Costa Coffee · Pastries & Sweets

Carrot & Walnut Cake

6 g protein · 497 cals · 130 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Fat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

5% of kcal

28% water

5 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

50%

62%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 497
Protein: (5%); 6 g
Fat: (44%); 24 g
Carbohydrates: (51%); 63 g
of which sugar: 40 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 252 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

Costa Coffee

Higher-scoring, from Costa Coffee’s own “Pastries & Sweets” in United Kingdom.

Ingredients

Sponge (71%) (Sugar, Carrot (14%), Rapeseed Oil, EGG, Wheat Flour (WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wholemeal WHEAT Flour, WALNUTS (5%), Pineapple Pulp (Pineapple, Pineapple Juice), Oligofructose, Water, Sultanas, Desiccated Coconut, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, E450, E501), Cinnamon, Modified Maize Starch, Preservative (E202), Salt, Mixed Spice, Flavouring, Thickener (Xanthan Gum)), Frosting (28%) (Icing Sugar, Full Fat Soft Cheese (Cream (MILK), Dried Skimmed MILK Powder, Salt, Preservative (E202), Lactic Starter Culture), Butter (MILK), Golden Syrup, Dried Skimmed MILK Powder, Modified Maize Starch, Water, Stabiliser (Locust Bean Gum), Emulsifier (E471), Salt), WALNUTS (1%).

Nutrition as published by Costa Coffee — check it yourself. Product photograph © Costa Coffee, shown to identify the item. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.

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