Cooked Scottish Mussels in Garlic Butter Sauce — ENGINEERED

Name: Cooked Scottish Mussels in Garlic Butter Sauce
Brand: Scottish shellfish

Munch or Dump rates Cooked Scottish Mussels in Garlic Butter Sauce by Scottish shellfish ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

The mussels themselves are a clean, lean omega-3 protein, but the garlic butter sauce is a little lab stack: maltodextrin, modified maize starch, soya lecithin, yeast extract and added sugar.

Why this verdict

Sauce stacks maltodextrin + modified maize starch + soya lecithin emulsifier
Yeast extract is a flavor enhancer added to boost savoriness
Added sugar in a savory seafood product
Vegetable oil padding out what should be just butter and garlic

Ingredients (13)

Mussels (88%) (safe) — Lean whole-food protein rich in long-chain omega-3s, B12, iron and selenium.
BUTTER (moderate) — Real dairy fat; fine in small amounts but saturated.
Skimmed milk (rehydrated) (safe) — Reconstituted dairy base for the sauce, neutral.
Maltodextrin (concerning) — Ultra-processed filler with a very high glycemic index; a hallmark of NOVA 4 food.
Modified Maize Starch (moderate) — Industrially altered starch used as a thickener; a NOVA 4 ultra-processing marker.
YEAST EXTRACT (moderate) — Natural-source MSG/glutamate flavour enhancer to boost savouriness.
soya lecithin (moderate) — Emulsifier that keeps the sauce from splitting; processing aid, not nutrition.
Vegetable Oil (moderate) — Refined oil padding the fat content beyond the butter.
Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
Garlic Puree (safe) — Real garlic, adds flavor and minor benefit.
Vegetable extracts (onion, carrot, celery) (safe) — Concentrated vegetable flavoring, benign.
Dried tomato and herbs (safe) — Minor flavoring, neutral.