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Is Deluxe Tiramisu ultra-processed?

500 g Pastries Sold in the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and 7 more countries

Pack of Deluxe Tiramisu

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pastries

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

skimmed milk, glucose syrup, mascarpone soft cheese 16% (lactic acid), sponge fingers 10% (wheat flour, egg, sugar, milk protein, diphosphates, sodium carbonates), coconut fat, sugar, cream, alcohol 2.5%, egg, cocoa dusting 1% (cocoa 46%, dextrose, wheat starch, sugar, cocoa butter), marsala p 1%, d, o, wine, soluble coffee 1%, milk protein, sorbitols, beef gelatine, tapioca starch, sodium alginate, locust bean gum, lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, natural flavouring

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E410 Locust bean gum , E420 Sorbitol , E428 Gelatine , E450 Diphosphates , E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

reconstituted skimmed milk, glucose syrup, 16% mascarpone soft cheese (milk) (contains acidity regulator: lactic acid), 10% sponge fingers (wheat flour, egg, sugar, milk protein, raising agents: diphosphates, sodium carbonates), coconut fat, sugar, cream (milk), 2,5% alcohol, egg, 1% cocoa dusting (46% cocoa, dextrose, wheat starch, sugar, cocoa butter), 1% marsala p,d,o, wine, 1% soluble coffee, milk protein, stabiliser: sorbitols, beef gelatine, tapioca starch, thickeners: sodium alginate, locust bean gum, emulsifier: lactic acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, natural flavouring,

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.

  • E401 Sodium alginate 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.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides 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.
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  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 176th. 87% of the pastries 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 205 pastries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20337179, last edited 1 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.