53% Vegetable Oil Spread — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates 53% Vegetable Oil Spread by P$T... Big Savings... Pass It On ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
A lab-built butter mimic: a refined oil blend with palm and palm kernel oil, emulsifiers, two preservatives, and artificial flavor plus added color. It's engineered to look and spread like butter, not to nourish you.
Why this verdict
- Refined oil blend with palm and palm kernel oil drives a heavy saturated-fat load
- Two emulsifiers (mono- & diglycerides, soy lecithin) to bind oil and water
- Two synthetic preservatives: potassium sorbate and calcium disodium EDTA
- Artificial flavor and added beta carotene color to mimic butter
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) butter substitute, not real food
Ingredients (12)
- Vegetable oil blend (soybean, palm, palm kernel oil) (moderate) — Refined oils; palm and palm kernel are high in saturated fat, raising the spread's saturated-fat content.
- Water (safe) — First ingredient by weight; this pudding is mostly water, not milk.
- Whey (safe) — Milk protein byproduct used for texture; harmless.
- Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
- Vegetable mono- & diglycerides (moderate) — Emulsifier that keeps oil and water from separating; a marker of ultra-processing.
- Soy Lecithin (moderate) — Common emulsifier in the brownie; mild but adds to the additive pile.
- Potassium Sorbate (moderate) — Synthetic preservative, generally tolerated but a sign of a heavily preserved product.
- calcium disodium edta (moderate) — Chelating preservative to retain freshness, a clear processed-food marker
- citric acid (safe) — Common acidulant for tartness; harmless in this amount but can be rough on tooth enamel.
- Natural & artificial flavors (includes milk) (moderate) — Synthetic and natural flavor compounds engineered to imitate butter taste.
- Vitamin A palmitate (safe) — Added vitamin A.
- beta carotene color (moderate) — Added purely to dye the spread butter-yellow; cosmetic, not nutritional.