Is Soreen Sticky Toffee Loaf ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 44 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
ED Λ Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Dates 5% (Dates, Rice Flour), Toffee Flavoured Caramel Nuggets 5% (Sugar (processing marker), Caramel, Water, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Pectin (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavour (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Potassium Citrate), Maize Starch (processing marker), Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker) (Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (e150c)), Sugar (processing marker), Malted Barley Flour, Date, Vegetable Fats (processing marker) (Rapeseed, Palm), Salt (processing marker), Chicory Root Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Preservative (processing marker) (Calcium Propionate), Yeast, Warning (Although every care has been taken to remove fruit stones), some muy remain Allergy Advice, including cereals containing gluten, and, D иәлә рир ор AanbiUN INO
Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E282 Calcium propionate , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
ED Λ Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Chopped Dates (5%) (Dates, Rice Flour), Toffee Flavoured Caramel Nuggets (5%) (Sugar, Caramel, Water, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Pectin, Natural Flavour, Salt, Potassium Citrate), Maize Starch, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup (Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Colour: E150c), Sugar, Malted Barley Flour, Date Purée, Vegetable Fats (Rapeseed, Palm), Salt, Chicory Root Fibre, Natural Flavouring, Preservative: Calcium Propionate, Yeast. Warning: Although every care has been taken to remove fruit stones, some muy remain Allergy Advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. D иәлә рир ор AanbiUN INO
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.
- E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5055959200143, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.