Nut & Granola Mix With Glazed Walnuts — DUMP

Name: Nut & Granola Mix With Glazed Walnuts
Brand: Emerald

Munch or Dump rates Nut & Granola Mix With Glazed Walnuts by Emerald DUMP — score 17/90.

A 'breakfast' snack mix loaded with partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, artificial color and flavor, five-plus sweeteners, and a stack of stabilizers. It reads like candy that borrowed the word granola.

Why this verdict

Partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil — an industrial trans-fat source that's hard on your arteries
Six-plus stacked sweeteners (brown sugar, corn syrup, sugar cane syrup, dehydrated honey, glycerin, barley malt) drive a sugar spike
Artificial color and artificial flavor with no nutritional purpose
Maltodextrin, modified starch and modified cellulose — hallmark ultra-processed fillers
Far more than 18 ingredients across several pre-engineered candy-like components

Ingredients (19)

Rolled oats (vanilla granola base) (safe) — Whole grain, fiber and slow carbs — the one genuinely good thing here.
walnuts (safe) — Whole tree nut; a top plant source of ALA omega-3, fiber and protein.
DRY ROASTED PEANUTS (safe) — The good part. Protein, healthy fats and fiber.
Raisins / dried cranberries / dried apple (moderate) — Real fruit but sugar-infused and oil-coated, so it acts more like candy.
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL (avoid) — Source of artificial trans fat, which raises LDL and lowers HDL cholesterol. Unacceptable in any amount.
brown sugar (caution) — Second added sugar in the flavor base.
Corn Syrup (caution) — Added sugar baked into the crust.
Sugar cane syrup / dehydrated honey / sugar (concerning) — More stacked sweeteners piling onto an already high sugar load.
glycerin (moderate) — Humectant that keeps the bar soft and shelf-stable.
Artificial Flavor) (moderate) — Lab-made flavor doing the 'creme' work.
ARTIFICIAL COLOR (concerning) — Synthetic dye added only to make instant flakes look like real potatoes.
Maltodextrin (moderate) — Highly processed starch-derived carbohydrate used as a carrier and texturizer; spikes blood sugar readily.
Modified starch / modified cellulose (moderate) — Processed texturizers — classic ultra-processed-food markers.
Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
Distilled monoglycerides (moderate) — Industrial emulsifier for texture; a hallmark of ultra-processing.
Sodium sulfate (preservative on dried apple) (moderate) — Chemical preservative on the dried apple pieces.
Canola / sunflower / coconut oil (moderate) — Refined oils used as glaze and coating fats throughout.
Yogurt powder (cultured whey, skim milk) (moderate) — Real dairy, but only a minor part of a sugar-and-oil yogurt coating.
Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.