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Is Britannia Chocolate Cake 100gm ultra-processed?

Cakes Sold in Australia and India

Pack of Britannia Chocolate Cake 100gm

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 58 ingredients
  • 18 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

refined wheat flour (maida), sugar, EGG, vanaspati, interesterified vegetable fat, humectant (422), dextrose, refined palmolein oil, glucose, cocoa solids 2.1%, high maltose syrup, fructooligosaccharides, colours (150d, 150c, 102, 122, 132, 133), cake gel, emulsifiers (471, 477, 470 (i)), humectants (1520, 422), raising agents (341 (i), 500 (ii), 450 (vii), 450 (i)), nature identical (chocolate), artificial (creamy vanilla), flavouring substances, invert syrup, iodized salt, preservatives (202 and 282), acidity regulator (330), baking powder, emulsifier (475), stabilizer (415, Numbers in brackets as per International Numbering System), store under cool, DRY and HYGIENIC CONDITIONS AWAY FROM SUNLIGHT

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E122 Azorubine , E132 Indigotine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E150c Ammonia caramel , E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E1520 Propylene Glycol , E282 Calcium propionate , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E102 Tartrazine, E122 Azorubine, E132 Indigotine, E133 Brilliant blue FCF, E150c Ammonia caramel, E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel, E415 Xanthan gum, E422 Glycerol, E450 Diphosphates, E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

REFINED WHEAT FLOUR (MAIDA), SUGAR, EGG, VANASPATI, INTERESTERIFIED VEGETABLE FAT, HUMECTANT (422), DEXTROSE, REFINED PALMOLEIN OIL, LIQUID GLUCOSE, COCOA SOLIDS (2.1%), HIGH MALTOSE SYRUP, FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, COLOURS (150d, 150c, 102, 122, 132, 133), CAKE GEL [EMULSIFIERS (471, 477, 470(i)) & HUMECTANTS (1520, 422)), RAISING AGENTS (341(i), 500(ii), 450(vii) & 450(i)), NATURE IDENTICAL (CHOCOLATE) & ARTIFICIAL (CREAMY VANILLA) FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES, INVERT SYRUP, IODIZED SALT, PRESERVATIVES (202 & 282), ACIDITY REGULATOR (330), BAKING POWDER, EMULSIFIER (475) AND STABILIZER (415). (Numbers in brackets as per International Numbering System) CONTAINS WHEAT & EGG. STORE UNDER COOL, DRY AND HYGIENIC CONDITIONS AWAY FROM SUNLIGHT

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E122 Azorubine 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.
  • E132 Indigotine 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.
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
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  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
4 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 371st. 94% of the cakes 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 377 cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901063365964, last edited 16 February 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.