Morehouse Cream Style Horseradish — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Morehouse Cream Style Horseradish by Morehouse Foods Inc. ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
A real horseradish root buried under two sweeteners, refined soybean oil, modified starch, artificial flavor, and color/freshness chemicals like titanium dioxide and sodium metabisulfite.
Why this verdict
- Two separate sweeteners stacked together: high fructose corn syrup plus cane sugar
- Titanium dioxide as a colorant, banned as a food additive in the EU over genotoxicity concerns
- Sodium metabisulfite, a sulfite that can trigger reactions in asthmatics and sulfite-sensitive people
- Modified food starch and refined soybean oil bulk it out instead of real cream
- Artificial flavoring on top of natural horseradish that should flavor itself
Ingredients (16)
- Ground horseradish roots (safe) — The real deal and the actual point of the product, a whole pungent root
- DISTILLED VINEGAR (safe) — Simple acid that preserves the sauce naturally and adds tang; no health downside in these amounts.
- Soybean Oil (moderate) — Refined high-omega-6 seed oil used to fake creaminess
- High Fructose Corn Syrup (concerning) — A second refined sweetener stacked on the first; fructose load is linked to fatty liver and metabolic strain.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- Whole Eggs (safe) — Emulsifier for the creamy texture, a real food ingredient
- lemon juice (safe) — Acid for brightness, fine
- modified food starch (moderate) — Industrial thickener used to bulk and stabilize the sauce
- citric acid (safe) — Common acidulant for tartness; harmless in this amount but can be rough on tooth enamel.
- Titanium dioxide (concerning) — Whitening colorant banned as a food additive in the EU over genotoxicity concerns, purely cosmetic
- Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
- Artificial Flavoring (moderate) — Lab flavor added to a product that has a strong natural one
- Sodium Metabisulfite (concerning) — Sulfite color preservative that can trigger reactions in asthmatics and sulfite-sensitive people
- Xanthan Gum (moderate) — Another stabilizer stacked on guar; emulsifier load is associated with gut-lining irritation.
- Natural Flavoring (moderate) — Vague flavor add layered with the artificial one
- calcium disodium edta (moderate) — Chelating preservative to retain freshness, a clear processed-food marker