Caprice Wafer Rolls with Hazelnut & Cocoa Cream — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Caprice Wafer Rolls with Hazelnut & Cocoa Cream by Papadopoulos DUMP — score 17/90.
Sugar is the #1 ingredient and a stack of refined oils is #2, wrapped around a refined-flour wafer. The 'hazelnut and cocoa cream' is mostly sugar, palm oil, and ammonia caramel color with only 6% hazelnut and 3.5% cocoa.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the very first ingredient, ahead of everything else
- Refined oil stack (palm, palm kernel, shea) is the #2 ingredient
- Hyper-palatable triad: added sugar + refined oil + refined starch
- Ammonia caramel is an artificial color, plus a soy-lecithin emulsifier
- Three sweetener sources (sugar, fructose, sorbitol) engineer the sweetness
Ingredients (17)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
- wheat flour (moderate) — Thickening agent, not harmful but adds processing.
- Vegetable oils (palm, palm kernel, shea) (concerning) — A triple stack of cheap refined tropical fats, high in saturated fat.
- Lactose (safe) — Milk sugar carrier in the seasoning; makes the chips not dairy-free.
- Hazelnut paste 6% (safe) — The one genuinely nice ingredient, but only 6% despite the front-of-pack billing.
- Fat-reduced cocoa powder 3.5% (safe) — Real cocoa, but a tiny 3.5% of the product.
- milk proteins (safe) — Small amount of dairy protein.
- Stabiliser (sorbitol syrup) (moderate) — A sugar alcohol used to hold texture and add sweetness; can cause GI upset in quantity.
- Starch (moderate) — Added refined starch for structure, empty carbs
- fructose (caution) — Yet another added sweetener, confirming an engineered sweetness system.
- Skimmed Milk Powder (safe) — Milk solids in the fillings.
- Colour (ammonia caramel) (concerning) — Artificial caramel colour (E150c/d class); cosmetic only, a NOVA 4 marker.
- Dietary Fibre (safe) — Added fibre, a minor positive.
- Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
- Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin) (safe) — Processing aid that signals an engineered, ultra-processed formula.
- Antioxidants (ascorbyl palmitate, tocopherol extracts) (safe) — Keep the oils from going rancid; safe.
- Flavourings (moderate) — Undisclosed added flavor compounds engineered to mimic BBQ ribs.