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Yes — Irish Top Iced Christmas Cake is ultra-processed.
A festive treat, but not ideal for everyday eating.
This Christmas cake is ultra-processed because it contains palm oil and lemon oil, both identified as UPF ingredients. It also contains glucose-fructose syrup, an industrially processed sugar syrup, and glycerol as a humectant, an extracted additive used to modify texture and moisture. These industrial ingredients place the product in the ultra-processed category, despite the presence of traditional ingredients such as fruit, flour, nuts, spices, molasses, treacle, and alcohol.
Yes — Irish Top Iced Christmas Cake is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). This Christmas cake is ultra-processed because it contains palm oil and lemon oil, both identified as UPF ingredients. It also contains glucose-fructose syrup, an industrially processed sugar syrup, and glycerol as a humectant, an extracted additive used to modify texture and moisture. These industrial ingredients place the product in the ultra-processed category, despite the presence of traditional ingredients such as fruit, flour, nuts, spices, molasses, treacle, and alcohol.
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.