Britannia English Tea Cake

Britannia English Tea Cake is a 250 g loaf cake made from sugar, refined wheat flour, egg, interesterified fat, humectant, palmolein oil, butter (4.8%), high maltose syrup, raising agents, milk solids, cake gel, artificial butter and vanilla flavours, preservatives and invert sugar syrup. The panel is printed per 100 g with a 20 g serve.

CleanPlate scores it EC4. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g; its 6.2 g of protein earns no credit because it is under 2.75 g per 100 kcal. The C for ingredients reflects mostly refined or industrial ingredients (led by sugar, refined wheat flour and egg), with additives that cost points: calcium phosphates, diphosphates, flavouring and xanthan gum. The 4 for risk comes mainly from saturated fat (10.7 g per 100 g) and free sugar (27.4 g per 100 g).

Sugar, refined wheat flour (maida), egg, interesterified vegetable fat, humectant (422), refined palmolein oil, butter (4.8%), high maltose syrup, raising agents (341(i), 500(ii), 450(vii), 450(i)), milk solids, cake gel (471, 477, 420(ii)), artificial flavouring substances (butter, vanilla), iodised salt, liquid glucose, preservatives (202, 282), acidity regulator, invert sugar syrup, baking powder and stabiliser.

Per 100 g: 428 kcal, 20.1 g fat of which 10.7 g saturated, 28.1 g sugar of which 27.4 g added, 6.2 g protein, 251 mg sodium. The pack calls it English Tea Cake while the Blinkit title says English Pound Cake, and prints a proprietary category of cake with added butter. No fibre is declared and no veg mark was read; a red triangle marks egg. The macros add up to 82 g. Interesterified fat carries no red flag. The label says it contains sorbitol.