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Yes — Belgian Chocolate Cake is ultra-processed.
Not a great choice for everyday.
This Belgian Chocolate Cake is ultra-processed because it contains several industrially processed additives and ingredients: dried glucose syrup, an industrially extracted sugar syrup; palm oil and palm stearin, highly refined palm fats; soya lecithin, an emulsifier; flavouring; and mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, emulsifiers used in industrial formulations. These ingredients indicate substantial industrial processing. The fortified wheat flour, rapeseed oil, sugar, butter, eggs, cocoa, milk, vegetable glycerine, sodium bicarbonate, and disodium diphosphate do not independently determine the classification.
Other crisps, snacks & nuts Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Booja-Booja Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Booja-Booja
Not UPF
Choc Brownie Natural Protein Bar
TRIBE
Not UPF
Pastéis de Nata
Panike
Not UPF
Scottish all butter shortbread squares
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Peanut butter buttons
Peanut butter buttons, SuperFoodio
Not UPF
Reduced-Fat All-Butter Croissants
Marks & Spencers
Not UPF
Carrot Cake Soft Oaty Bars
Organic Mamia
Not UPF
Excellence Noir Intense 70% Cacao
Lindt
Not UPF
Excellence Noir Prodigieux 90% Cacao
Lindt
Not UPF
Organic 70% Dark Chocolate Bar
Green & Black's
Not UPF
Yes — Belgian Chocolate Cake by Sainsbury's is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). This Belgian Chocolate Cake is ultra-processed because it contains several industrially processed additives and ingredients: dried glucose syrup, an industrially extracted sugar syrup; palm oil and palm stearin, highly refined palm fats; soya lecithin, an emulsifier; flavouring; and mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, emulsifiers used in industrial formulations. These ingredients indicate substantial industrial processing. The fortified wheat flour, rapeseed oil, sugar, butter, eggs, cocoa, milk, vegetable glycerine, sodium bicarbonate, and disodium diphosphate do not independently determine the classification.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.