Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk Roast Almond — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk Roast Almond by Cadbary ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
Sugar is the #1 ingredient, ahead of any cocoa, and it's held together by two stacked emulsifiers plus artificial vanilla flavour. This is a lab-tuned indulgence, not a simple chocolate.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the first ingredient, ahead of any cocoa
- Two stacked emulsifiers (E442 + E476/PGPR) to engineer the melt
- Contains nature-identical and artificial vanilla flavouring
- 46.7g sugar and 19.1g saturated fat per 100g
- Ultra-processed (NOVA group 4)
Ingredients (8)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
- Milk Solids (21%) (moderate) — Adds protein and calcium but also saturated fat and lactose sugar. Fine in moderation, not a health feature.
- Almonds (1.6%) (safe) — A genuine whole-food inclusion — healthy fats, fiber and protein. The one honestly good thing in the bar.
- Cocoa Butter (safe) — Natural fat from the cocoa bean; a clean ingredient.
- Cocoa Solids (safe) — The actual chocolate, carrying some flavanol antioxidants. The one genuinely good part.
- Emulsifier E442 (ammonium phosphatide) (moderate) — A synthetic emulsifier used to cut cocoa butter cost and control viscosity. A marker of industrial processing.
- Emulsifier E476 (PGPR) (moderate) — Polyglycerol polyricinoleate — a second stacked emulsifier that engineers flow and the 'silk' melt. Purely industrial.
- Artificial and nature-identical vanilla flavouring (moderate) — Synthetic flavour engineered to boost palatability; the opposite of a clean, whole-food ingredient.
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