Corn Bread & Muffin Mix — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Corn Bread & Muffin Mix by Miracle Maize DUMP — score 20/90.
A dry mix built on refined, germ-stripped corn meal and bleached white flour with added sugar and an aluminum-based leavening salt. Both grains are stripped of fiber and nutrients, then synthetically re-fortified.
Why this verdict
- Degermed corn meal and bleached flour are both refined, fiber-stripped starches
- Dextrose adds sugar to an already starch-heavy mix
- Sodium aluminum phosphate is an aluminum-based leavening additive
- Synthetic vitamins added back to replace nutrients refining removed
- NOVA 4 ultra-processed with no whole grain or fiber
Ingredients (9)
- Enriched degermed yellow corn meal (moderate) — Germ and bran stripped out, leaving fast-digesting starch with the fiber and natural nutrients removed and synthetically added back.
- Enriched bleached wheat flour (moderate) — Refined, bleached flour stripped of fiber then fortified back; spikes blood sugar.
- Malted Barley Flour (safe) — Minor flavor/enzyme ingredient, benign.
- Dextrose (concerning) — A second added sugar (pure glucose) that hits the bloodstream even faster than sucrose.
- Baking Soda (safe) — Standard leavening agent, harmless in food amounts.
- Sodium aluminum phosphate (moderate) — Aluminum-containing leavening/emulsifying salt.
- Monocalcium Phosphate (moderate) — Leavening acid; benign in small amounts but a refined additive.
- Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
- Added vitamins (niacin, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid) (safe) — Synthetic enrichment added back after refining removed the grain's natural nutrients.