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Is Cadbury Сабвичи CELEBRATION CAKE flake CHO PLAYERS AND HAN ultra-processed?

Cakes Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 74 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cakes

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

Chocolate flavour filling 26% (Sugar, Vegetable margarine (Vegetable oils (Palm Vegetable oils, Rapeseed Vegetable oils), e471), Glucose syrup, Fat reduced cocoa, Icing sugar, Maize starch, egg white, e471, Flavourings (contain Barley, Milk)), Glucose syrup, Wheat flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Milk chocolate 13% (Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, skimmed milk, Milk fat, Vegetable fat (Palm), whey (from milk), Soya lecithin), Sugar, Milk chocolate 4.5% (Milk, Sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Vegetable fats (Palm, Shea), e442, Flavourings), Marbled dark and white chocolate curls 3.5% (Sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Dried whole milk, whey (from milk), Lactose, Butteroil, Soya lecithin, Flavouring), Glycerol, Fat reduced cocoa, Soya flour, whole egg, Vegetable oils (Palm Vegetable oils, Rapeseed Vegetable oils), whey (from milk), egg white, e450, Sodium bicarbonate, e471, Potassium sorbate, Flavouring, this cake does not contain dairy cream, We want you to enjoy this cake in perfect condition, If you are not entirely satisfied with this cake please return it with the packaging to the consumer relations team, freepost premier foods consumer relations

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Chocolate flavour filling (26%) [Sugar, Vegetable margarine (Vegetable oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Emulsifier (E471)). Glucose syrup, Fat reduced cocoa, Icing sugar, Maize starch, Dried egg white, Emulsifier (E471), Flavourings (contain Barley, Milk)]. Glucose syrup, Wheat flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Milk chocolate (13%) [Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, Dried skimmed milk, Milk fat, Vegetable fat (Palm). Dried whey (from milk), Emulsifier (Soya lecithin)]. Sugar, Milk chocolate flake pieces (4.5%) [Milk, Sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Vegetable fats (Palm, Shea), Emulsifier (E442), Flavourings], Marbled dark and white chocolate curls (3.5%) [Sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Dried whole milk, Dried whey (from milk). Lactose (Milk). Butteroil (Milk). Emulsifier (Soya lecithin), Flavouring]. Humectant (Glycerol), Fat reduced cocoa, Soya flour, Dried whole egg. Vegetable oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Dried whey (from milk), Dried egg white, Raising agents (E450, Sodium bicarbonate), Emulsifier (E471), Preservative (Potassium sorbate), Flavouring (contains Barley). May contain nuts. THIS CAKE DOES NOT CONTAIN DAIRY CREAM. We want you to enjoy this cake in perfect condition. If you are not entirely satisfied with this cake please return it with the packaging to the consumer relations team. FREEPOST PREMIER FOODS CONSUMER RELATIONS.

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.

  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E442 Ammonium phosphatides 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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 282nd. 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 5000221500995, last edited 6 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.