Is Luxury tea cakes ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Emulsifier
- Gluten
- Invert sugar
- E470a Sodium/potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 26 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheatflour (Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Moistened Dried Vine Fruits 34% (Sultanas, Vostizza Currants, Water), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Mixed Peel 2% (Orange Peel, Lemon Peel), Sugar (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Invert Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), e472e (ultra-processing marker), e470a (ultra-processing marker), Palm Fat, Salt (processing marker), Wheat Starch (processing marker)
Additives: E470a Sodium/potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Wheatflour (Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Moistened Dried Vine Fruits (34%) (Sultanas, Vostizza Currants, Water), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Mixed Peel (2%) (Orange Peel, Lemon Peel), Sugar, Dried Wheat Gluten, Invert Sugar Syrup, Yeast, Emulsifier: E471, E472e, E470a, Palm Fat, Salt, Wheat Starch (contains Gluten).
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.
- E470a Sodium/potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
Among 377 cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 176th. 94% of the cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00374996, last edited 26 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.