David High Protein Bar — Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough — ENGINEERED

Name: David High Protein Bar — Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Brand: David

Munch or Dump rates David High Protein Bar — Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough by David ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

This bar wasn't baked, it was assembled — the brand's own site describes it as a protein system, binding system, fat system, and flavor system. Four sweeteners and a synthetic fat (EPG) make the 28g-protein-150-calorie math work. Impressive engineering; nothing like food.

Why this verdict

Four-part sweetener stack — maltitol, allulose, sucralose, acesulfame potassium — sweetness engineered, not simple
Modified plant fat (EPG) is a novel synthetic fat your body mostly can't absorb, used to game the calorie count
Protein comes from four industrial isolates plus artificial flavor — built in a lab, not a kitchen
17 ingredients, nearly all refined fractions; classic NOVA 4 ultra-processed formulation

Ingredients (11)

Milk protein isolate (safe) — Additional high-purity milk protein.
collagen (moderate) — Incomplete protein used to pad the protein count; weak for muscle synthesis.
egg white (safe) — Whipped egg white gives the meringue structure.
maltitol (caution) — Sugar alcohol that still raises blood sugar and is a well-known cause of bloating and diarrhea at bar-sized doses.
ALLULOSE (safe) — Rare sugar with minimal glycemic impact; generally well tolerated.
modified plant fat (EPG) (caution) — Esterified propoxylated glycerol, a synthetic non-digestible fat that fakes fat mouthfeel with near-zero calories; can cause GI effects.
Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
Natural and Artificial Flavor (moderate) — Added flavor system, including artificial flavor.
Sucralose (moderate) — Artificial sweetener; unexpected in a bakery pie and a second sweetness source.
Acesulfame Potassium (caution) — Second artificial sweetener stacked with sucralose.
Coconut Oil (safe) — Plant fat used for the shell coating.

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