Favorite Day Mint Chocolate Chip Premium Ice Cream — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Favorite Day Mint Chocolate Chip Premium Ice Cream by Favorite Day DUMP — score 17/90.
This ice cream stacks three sweeteners including high-fructose corn syrup, leans on Yellow 5 and Blue 1 for its green color, and holds itself together with a triple gum-and-emulsifier system of guar gum, carob bean gum, carrageenan and mono- and diglycerides. Artificial dyes plus HFCS plus a stabilizer stack put it firmly in ultra-processed territory. The 'chocolate chips' aren't even real chocolate — they're coconut-oil chips.
Why this verdict
- Artificial colors Yellow 5 and Blue 1
- High-fructose corn syrup plus liquid sugar and corn syrup — three sweeteners
- Stabilizer/emulsifier stack: guar gum, carob bean gum, carrageenan, mono- & diglycerides
- 'Chocolate flavored chips' are made with coconut oil, not real chocolate
- NOVA 4 ultra-processed frozen dessert
Ingredients (12)
- Milkfat and nonfat milk (safe) — Real dairy base of the ice cream.
- liquid sugar (moderate) — Primary added sweetener.
- Corn Syrup (caution) — Second ingredient; a refined liquid sugar that binds the bar and drives the sugar total up.
- High Fructose Corn Syrup (caution) — Third sweetener. Its presence in a 'deluxe' ice cream signals cost-cutting, not craft.
- Chocolate flavored chips (coconut oil) (moderate) — Compound chips using coconut oil in place of real chocolate.
- Mono and Diglycerides (moderate) — Emulsifier for smooth texture — an industrial aid.
- yellow 5 (avoid) — Artificial dye linked to sensitivity in some people; unnecessary here.
- blue 1 (avoid) — Artificial dye used to tune color; no nutritional role.
- Guar Gum (moderate) — Thickener/stabilizer; one of several stacked here.
- Carob bean gum (safe) — Plant-derived stabilizer for smooth texture.
- Carrageenan (caution) — Seaweed-derived stabilizer flagged for gut-irritation concerns at regular intake; not used in traditional ice cream.
- Whey (safe) — Dairy protein from milk.