Coconut Flavored Biscuits — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Coconut Flavored Biscuits by Ginbis Four Sea Foods (Shantou) Co .Ltd. ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
Refined wheat flour, sugar, and palm oil dressed up with coconut powder, artificial flavor, and caramel color. A hyper-palatable kids' cookie built for craving, not nutrition.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the #2 ingredient, right behind refined wheat flour
- Double refined oil: palm oil plus palm-oil shortening
- Coconut flavor is mostly artificial flavoring, not real coconut
- Caramel color and sodium metabisulfite added — clearly lab-built
- NOVA 4 ultra-processed snack aimed at kids
Ingredients (13)
- wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour — fast carbs, little fibre, spikes blood sugar.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- Palm Oil (moderate) — Refined oil added for mouthfeel; high in saturated fat with no whole-food benefit.
- Coconut Powder (moderate) — Small amount of real coconut, mostly a token nod to the flavor name.
- PALM OIL SHORTENING (concerning) — A second refined-oil source piled on, raising saturated fat further.
- calcium carbonate (safe) — Added mineral; the basis for the 'good source of calcium' claim.
- Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
- ammonium hydrogen carbonate (safe) — Raising agent that helps the biscuit puff and crisp.
- Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (safe) — Baking soda; a second leavening agent.
- Artificial Flavors (moderate) — Lab-made flavor compounds standing in for real chocolate depth.
- Sodium Metabisulfite (concerning) — Sulfite color preservative that can trigger reactions in asthmatics and sulfite-sensitive people
- Soy Lecithin (moderate) — Common emulsifier in the brownie; mild but adds to the additive pile.
- caramel color (moderate) — Cosmetic coloring with no nutritional value, can contain 4-MEI