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Is Lu pim's cookies orange 1x5.290 oz ultra-processed?

5.29 oz (150 g) Jaffa cakes Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Lu pim's cookies orange 1x5.290 oz

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 12 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuits and 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

Orange filing (glucose syrup, sugar, concentrated orange juice, orange pulp, citric acid, pectin, sodium citrate, natural orange flavor, xanthan gum, calcium citrate), sweet chocolate and vegetable fat coating (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, vegetable oil (contains one and more of the following (palm), shea, sal, mango), soy lecithin, artificial flavor, milk), wheat flour, sugar, eggs, glucose syrup, canola oil, ammonium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, salt, soy lecithin, sesame seed

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Orange filing (glucose syrup, sugar, concentrated orange juice, orange pulp, citric acid, pectin, sodium citrate, natural orange flavor, xanthan gum, calcium citrate), sweet chocolate and vegetable fat coating [sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: palm, shea, sal, mango), soy lecithin, artificial flavor, milk], wheat flour, sugar, eggs, glucose syrup, canola oil, leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, soy lecithin. sesame seed.

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.

  • 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.

  • 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.
5 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 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 jaffa cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the jaffa 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 18 jaffa cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0694990008506, last edited 18 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.