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Is Dessert menu Aldi American Style Buttermilk Pancakes ultra-processed?

240g Cakes Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Dessert menu Aldi American Style Buttermilk Pancakes

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

饾悥饾悺饾悶饾悮饾惌 饾悈饾惀饾惃饾惍饾惈, Water, Pasteurised 饾悇饾悹饾悹, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Skimmed 饾悓饾悽饾惀饾悿 Powder, Coconut Oil, 饾悂饾惍饾惌饾惌饾悶饾惈饾惁饾悽饾惀饾悿 Powder, Spirit Vinegar, Raising Agents (Diphosphates), Sodium Carbonates, Flavouring, Salt, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Emulsifiers (Lecithins), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

饾悥饾悺饾悶饾悮饾惌 饾悈饾惀饾惃饾惍饾惈, Water, Pasteurised 饾悇饾悹饾悹, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Skimmed 饾悓饾悽饾惀饾悿 Powder, Coconut Oil, 饾悂饾惍饾惌饾惌饾悶饾惈饾惁饾悽饾惀饾悿 Powder, Spirit Vinegar, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Flavouring, Salt, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Emulsifiers: Lecithins; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid.

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 129th. 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 4088600091907, last edited 27 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.