ChipMates Chocolate Chip Cookies — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates ChipMates Chocolate Chip Cookies by Chip Mates DUMP — score 17/90.
These cookies are built on partially hydrogenated oils — industrial trans fat — stacked on refined flour and three kinds of sugar. That's the hyper-palatable junk triad with a heart-damaging fat on top.
Why this verdict
- Partially hydrogenated oil — artificial trans fat that damages cholesterol
- Refined enriched flour as the base, nutrients stripped then added back
- Four sugar sources stacked: sugar, dextrose, anhydrous dextrose, molasses
- Artificial flavors plus corn starch and glycerine — ultra-processed (NOVA 4)
Ingredients (13)
- Enriched flour (wheat) (moderate) — Refined flour stripped of fiber then re-fortified with synthetic vitamins; spikes blood sugar.
- Chocolate Chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, dextrose, cocoa butter, soy lecithin) (moderate) — Real chocolate but sugar-first; the dextrose and lecithin add more processing.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
- Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oils (harmful) — Source of artificial trans fat — raises LDL, lowers HDL, drives heart disease. No safe level.
- Whey (safe) — Milk protein for body.
- molasses (moderate) — A second sweetener for color and flavor. Minor, but it stacks on top of the sugar.
- Anhydrous Dextrose (moderate) — Second sweetener inside the chocolate.
- Ammonium bicarbonate (safe) — Traditional leavening agent for crisp cookies.
- Natural and Artificial Flavors (caution) — Undisclosed lab flavoring - the artificial half signals engineering.
- Dextrose (caution) — Second added sweetener.
- Corn Starch (moderate) — Refined starch for texture; part of the hyper-palatable structure.
- Glycerine (moderate) — Humectant that keeps the bar soft; a processing aid.
- Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.