Hanuta Minis — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Hanuta Minis by Ferrero DUMP — score 17/90.

Sugar is the very first ingredient, ahead of palm and shea fat, in a NOVA-4 wafer where hazelnuts are just 13%. It's an engineered dessert dressed up as a snack.

Why this verdict

• Sugar is the #1 ingredient, ahead of fat and flour
• Refined palm and shea fats are the second ingredient
• 42.6g sugar and 31.9g fat per 100g
• Hazelnuts are only 13%; the rest is sugar, fat, refined flour
• Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) with stacked emulsifiers and added dextrose

Ingredients (16)

• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Vegetable fats (palm, shea) (concerning) — Refined fats high in saturated fat; palm is nutritionally poor filler.
• Hazelnuts (13%) (safe) — The namesake nut, but only 13%, well behind sugar and oil.
• Wheat flour (12.5%) (moderate) — Refined flour adds quick-digesting starch with little fiber.
• Sweet whey powder (moderate) — Cheap dairy byproduct used as bulk filler.
• Low-fat cocoa (safe) — Defatted cocoa powder for color and flavor; harmless in this amount.
• Milk chocolate (moderate) — Real chocolate but sugar-led, the coating on all four bars.
• Skimmed Milk Powder (safe) — Milk solids in the fillings.
• Clarified butterfat (moderate) — Pure dairy fat, high in saturated fat.
• flavorings (caution) — Undisclosed flavor compounds; you don't get to know what they are.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
• Semi Sweet Chocolate (safe) — Real chocolate; the genuine flavor component.
• Emulsifier (soy lecithin) (moderate) — Industrial emulsifier that binds the fat and sugar into a smoother, more moreish texture.
• Dextrose (grape sugar) (concerning) — A second added sugar source, signaling engineered sweetness.
• raising agent: sodium bicarbonate (safe) — Ordinary baking soda used to make the cracker rise. Harmless.
• VANILLIN (moderate) — Synthetic vanilla flavor — the lone artificial additive in an otherwise recognizable list.