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Is Gü Zillionaires' Chocolate & Salted Caramel Cheesecake Desserts (2 x) ultra-processed?

183 g Cheesecakes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gü Zillionaires' Chocolate & Salted Caramel Cheesecake Desserts (2 x)

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:

  • 72 ingredients
  • 13 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

caramel 21%, glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, cream, butter, sea salt, salted butter, water, pectin, cocoa biscuit (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oil (palm oil, rapeseed oil), sugar, cocoa powder, invert sugar syrup, sodium bicarbonate, salt), whipping cream 18%, mascarpone cheese 8%, cream, milk protein, citric acid, dark chocolate 7%, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, fat-reduced cocoa powder, soya lecithin, fll fat soft cheese 6%, cream, water, milk protein, modified starch, culture, sea salt, potassium sorbate, double cream, sugar, milk chocolate 3% (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring), demerara sugar, glucose syrup, gold crunch sugar 1.6%, sugar, glucose syrup, water, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, shellac, vegetable oil (palm oil, rapeseed oil), water, black treacle 0.8% (cane molasses, invert sugar syrup), pasteurised egg yolk, beef gelatine, potassium sorbate

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E171 Titanium dioxide , E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E904 Shellac

As written on the pack

Salted caramel (21%) (glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, cream, butter, sea salt, salted butter, water, stabiliser (pectin), cocoa biscuit crumb (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oil (palm oil, rapeseed oil), sugar, cocoa powder, invert sugar syrup, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt), whipping cream (18% ) , mascarpone cheese (8%) (cream, milk protein powder, preservative (citric acid), dark chocolate (7%) (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, fat-reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), fll fat soft cheese (6%) (cream, water, milk protein powder, modified starch, culture, sea salt, preservative (potassium sorbate), double cream, sugar, milk chocolate (3%) (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), demerara sugar, glucose syrup, gold crunch sugar (1.6%) (sugar, glucose syrup, water, colours (titanium dioxide, iron oxide), glazing agent (shellac), vegetable oil (palm oil, rapeseed oil), water, black treacle (0.8%) (cane molasses, invert sugar syrup), pasteurised egg yolk, beef gelatine,preservative (potassium sorbate).

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.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
10 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.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • 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 15 cheesecakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 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 5060023979498, 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.