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Pontefract cakes - traditional English soft sweet liquorice cakes

Contains glucose syrup

Soft liquorice sweets made with treacle, glucose syrup and invert sugar syrup. They also contain wheat flour, modified potato starch, palm oil and flavouring.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesDairy-freeVegetarianContains wheatContains corn
$8.13 lowest price at My Liquorice
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Treacle, Glucose Syrup, Cornflour, Invert Sugar Syrup, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Liquorice Extract, Modified Potato Starch, Palm Oil, Flavouring, Carnauba Wax
41 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as snacks, sweets, dessertsLow confidence · Scored on 2 of 11 inputs
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 30%50
Ingredients · counts 30%44
Processing · counts 25%25
Sourcing · counts 5%35
Transparency · counts 10%50
Why it scores 41
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 44 · Treacle, 1st ingredient (added sugar, −20); Glucose syrup, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Wheat flour (refined starch, −6); 2 more
Processing 25 · Candy made with sugar syrups, modified starch, palm oil and flavouring
Sourcing 35 · Main ingredients include refined syrups; no ingredient origin is stated
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but flavouring is not specified
Glucose and invert sugar syrups
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−52 for treacle, glucose syrup, wheat flour and 1 more
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Treacle Glucose Syrup Cornflour Invert Sugar Syrup Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Liquorice Extract Modified Potato Starch Palm Oil Flavouring Carnauba Wax
10 ingredients 4 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 4 limited risk
Palm oilFatLimited risk
High in saturated fat, and refining can form contaminants (glycidyl esters) that EFSA flagged in 2016.
Modified starch (E14xx)ThickenerLimited risk
Chemically treated starch; considered safe, but a marker of more processed food.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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