New York Style Cheesecake — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates New York Style Cheesecake by The Father's Table Llc. DUMP — score 20/90.
A 30-ingredient industrial dessert built on three sweeteners, refined oils, and a stack of gums, emulsifiers, and added colors.
Why this verdict
- Three distinct sweeteners stacked: sugar, brown sugar, and glucose syrup
- Around 30 ingredients and classified NOVA 4 (ultra-processed)
- Refined oils (palm + soybean) layered with refined and enriched flours
- Stacked stabilizers and emulsifiers: 3 gums, mono- and diglycerides, soy lecithin
- Three added colors (apocarotenal, turmeric, beta-carotene) to fake fresh-baked look
Ingredients (18)
- Cream Cheese (moderate) — Real dairy but carries added gums (xanthan, carob, guar) and saturated fat.
- Sugar (concerning) — Second ingredient and the dominant nutritional driver; added sugar in liquid form spikes blood glucose and adds empty calories.
- WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR (safe) — A whole grain, but it's a minor structural ingredient here, not the point of the product.
- Palm Oil (moderate) — Highly saturated refined fat used for texture and shelf life.
- Soybean Oil (moderate) — Refined seed oil, high in omega-6 and calorie-dense.
- Enriched wheat flour (moderate) — A highly processed source of carbohydrates with nutrients added back.
- brown sugar (concerning) — Second distinct sweetener; sugar by another name.
- glucose syrup (concerning) — Third sweetener; a refined liquid sugar that spikes blood glucose fast.
- Egg Yolks (safe) — Real food binder providing some fat and nutrients
- Whey / whey protein concentrate (safe) — Dairy protein byproduct, neutral.
- sour cream (safe) — Cultured dairy, a real cheesecake component.
- Natural Flavors (moderate) — Vague proprietary flavoring; could be anything within the natural-flavor umbrella.
- Guar gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum (moderate) — Three stacked stabilizers to hold texture in a mass-produced product.
- Mono- and diglycerides (moderate) — Emulsifier; a marker of ultra-processing that can disrupt gut lining.
- Soy Lecithin (safe) — Emulsifier from soy, generally benign.
- Apocarotenal, turmeric, beta-carotene (colors) (moderate) — Three added colors to make a factory product look fresh-baked golden.
- Acacia (gum arabic) (safe) — Plant-derived thickener/fiber, relatively benign.
- Vitamin A palmitate (safe) — Added synthetic vitamin, neutral.