Chocolatey Cats Cookies For People — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Chocolatey Cats Cookies For People by Trader Joe's ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Refined flour and two sugars up top, palm oil, and a double dose of emulsifiers. Built to be snackable, not nourishing.

Why this verdict

• Refined enriched flour is the #1 ingredient, sugar #2
• Two added sweeteners stacked: sugar plus invert syrup
• Hyper-palatable triad present: refined starch + sugar + palm oil
• Two emulsifiers stacked (mono/diglycerides + soy lecithin)
• Ultra-processed (NOVA 4), engineered for craving not nutrition

Ingredients (11)

• unbleached enriched flour (moderate) — Refined wheat flour with the bran and germ stripped, then re-fortified with a few synthetic vitamins. Fast carbohydrate, low fiber.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Defatted cocoa powder (processed with alkali) (moderate) — Dutch-processed cocoa for color and flavor; alkali processing strips most of the beneficial flavanols.
• invert syrup (moderate) — A third sweetener that keeps the cookie soft.
• Palm Oil (moderate) — Saturated-fat-heavy oil used in the crust.
• WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR (safe) — Adds a little fiber and whole-grain content.
• Natural flavour (moderate) — Undefined flavouring - a processing marker with no nutritional value.
• Sodium Bicarbonate (safe) — Standard baking leavener.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
• Vegetable mono and diglycerides (moderate) — Emulsifier that holds the reconstituted texture together; can hide trans fats.
• Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.