinates (Milk), Colours (Plain Caramel, Beetroot Red, Annatto, Mixed Carotenes), Dried Whey (Milk), Flavourings (contain Milk), Anti-Caking Agent (Silicon Dioxide)

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 95 puddings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 90th. 92% of the puddings here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 95 puddings, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354770333, last edited 18 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.