Meiji Yan Yan Chocolate Cream Dip with Crispy Cracker Sticks — DUMP

Name: Meiji Yan Yan Chocolate Cream Dip with Crispy Cracker Sticks
Brand: Meiji

Munch or Dump rates Meiji Yan Yan Chocolate Cream Dip with Crispy Cracker Sticks by Meiji DUMP — score 20/90.

Cracker sticks fried in partially hydrogenated oil (trans fat) with a sugar-and-cocoa dip and artificial flavors. The trans fat alone sinks it.

Why this verdict

Partially hydrogenated oils = artificial trans fat, which has no safe level and raises heart-disease risk
Refined wheat flour and sugar are the base — empty, blood-sugar-spiking calories
Artificial flavors doing the heavy lifting on a 'chocolate' taste
Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) snack marketed to kids

wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour for the wafer shell — refined carbohydrate with little fiber. Also a gluten source.
Partially hydrogenated palm and canola oils (harmful) — Industrial trans fat, raises LDL, lowers HDL, the worst fat for your arteries.
Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
Whole Milk Powder (safe) — The actual 'milk' the name leans on — only 8%, ranked behind two sweeteners and a fake creamer.
Non-fat milk powder (moderate) — Dried skim dairy, neutral filler.
CHOCOLATE LIQUOR (safe) — Ground cocoa solids and cocoa butter. The actual cocoa; brings flavonoids and real chocolate flavor.
cocoa processed with alkali (moderate) — Dutched cocoa for color and mellow flavor; alkali processing strips most of the beneficial flavanols.
Cheese (moderate) — Minor dairy flavoring, adds salt and saturated fat.
Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
Sodium bicarbonate (leavening) (safe) — Baking soda to lift the wafer; standard and benign.
Yeast powder (safe) — Leavening and flavor, benign.
Artificial Flavors (moderate) — Lab-made flavor compounds in a product sold as premium dark chocolate; not what you'd expect at this tier.
Natural coloring (beta carotene and caramel) (safe) — Naturally derived colors; low concern.