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Is Toblerone Cheesecakes ultra-processed?

170 g (2 x 85 g) Cheesecakes Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 2 more countries

Pack of Toblerone Cheesecakes

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

cream 26% (cream, e407), Milk Chocolate 16%, Sugar, Whole MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, e322, flavourings, WHEAT flour 15% (with calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), sugar, vegetable oils (sunflower vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), EGG, water, nougat 1.8% (sugar, honey 30%, almonds 16%, EGG white), MILK protein, modified starch, sea salt, LACTIC culture, cocoa powder 0.5%, partially inverted sugar syrup, e500, salt, corn starch, Bourbon vanilla extract with 0.03%

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E322 Lecithins , E407 Carrageenan , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

CREAM 26% (CREAM, stabilizer (E407)), Milk Chocolate 16% (Sugar, Whole MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier (E322 (SOJA)), flavourings), WHEAT flour 15% (enriched with calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), sugar, vegetable oils (sunflower, palm, rapeseed), whole pasteurized EGG, water, nougat 1.8% (sugar, honey 30%, ALMONDS 16%, EGG white), MILK protein powder, modified starch, sea salt, LACTIC culture, cocoa powder 0.5%, partially inverted sugar syrup, raising agent (E500), salt, corn starch, Bourbon vanilla extract with seeds 0.03%.

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.
  • 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • 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.

  • 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.
8 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.
  • 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 6th. 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 5412949097105, last edited 7 September 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.