Gelatelli / Vemondo Coconut Milk Ice Cream (Dark Chocolate & Almond) — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Gelatelli / Vemondo Coconut Milk Ice Cream (Dark Chocolate & Almond) by Gelatelli ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
A vegan label on a lab-built dessert: sugar plus glucose syrup, then three stacked emulsifiers and three stabilizers to fake the creaminess dairy would give for free.
Why this verdict
- Two added sweeteners stacked: sugar plus glucose syrup, ~20g sugar per 100g
- Three emulsifiers including PGPR (E476) to engineer dairy-free creaminess
- Three stabilizers (locust bean gum, guar gum, pectin) on top of the emulsifiers
- NOVA 4 ultra-processed - built in a factory, not a kitchen
- Refined coconut fat plus sugars makes it calorie-dense indulgence
Ingredients (18)
- Water (safe) — First ingredient by weight; this pudding is mostly water, not milk.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- Cocoa mass (14%) (safe) — Real dark chocolate solids; some polyphenols, but here it's the dessert shell.
- Coconut milk (13%) (safe) — The genuine dairy substitute; whole-food fat source.
- Cocoa butter (5%) (safe) — Natural cocoa fat, fine in moderation.
- coconut fat (moderate) — Refined saturated fat used to firm up the bar.
- glucose syrup (moderate) — A second refined sweetener used for the caramel character; fast-absorbing sugar with no nutritional value.
- Almond pieces (4%) (safe) — Real nuts, the one genuinely wholesome inclusion.
- Coconut Milk Powder (safe) — Dried coconut for body and flavor.
- Coconut extract (safe) — Flavoring from coconut.
- Bourbon Vanilla Extract (safe) — Real vanilla flavoring.
- Pea Protein (safe) — Plant protein added for structure/mouthfeel.
- Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (moderate) — Industrial emulsifier; one of three used to fake dairy texture.
- Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (E476/PGPR) (moderate) — Highly processed castor-oil-derived emulsifier - a hallmark of engineered fat systems.
- Lecithins (soy) (safe) — Common emulsifier; benign but adds to the additive stack.
- Locust Bean Gum (safe) — Plant stabilizer; controls ice crystals.
- Guar Gum (moderate) — Thickener to fake creaminess; fine in small amounts but a marker of cheap formulation.
- Pectin (liquid) (safe) — Plant gelling agent; third texturizer.