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Tesco Pirate Cake

Tesco Pirate Cake

Tesco Pirate Cake is an Ultra‑processed food product.

The product contains additives or is industrially processed in a way that we consider clear indicators of an ultra‑processed food.

Additives and processes (18) in Tesco Pirate Cake


Diphosphates


Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate (SSL)


Sugar Esters of Nutritional Fatty Acids


Fructose/Glucose Syrup


Pectin


Refined Palm Oil


Glycerol


Inverted Sugar Syrup


Mono and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids


Lecithin


Flavouring


Iron Oxides and Hydroxides


Riboflavin


Anthocyanin


Sodium Carbonate


Potassium Sorbate


Citric Acid


Potassium Carbonate


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Allergens in Tesco Pirate Cake

Gluten


Eggs


Milk


Soya


Peanuts (may contain traces)

Nuts (may contain traces)

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Ingredients

Sugar, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Rapeseed Oil, Seedless Raspberry Jam (8%) [Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Reconstituted Raspberry Concentrate, Sugar, Gelling Agent (Amidated Pectin), Concentrated Lemon Juice], Pasteurised Egg, Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Humectant (Glycerol), Dried Glucose Syrup, Invert Sugar Syrup, Maize Starch, Dried Skimmed Milk, Glucose Syrup, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Spirulina Concentrate, Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate, Soya Lecithins, Lecithins, Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids), Dark Chocolate [Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Milk Fat, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring], Whey Powder (Milk), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Apple Concentrate, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Potassium Carbonate), Flavourings, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Colours (Iron Oxides and Hydroxides, Beetroot Red, Riboflavin, Anthocyanins), Caramelised Sugar, Salt.

Nutritional information

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