What’s really in a Mr Kipling treat?
Each Angel Slice has 13.2g of sugar – 15 per cent of an adult’s daily limit.
Vegetable oils, including rapeseed and palm oil – a highly saturated fat.
Wheat flour with fortifiers calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin. Glucose syrup – another sugar. Vegetable glycerine – to reduce moisture loss. Dextrose – another sugar. Whey powder – for texture. Palm fat (a cheap saturated fat). Maize starch – stops lumps forming. Raising agents – disodium diphosphate (also used to process leather) and baking soda.
Emulsifiers (stabilisers) – monoand diglycerides of fatty acids, sorbitan monostearate, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, soya lecithin and polysorbate 60. Tapioca starch – thickening agent. Stabiliser – xanthan gum (a sugar). Preservative – potassium sorbate. Milk protein – replaces egg. Gelling agent – sodium alginate (E401, from seaweed).
Colours – titanium dioxide (also used in paint), cochineal (from insects), lutein (from marigolds). Acetic acid – leavening agent. Plus water, dried egg white, skimmed milk powder, salt.