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Is English Cheesecake Company Luxury Vanilla Cheesecake With Lotus Biscoff ultra-processed?

230g Cheesecakes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of English Cheesecake Company Luxury Vanilla Cheesecake With Lotus Biscoff

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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 11 additives

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

Biscuit Base 28% Fortified Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin, Vegetable Oils Sg Rspo Palm, Rapeseed, Sugar, Invert Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents (e500ii), e503ii, Salt, Double Cream Milk, Lotus Original Caramelised Biscuit Spread 18% Original Caramelised Biscuits Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oils Palm Oil From Sustainable and Certified Plantations, Rapeseed Oil, Candy Sugar, Raising Agent (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate), Soya Flour, Salt, Cinnamon, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Acid (Citric Acid), Soft Cheese 9% Skimmed Milk, Cream Milk, Milk, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Bacterial Starter Culture, Caramelised Biscuit 5% Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oils Palm Rspo Certified, Rapeseed, Candy Sugar, Raising Agent (e500), Soya Flour, Salt, Cinnamon, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Milk, Butter Milk, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Modified Starch (Maize), Tapioca Starch, Natural Vanilla Flavouring 0.03%, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate e202)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E202 Potassium sorbate.

As written on the pack

Biscuit Base 28% Fortified Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin, Vegetable Oils Sg Rspo Palm, Rapeseed, Sugar, Invert Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents E500ii, E503ii, Salt, Double Cream Milk, Lotus Original Caramelised Biscuit Spread 18% Original Caramelised Biscuits Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oils Palm Oil From Sustainable And Certified Plantations, Rapeseed Oil, Candy Sugar Syrup, Raising Agent Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Soya Flour, Salt, Cinnamon, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Emulsifier Soya Lecithin, Acid Citric Acid, Soft Cheese 9% Skimmed Milk, Cream Milk, Milk, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Bacterial Starter Culture, Caramelised Biscuit 5% Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oils Palm Rspo Certified, Rapeseed, Candy Sugar Syrup, Raising Agent E500, Soya Flour, Salt, Cinnamon, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Milk, Butter Milk, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Modified Starch Maize, Tapioca Starch, Natural Vanilla Flavouring 0.03%, Preservative Potassium Sorbate E202.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • 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.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
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  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 15 cheesecakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the cheesecakes 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 15 cheesecakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5029872016891, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.