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Victoria Sponge Cake
ASDA5063089444184

Victoria Sponge Cake

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Diphosphates).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sweetened Stabilised Cream25%No flag
  • Cream15%No flag›
  • Dextrose5%No flag›
  • Milk Proteins2.5%No flag›
  • Stabiliser1.3%No flag
  • Pectins · E440a1.3%No flag
  • Sugar1.3%No flag›
  • Sugar21%No flag›
  • Strawberry Jam17%No flag
  • Sugar10.2%No flag›
  • Strawberry Purée3.4%No flag
  • Gelling Agent1.7%No flag
  • Pectins · E440a1.7%No flag
  • Acidity Regulators0.8%No flag
  • Citric Acid · E3300.4%No flag
  • Sodium Citrates · E3310.4%No flag
  • Colours0.9%No flag
  • Anthocyanins · E1630.4%No flag
  • Lutein · E161b0.4%No flag
  • Fortified Wheat Flour9.9%No flag
  • Wheat Flour5.2%No flag›
  • Calcium Carbonate · E170i2.3%No flag
  • Iron1.2%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3750.6%No flag
  • B3 · E3750.6%No flag
  • Thiamin0.6%No flag›
  • Thiamin0.6%No flag›
  • Whole Egg9.2%No flag
  • Unsalted Butter6.7%No flag
  • Vegetable Oils5.4%No flag›
  • Palm Vegetable Oils2.7%No flag›
  • Rapeseed Vegetable Oils1.3%No flag›
  • Palm Vegetable Oils1.3%No flag›
  • Stearin2.9%No flag›
  • Whole Milk1.4%No flag
  • Raising Agents0.7%No flag
  • Diphosphates · E4500.4%Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

  • Potassium Carbonates · E5010.4%No flag
  • Dextrose0.4%No flag›
  • Emulsifier0.2%No flag
  • Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids · E4710.2%No flag
  • Flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Carotenes · E160a<0.1%No flag
  • Wheat Starch<0.1%No flag›
Show original label text

Sweetened Stabilised Cream (25%) [Cream (Milk), Dextrose, Milk Proteins, Stabiliser (Pectins), Sugar], Sugar, Strawberry Jam (17%) [Sugar, Strawberry Purée, Gelling Agent (Pectins), Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates), Colours (Anthocyanins, Lutein)], Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Pasteurised Whole Egg, Unsalted Butter (Milk) (6%), Vegetable Oils [Palm, Rapeseed, Palm Stearin], Whole Milk, Raising Agents (Diphosphates, Potassium Carbonates), Dextrose, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring, Colour (Carotenes), Wheat Starch.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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