Good & Gather Mini Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Good & Gather Mini Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels by Good & Gather ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Enriched-flour pretzel shell around a sweetened peanut butter filling, built on the classic snack triad of refined starch, palm oil, and sugar plus corn syrup solids and a monoglyceride emulsifier. The peanuts give it some real protein, but this is a formulated crave-snack, not a whole food. The ingredients are honest and there are no artificial colors or flavors.

Why this verdict

• Hyper-palatable snack triad: enriched flour + palm oil + sugar
• Corn syrup solids and monoglyceride emulsifier are industrial snack additives
• Refined enriched wheat flour is the base, not whole grain
• Roasted peanuts and peanut butter add genuine protein (about 12g/100g)

Ingredients (8)

• Enriched wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour stripped of bran then fortified - the crust base.
• peanut butter (safe) — Real ground peanuts — the source of the filling's protein and healthy fats.
• roasted peanuts (safe) — The one ingredient a peanut butter actually needs; good protein and healthy fats.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Palm Oil (moderate) — Saturated-fat-heavy oil used in the crust.
• corn syrup solids (caution) — One of four sweetener sources.
• MONOGLYCERIDES (moderate) — Emulsifier that keeps the crumb soft; industrial dough marker.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.

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