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Jaffa cakes: allergens and what’s inside

Of 102 packs of jaffa cakes whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list gluten and 95% list egg. Another 48% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list sugar, e322 lecithins and e330 citric acid.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 97% of these packs

Which allergens are in jaffa cakes?

Of 102 packs of jaffa cakes whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 97% list gluten, 95% list egg, 90% list soy and 56% list milk. Another 48% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 32% for milk and 11% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for you97% list gluten.
Egg allergyNot for you95% list egg.
Soy allergyNot for you90% list soy.
Milk allergyNot for you56% list milk; 32% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up6% list tree nuts; 48% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Sesame allergyHeads up11% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

Read the gluten guide · Read the eggs guide · Read the soy guide

What are jaffa cakes usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of jaffa cakes list, with the share of packs that list each: sugar (98%), e322 lecithins (96%), e330 citric acid (96%) and wheat flour (96%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 186 · Germany 65 · United Kingdom 55 · Belgium 22.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for jaffa cakes.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are jaffa cakes?

In the Open Food Facts categories, jaffa cakes are one of the biscuits and cakes.

What else are jaffa cakes called?

In EnglishDried sponge cake filled with fruits and covered with chocolate
French
Génoises fourrées aux fruits et nappées de chocolat, Génoise sèche fourrée aux fruits et nappée de chocolat
Polish
Delicje, Biszkopty z galaretką pokryte czekoladą

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Jaffa cakes

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