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Is Liroy Pineapple cake ultra-processed?

250g Cakes Sold in Sweden, Denmark and 8 more countries

Pack of Liroy Pineapple 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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

pineapple paste (wax gourd, maltose, sugar, pineapple, palm oil, flavor, salt, citric acid), wheat flour, vegetable oil (palm oil, coconut oil, canola oil), sugar, EGG, d-sorbitol, fructose, salt, flavor, beta-carotene, sodium bicarbonate

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E420i D-sorbitol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

PINEAPPLE PASTE (WAX GOURD, MALTOSE, SUGAR, PINEAPPLE, PALM OIL, FLAVOR, SALT, CITRIC ACID), WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL(PALM OIL, COCONUT OIL, CANOLA OIL), SUGAR, EGG, D-SORBITOL, FRUCTOSE, SALT, FLAVOR, BETA-CAROTENE, SODIUM BICARBONATE.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn 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.
  • 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 134th. 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 4712308172216, last edited 26 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.