Kroger Honey Graham Crackers — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Kroger Honey Graham Crackers by Kroger ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

This is the classic snack triad: enriched flour, refined oil, and sugar plus honey, built for craving rather than nutrition. TBHQ and sodium sulfite round out an industrial formula. The graham flour and honey are real, but they are minor players behind the refined stuff.

Why this verdict

• Hyper-palatable snack triad: enriched flour + refined oil + sugar/honey
• Two sweetener sources (sugar and honey), with sugar listed first
• Contains TBHQ, a synthetic preservative, plus sodium sulfite
• Enriched refined flour is the primary ingredient, ahead of whole-grain graham flour
• NOVA 4 ultra-processed formulation

Ingredients (8)

• Enriched wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour stripped of bran then fortified - the crust base.
• Graham Flour (whole grain wheat) (safe) — Genuine whole-grain flour, but a secondary ingredient here.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• High oleic canola and/or soybean oil (moderate) — Refined vegetable oil; part of the hyper-palatable structure.
• TBHQ (caution) — Synthetic antioxidant preservative; flagged for concern at higher intakes.
• honey (moderate) — A pure natural sweetener - roughly 80% sugars; clean but calorically dense, use sparingly.
• Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
• sodium sulfite (caution) — Sulfite preservative that can trigger reactions in sensitive people.

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