Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans by Bertie Bott's DUMP — score 20/90.
A novelty jelly bean built on sugar, glucose syrup and modified starches, then dressed up with a long stack of colours, glazing agents and flavourings. Pure engineered candy with zero nutrition.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the #1 ingredient, followed by glucose syrup, a second concentrated sweetener
- Modified cornstarch plus tapioca dextrin are refined, blood-sugar-spiking fillers
- Long additive stack: 3 acidity regulators, 4 colours, 3 glazing agents
- Fruit and vegetable concentrates are here for colour, not nutrition
- Classified NOVA 4 (ultra-processed) with no redeeming nutrients
Ingredients (11)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- glucose syrup (moderate) — A second refined sweetener used for the caramel character; fast-absorbing sugar with no nutritional value.
- modified cornstarch (moderate) — Industrially altered starch used as a cheap thickener; a NOVA 4 marker.
- Flavourings (moderate) — Unspecified flavour compounds; benign but add nothing nutritionally.
- fruit and vegetable concentrates (safe) — Apple, carrot, spirulina, blackcurrant, etc. used mainly for natural colour, not meaningful nutrition.
- Acidity Regulators (E296, E330, E334) (moderate) — Malic, citric and tartaric acids for tartness; generally safe but a stacked additive signal.
- Colours (E100, E150a, E153, E162) (moderate) — Turmeric, caramel colour, carbon black and beetroot red added purely for visual effect.
- Glazing Agents (E901, E903, E904) (moderate) — Beeswax, carnauba wax and shellac shine coatings; industrial finishing additives.
- Tapioca dextrin (moderate) — Refined starch derivative used as a glaze/binder; rapidly digested carbohydrate.
- Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
- black pepper (safe) — Whole spice for flavor.