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InfoCons Consumers Protection Study : Up to 13 Food Additives and 40 g of Sugars per 100 g of Cake-Type Products – Prevention Starts with Information
InfoCons conducted a study based on the information found on the labels of 30 cake-type products from Europe, produced by various manufacturers/distributors present on the Romanian market.
As a result of collecting and analysing the information displayed on product labels, the following findings were identified:
Food Additives Identified in the Cakes Included in the InfoCons Consumer Protection Study
- 100% of the products contained E-numbers (food additives)
- The number of food additives ranged between 5 and 13
- 13.33% of the products contained 13 E-numbers
- 10% of the products contained 12 E-numbers
- 23.33% of the products contained 11 E-numbers
- 6.67% of the products contained 9 E-numbers
- 20% of the products contained 8 E-numbers
- 6.67% of the products contained 7 E-numbers
- 6.67% of the products contained 6 E-numbers
- 13.33% of the products contained 5 E-numbers
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Frequently Identified Food Additives
- 80% of the products contained potassium sorbate (E202)
- 80% contained soy lecithin (E322)
- 76.67% contained polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (E475)
- 73.33% contained glycerol (E422)
Food Additives Identified and Number of Products
- E202 – Potassium sorbate: 24 products (80%)
- E322 – Soy lecithin: 24 products (80%)
- E475 – Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids: 23 products (76.67%)
- E422 – Glycerol: 22 products (73.33%)
- E330 – Citric acid: 19 products (63.33%)
- E420 – Sorbitol: 17 products (56.67%)
- E471 – Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids: 15 products (50%)
- E440 – Pectin: 14 products (46.67%)
- E450 – Diphosphates: 14 products (46.67%)
- E500 – Sodium bicarbonate: 14 products (46.67%)
- E476 – Polyglycerol polyricinoleate: 11 products (36.67%)
- E450i – Disodium diphosphate: 10 products (33.33%)
- E500i – Sodium hydrogen carbonate: 10 products (33.33%)
- E415 – Xanthan gum: 9 products (30%)
- E1422 – Modified starch: 8 products (26.67%)
- E503 – Ammonium bicarbonate: 7 products (23.33%)
- E460 – Cellulose: 6 products (20%)
- E472b – Lactic esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids: 4 products (13.33%)
- E501 – Potassium carbonates: 4 products (13.33%)
- E470 – Salts of fatty acids: 3 products (10%)
- E160a – Beta-carotene: 3 products (10%)
- E163 – Anthocyanins: 2 products (6.67%)
- E170 – Calcium carbonate: 2 products (6.67%)
- E282 – Calcium propionate: 2 products (6.67%)
- E331 – Sodium citrates: 2 products (6.67%)
- E100 – Curcumin: 1 product (3.33%)
- E120 – Carmine: 1 product (3.33%)
- E133 – Brilliant blue: 1 product (3.33%)
- E160c – Paprika extract: 1 product (3.33%)
- E200 – Sorbic acid: 1 product (3.33%)
- E296 – Malic acid: 1 product (3.33%)
- E300 – Ascorbic acid: 1 product (3.33%)
- E412 – Guar gum: 1 product (3.33%)
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Nutritional Information (per 100 g of product)
All studied products displayed nutritional information on the label.
- Product weight ranged between 30 g and 80 g
- Energy value: between 326 kcal and 420 kcal
- Fat content: between 6 g and 20 g
- Saturated fatty acids: between 1.6 g and 3 g
- Carbohydrates: between 49 g and 63 g
- of which sugars: between 27 g and 40 g
- Protein content: between 3.3 g and 6.3 g
- Salt content: between 0.11 g and 1.12 g
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