Bingo! Tedhe Medhe Masala Tadka — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Bingo! Tedhe Medhe Masala Tadka by Bingo DUMP — score 17/90.
Deep-fried rice snack built on a lab flavor stack: refined palm oil, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and the MSG-booster duo (disodium guanylate + inosinate) engineered to make you keep eating.
Why this verdict
- Flavor-enhancer stack: maltodextrin + hydrolyzed vegetable protein + disodium guanylate/inosinate engineered for craving
- Deep-fried in refined palmolein — 33g fat (15g saturated) per 100g
- High sodium at 738mg per 100g spikes salt load fast
- Added sugar and tomato/onion powders just dress up a refined-starch base
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) with stacked anticaking agents and acidity regulators
Ingredients (14)
- Rice grits (moderate) — Refined milled rice, the dominant base (~37%); a stripped starch with little fiber or nutrition.
- Refined palmolein (moderate) — Refined palm oil, high in saturated fat and heavily processed.
- Maltodextrin (moderate) — Highly processed starch-derived carbohydrate used as a carrier and texturizer; spikes blood sugar readily.
- HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (concerning) — Chemically broken-down protein used as a MSG-like flavour enhancer to boost craving.
- Flavour enhancer (INS 627, disodium guanylate) (concerning) — Nucleotide that amplifies savory taste; almost always paired with MSG-style enhancers to drive overeating.
- Flavour enhancer INS 631 (disodium inosinate) (concerning) — The partner nucleotide; together with 627 it's the classic engineered flavor stack.
- Iodised salt / black salt (moderate) — Heavy salt load typical of namkeen; pushes sodium high.
- Refined sugar (concerning) — Straight added sugar, no nutritional upside.
- Onion (1.8%) (safe) — Real flavoring, but a tiny fraction of the seasoning
- Tomato Powder (safe) — Minor flavor and color addition; present in small amounts.
- GARLIC (safe) — Real aromatic. Whole food.
- Acidity regulators (INS 296, 330, 334) (safe) — Malic, citric and tartaric acids for tang; generally recognized as safe.
- Anticaking Agent INS 551 (Silicon Dioxide) (moderate) — Keeps powder free-flowing; a marker of industrial seasoning but low concern.
- Antioxidant (moderate) — Added to stop color and flavor from degrading, not for any benefit to you.