Mini Confetti Party Platter With Buttercreme Icing — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Mini Confetti Party Platter With Buttercreme Icing by Maplehurst Bakeries Llc DUMP — score 17/90.
Sugar is the very first ingredient, ahead of any flour, and it's backed by a second sweetener (corn syrup), bleached refined flour, a four-oil blend, and modified starch. This is a hyper-palatable lab-built dessert, not a baked treat.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the #1 ingredient, ahead of any flour
- Two stacked sweeteners: sugar plus corn syrup
- Bleached refined flour stripped and synthetically re-enriched
- Four-oil refined fat blend including palm kernel oil
- Modified food starch and artificial flavors push this to NOVA 4
Ingredients (10)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
- Water (safe) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
- Bleached wheat flour (enriched) (moderate) — Refined flour with the bran and germ removed, then chemically bleached and re-fortified with synthetic vitamins. Fast-digesting, low fiber.
- Vegetable oil blend (palm, soybean, palm kernel, canola) (concerning) — A four-oil refined fat blend. Palm and palm kernel oils are high in saturated fat.
- cornstarch (moderate) — Refined starch filler for crunch and shape.
- eggs (safe) — Genuine brioche enrichment; a real ingredient doing real work.
- modified food starch (moderate) — Industrial thickener that gives the condensed texture; a processing marker.
- Corn Syrup (caution) — Added sugar baked into the crust.
- Leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate) (moderate) — Chemical leavening agents to make the cake rise. Functional, low concern in small amounts.
- Buttercreme icing (added sugar and fat) (concerning) — Sugar-and-fat topping that piles more empty calories onto an already sweet cake.