Bingo! Tedhe Medhe Masala Tadka — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Bingo! Tedhe Medhe Masala Tadka by Bingo DUMP — score 20/90.
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 rice base — fast carbs with the bran stripped, little fiber or nutrition
- Refined palmolein (concerning) — Refined palm oil used for deep-frying; high in saturated fat, drives calorie density
- Maltodextrin (concerning) — A refined-starch filler with a glycemic index higher than table sugar; pure processed carbohydrate with no nutritional upside.
- HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (concerning) — Industrial flavor booster (a hidden glutamate source) used to amplify savory taste
- Flavour enhancer (INS 627, disodium guanylate) (concerning) — Nucleotide that multiplies the umami hit alongside glutamates to drive overeating
- Flavour enhancer INS 631 (disodium inosinate) (concerning) — Paired with guanylate to make the snack hyper-savory and moreish
- Iodised salt / black salt (concerning) — Major sodium load — contributes to 738mg sodium per 100g
- Refined sugar (concerning) — Added sugar in a savory snack to round out the craving profile
- Onion (1.8%) (safe) — Real flavoring, but a tiny fraction of the seasoning
- Tomato Powder (moderate) — Reconstituted tomato paste with anticaking agent for masala flavor
- GARLIC (safe) — Whole aromatic; flavor and beneficial plant compounds.
- Acidity regulators (INS 296, 330, 334) (moderate) — Malic, citric and tartaric acids for tang — common but signal heavy processing
- Anticaking Agent INS 551 (Silicon Dioxide) (moderate) — Keeps the powder free-flowing; an ultra-processing marker
- Antioxidant (moderate) — Unspecified additive to stop the frying oil going rancid