McVitie's Sablés Anglais L'Original — ENGINEERED

Name: McVitie's Sablés Anglais L'Original
Brand: Mcvitie's

Munch or Dump rates McVitie's Sablés Anglais L'Original by Mcvitie's ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Refined wheat flour, palm oil, and two different sugars stacked together — a hyper-palatable biscuit engineered for craving, with a thin wholemeal fig-leaf.

Why this verdict

Refined wheat flour is ingredient #1 — only 16% is actually wholemeal
Palm oil is ingredient #2, driving a heavy saturated-fat load
Two separate added sugars: sugar plus invert sugar syrup
Hyper-palatable triad (refined flour + refined oil + added sugar), NOVA 4
Calorie-dense at ~481 kcal/100g

Ingredients (7)

Refined wheat flour (55%, fortified with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamine) (moderate) — Refined white flour — the fortification replaces nutrients stripped in milling; spikes blood sugar with little fiber.
Palm Oil (moderate) — High in saturated fat; deep-frying medium that pushes fat and calories up.
Whole wheat flour (16%) (safe) — The one genuinely wholesome ingredient — but it's a minority of the flour.
Sugar (concerning) — Added sugar, third by weight, feeds yeast and adds sweetness with no nutritional benefit.
Raising agents (sodium carbonates, malic acid, ammonium carbonates) (safe) — Standard leavening agents; not a health concern in these amounts.
invert sugar syrup (concerning) — Second added sweetener; glucose-fructose liquid sugar
Salt (moderate) — Added for taste and mild preservation. Fine in small amounts but adds to daily sodium.