Favorite Day Monster Trail Mix — DUMP

Name: Favorite Day Monster Trail Mix
Brand: Favorite Day

Munch or Dump rates Favorite Day Monster Trail Mix by Favorite Day DUMP — score 20/90.

This is a bag of candy with peanuts as an alibi. Five artificial dyes plus their lakes, hydrogenated oils in two places, and sugar repeated in every sub-component. 'Trail mix' is doing a lot of heavy lifting for what is functionally M&Ms and dessert chips.

Why this verdict

Hydrogenated palm kernel oil and hydrogenated rapeseed/cottonseed oil — hydrogenated oils are an automatic disqualifier
Full artificial color panel: Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 plus their aluminum lakes
Ingredient list blows past 18 items with sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, and dextrin stacked across sub-ingredients
Artificial flavor in the chocolate chips on top of everything else
The peanuts and raisins are real food — they're just outnumbered by the candy coating industry

Ingredients (12)

Peanuts (safe) — Whole-food base: protein, fiber, and mostly mono/polyunsaturated fat.
raisins (safe) — Whole dried fruit; naturally sugary but unprocessed.
Sugar (multiple appearances) (caution) — Appears in every candy sub-component — sugar is the true dominant ingredient by function.
red 40 (avoid) — Petroleum-derived azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive kids; purely cosmetic.
Yellow 5 & Yellow 6 (avoid) — More azo dyes, same story — zero function beyond making candy shells pretty.
Blue 1 / Blue 2 (caution) — Synthetic dyes; less studied than the azo dyes but still purely decorative chemistry.
hydrogenated palm kernel oil (avoid) — Industrial hard fat in the peanut butter chips — the cheap stand-in for cocoa butter.
hydrogenated rapeseed and cottonseed oil (avoid) — Hydrogenated stabilizer fat in the peanut butter component.
Corn Syrup (caution) — Sweetener #4 — four distinct sugar sources in one pastry.
Dextrose (caution) — Sweetener #2 — pure fast-absorbing glucose.
Artificial Flavor) (concerning) — Used to mimic or enhance flavors, synthetic in nature.
Soy Lecithin (moderate) — An emulsifier derived from soybeans, generally considered safe but indicative of processing.

Healthier alternatives

Jamun Chips (Black Plum Chips)
POMEGRANATE FRESH ARILS
Heart Healthy Mixed Nuts