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Is Gü Banoffee Cheesecake ultra-processed?

Desserts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gü Banoffee Cheesecake

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 13 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed desserts

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

Cream, sugar, water, WHEAT flour (WHEAT flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), banana, demerara sugar, palm oil, WHEAT flour, sweet condensed skimmed MILK, cocoa mass, glucose syrup, rapeseed oil, invert sugar syrup, fat-reduced cocoa powder, pasteurised EGG yolk, butter, skimmed MILK powder, modified starch, cocoa butter, whole MILK powder, ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, salt, beef gelatine, cornflour, butterMILK, MILK protein, agar, salt, pectin, potassium sorbate, SOYA lecithin, citric acid, natural vanilla flavouring, ascorbic acid, lactic cultures, to enjoy your gu at its best, take it out of the fridge 10 minutes before you want to eat it

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E406 Agar , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Cream (MILK), sugar, water, WHEAT flour (WHEAT flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), banana, demerara sugar, palm oil, wholemeal WHEAT flour, sweet condensed skimmed MILK, cocoa mass, glucose syrup, rapeseed oil, invert sugar syrup, fat-reduced cocoa powder, pasteurised EGG yolk, butter (MILK), skimmed MILK powder, modified starch, cocoa butter, whole MILK powder, raising agents (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, beef gelatine, cornflour, butterMILK powder, MILK protein powder, agar, Guérande salt, thickener (pectin), preservative (potassium sorbate), emulsifier (SOYA lecithin), acidity regulator (citric acid), natural vanilla flavouring, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), lactic cultures (MILK). TO ENJOY YOUR GU AT ITS BEST, TAKE IT OUT OF THE FRIDGE 10 MINUTES BEFORE YOU WANT TO EAT IT.

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.
  • E406 Agar 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.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 2,247 desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2146th. 75% of the desserts 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 2,247 desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060971861500, last edited 11 September 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.