Makino Sweet Chilli Nacho/Corn Chips — DUMP

Name: Makino Sweet Chilli Nacho/Corn Chips
Brand: makino

Munch or Dump rates Makino Sweet Chilli Nacho/Corn Chips by makino DUMP — score 20/90.

Fried corn chips dressed up as 'healthy low-cal' but it's a NOVA-4 snack: refined oil, added sugar, flavour-enhancer, and a stack of additives over a refined corn base.

Why this verdict

Refined corn deep-fried in vegetable oil, then sugared and salted
Synthetic 'nature identical' flavouring plus a flavour-enhancer doing the heavy lifting
Stacked additives: two anticaking agents, acidity regulators, sweetener
Two sweetness sources (sugar + stevia) engineering the taste
NOVA-4 ultra-processed: snack chemistry, not nutrition

Ingredients (12)

Corn (68%) (moderate) — Refined corn base, deep-fried into a chip — calorie-dense and stripped of most of the whole grain.
Edible Vegetable Oil (Palmolein/Corn Oil) (moderate) — Refined frying oil; the fat load is what makes a chip a chip.
Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
Flavouring (Natural & Nature Identical, Sweet Chilli) (moderate) — 'Nature identical' means synthesized in a lab — engineered flavour, not real chilli.
Paprika & Spices (Garlic, Curry, Turmeric, Chilli) (safe) — Real spices — the one genuinely positive note in the list.
Beet root powder (safe) — Used as a natural colour; harmless.
Flavour Enhancer (e.g. INS 635 disodium ribonucleotides) (moderate) — Umami booster from the same MSG family the pack claims to avoid — added to make it irresistible.
Anticaking Agent: Tricalcium Phosphate (INS 341iii) (moderate) — Industrial flow agent; a marker of ultra-processing.
Anticaking Agent: Silicon Dioxide (INS 551) (moderate) — Second anticaking additive stacked on the first.
Steviol Glycosides (INS 960) (safe) — Plant-based sweetener, but its presence alongside sugar means two sweetness sources are engineering the taste.
Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (Soya) (concerning) — A processed umami source (free glutamates) layered on top of the enhancer stack.