Benton's Chocolate Chip Cookies — ENGINEERED

Name: Benton's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Brand: Benton's

Munch or Dump rates Benton's Chocolate Chip Cookies by Benton's ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

The chocolate chips are real, but the cookie around them is a lab-tuned hyper-palatable formula: refined flour, refined oil, and three separate sweeteners including high-fructose corn syrup. Natural and artificial flavors round out a snack built to keep you reaching for the next one. It is a competent Chips Ahoy clone, engineered for craving rather than nourishment.

Why this verdict

Hyper-palatable triad: sugar + refined oil + refined flour
Three sweeteners stacked — sugar, dextrose, and high-fructose corn syrup
Contains added artificial flavor
NOVA 4 ultra-processed formulation
Refined enriched flour base with negligible fiber or protein

Ingredients (10)

unbleached enriched flour (moderate) — Refined wheat flour with the bran and germ stripped, then re-fortified with a few synthetic vitamins. Fast carbohydrate, low fiber.
SEMI SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (safe) — Real chocolate with cocoa butter and sugar; the most legitimate ingredient here.
Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
Palm oil and soybean oil (moderate) — Refined vegetable oils; palm is highly saturated, used for cheap texture and shelf life.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (caution) — The dominant sweetener and second ingredient; drives the sugar load.
Dextrose (caution) — Second added sweetener.
Natural and Artificial Flavors (caution) — Undisclosed lab flavoring - the artificial half signals engineering.
cornstarch (moderate) — Refined starch filler for crunch and shape.
Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
Leavening (phosphate salts, bicarbonates) (safe) — Standard baking leaveners; not a concern at these levels.