MadeGood Granola Minis, Chocolate Chip & Mixed Berry — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates MadeGood Granola Minis, Chocolate Chip & Mixed Berry by Made Good ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Marketed as a wholesome veggie-packed snack, but it's really an organic sugar delivery system stacked with five separate sweeteners.

Why this verdict

• Five separate added sugars: cane sugar, invert cane syrup, agave, brown rice syrup, and juice concentrate
• Cane sugar is the #2 ingredient, right behind the oats
• Hyper-palatable triad: added sugar + refined sunflower oil + refined starch
• Vegetable extracts and added vitamins are trace amounts for marketing, not real nutrition
• Engineered for craving under an organic, wholesome-looking label

Ingredients (16)

• Gluten-free oats (organic) (safe) — A genuine whole grain with fiber; the one solid ingredient here.
• Cane sugar (organic) (concerning) — The #2 ingredient — pure added sugar, organic or not.
• Sunflower oil (organic) (moderate) — Refined oil high in omega-6; adds fat and helps the hyper-palatable texture.
• raisins (safe) — Whole dried fruit; sugar-dense but real food.
• Invert cane syrup (concerning) — Another liquid sugar — sweetener #2.
• agave syrup (concerning) — High-fructose liquid sweetener — sweetener #3.
• dried apple pieces (safe) — Whole dried fruit, minor amount.
• Sweetened Dried Cranberries (moderate) — Cranberries sweetened with apple juice concentrate — more added sugar.
• Brown rice crisps (moderate) — Refined starch for crunch; low nutritional value.
• inulin (safe) — Prebiotic fiber; a small positive but can cause bloating in quantity.
• Freeze-dried raspberries (safe) — Real fruit, trace amount.
• TAPIOCA STARCH (moderate) — Refined starch used as a thickener to replace the body lost by cutting fat and sugar; a processing crutch.
• Vegetable extracts (spinach, broccoli, carrot, tomato, beet, shiitake) (safe) — Trace extracts behind the 'full serving of vegetables' claim — negligible real nutrition.
• Natural flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed flavor compounds; vague catch-all term.
• brown rice syrup (concerning) — Refined syrup, pure glucose — fifth sweetener in the list.
• Salt (moderate) — Added for taste and mild preservation. Fine in small amounts but adds to daily sodium.