King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls by King's Hawaiian DUMP — score 17/90.

America's favorite dinner roll is a 26-ingredient sugar delivery system. Sugar AND liquid sugar sit above the butter and eggs, propped up by three emulsifiers and anti-caking agents. 'No high fructose corn syrup' — sure, because plain sugar twice was cheaper.

Why this verdict

• 26 ingredients — far past the ultra-processed line for what should be flour, milk, sugar, butter, eggs, yeast
• Two sugar entries (sugar + liquid sugar) stacked as ingredients three and four — a sweetness system, not a recipe
• Triple emulsifier stack: sodium stearoyl lactylate, DATEM, sorbitan monostearate
• Industrial fillers and flow agents: sodium silicoaluminate, microcrystalline cellulose, calcium silicate
• Refined enriched flour base with about 5g of sugar packed into each small roll

Ingredients (11)

• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• liquid sugar (moderate) — Primary added sweetener.
• Enriched Flour (moderate) — Refined flour with some nutrients added back, lacks whole-grain benefits.
• BUTTER (safe) — Real dairy butter, though a minor part of the fat.
• eggs (safe) — Genuine brioche enrichment; a real ingredient doing real work.
• datem (caution) — Industrial dough emulsifier used to engineer texture and rise.
• Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (caution) — Dough and cream conditioner — another engineered emulsifier.
• Sorbitan Monostearate (moderate) — Emulsifier/dough conditioner. Approved and used at low levels, but a marker of commercial rather than artisan baking.
• Sodium silicoaluminate (moderate) — Anti-caking/processing-aid additive in the sour flavoring.
• Microcrystalline Cellulose (moderate) — Processed plant pulp used as a bulking/flow agent
• Calcium silicate (moderate) — Another anti-caking agent — industrial housekeeping, not food