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Is Gü Spanish lemon cake ultra-processed?

92g Desserts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gü Spanish lemon cake

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 6 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

Sugar, coconut 21.9%, water, lemon juice 10.3%, palm oil, brown rice flour, potato starch, coconut oil, rapeseed oil, maize flour, modified starch, SOYA protein, rice syrup, agar, starch, coconut sugar, salt, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), cane molasses, acidity regulator (lactic acid), thickener (carrageenan), natural flavourings, turmeric, important

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E270 Lactic acid , E406 Agar , E407 Carrageenan , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Sugar, coconut extract (21.9%), water, lemon juice (10.3%), palm oil, brown rice flour, potato starch, coconut oil, rapeseed oil, maize flour, modified starch, SOYA protein concentrate, dried rice syrup, agar, starch, coconut sugar, salt, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), cane molasses, acidity regulator (lactic acid), thickener (carrageenan), natural flavourings, turmeric. IMPORTANT: Allergy advice:

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.
  • 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,247 desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1776th. 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 5060425284978, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.