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Chocolate cakes · United Kingdom

Chocolate cake

United Kingdom
NUTRI-SCOREABCEDNOVA4
393 kcalper 100 g · 20% of the reference intake
29.7 gof sugars per 100 g
Barcode (EAN-13)5000169061343
GS1 prefix500 · GS1 UK
Additives12: E322, E322i, E330…
AllergensEggs, Gluten, Milk, Soybeans
5000169061343

Prefix 500 was issued by GS1 UK. It tells you where the code was registered, not where the product was made.

Nutrition

Per 100 g, with the share of an adult’s reference intake (8,400 kJ / 2,000 kcal)
Nutrient100 gReference intake
Energy393 kcal20%
Fat17.9 g26%
of which saturates4.6 g23%
Carbohydrate51.9 g20%
of which sugars29.7 g33%
Fibre3.0 g—
Protein5.0 g10%
Salt0.34 g6%

Open Food Facts, ODbL, record updated 27 March 2026 · Reference intakes: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex XIII.

Ingredients

As printed on the pack; allergens in bold

Sugar, dark chocolate (18%) (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, milk fat, emulsifier (soya lecithin), vanilla extract, flavouring), pasteurised free range egg, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, unsalted butter (milk), humectant (vegetable glycerol), single cream (milk), partially inverted sugar syrup, fat reduced cocoa powder, tapioca starch, white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, lactose (milk), milk whey powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring), dried glucose syrup, glucose syrup, water, cornflour, milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin)), raising agents (disodium diphosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), acidity regulators (sodium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, citric acid), emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), pasteurised free range egg white powder, salt

  • E322LecithinsAntioxidant · Emulsifier
  • E322iLecithinAntioxidant · Emulsifier
  • E330Citric acidAntioxidant · Sequestrant
  • E422GlycerolHumectant · Thickener
  • E450DiphosphatesEmulsifier · Humectant · Sequestrant · Stabiliser · Thickener
  • E450iDisodium diphosphateEmulsifier · Humectant · Sequestrant · Stabiliser · Thickener
  • E471Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acidsEmulsifier · Stabiliser
  • E500Sodium carbonatesStabiliser · Thickener
  • E500iiSodium hydrogen carbonateStabiliser · Thickener
  • E501Potassium carbonatesStabiliser
  • E501iPotassium carbonateStabiliser
  • E524Sodium hydroxide

Source: Open Food Facts, ODbL · additive names and functions: Open Food Facts taxonomy.

In its category

Position among 47 “chocolate cakes” products sold in the United Kingdom
Sugars29.7 g · median 35.4 g
Saturates4.6 g · median 7.3 g
Salt0.34 g · median 0.40 g

26% of products in the category contain less sugar than this one. The thin line marks the category median.

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Shelfpedia calculation from Open Food Facts (ODbL), products in the same category sold in the United Kingdom, values per 100 g.

Climate impact

8.41kg CO₂e per kg

Reference value for the category “Chocolate cakes”: 8.41 kg CO₂e per kg of product.

Calculated by ADEME for the average product consumed in France, from field to plate. It describes the category, not this exact product.

Source: Agribalyse 3.1 (ADEME), Licence Ouverte, update of 30 June 2026 · category match: Open Food Facts taxonomy.

Countries of sale

Sold under this barcode in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Source: Open Food Facts, countries of sale reported by contributors.

Sources

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