OREO Minis — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates OREO Minis by OREO DUMP — score 17/90.

Refined flour, sugar, HFCS and dextrose stacked together with refined oil and artificial flavor — a hyper-palatable, ultra-processed cookie engineered for craving.

Why this verdict

• Three distinct sweeteners — sugar, dextrose, and high fructose corn syrup — stacked in one cookie
• Refined enriched flour plus refined palm/canola oil and sugar form a hyper-palatable triad built for craving
• Artificial flavor and alkali-processed cocoa mark it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4)
• Soy lecithin emulsifier and zero fiber or protein — fast carbs and fat with no nutrition

Ingredients (11)

• unbleached enriched flour (moderate) — Refined wheat flour with the bran and germ stripped, then re-fortified with a few synthetic vitamins. Fast carbohydrate, low fiber.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• palm and/or canola oil (moderate) — Refined oils providing the creme's fat mouthfeel — palm brings saturated fat, neither brings nutrition.
• Dextrose (caution) — Second added sweetener.
• cocoa processed with alkali (safe) — Dutched cocoa for chocolate flavor and color.
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (caution) — The dominant sweetener and second ingredient; drives the sugar load.
• Leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate) (safe) — Standard rising agents, harmless in these amounts.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
• Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
• Chocolate (safe) — Small amount of real chocolate; a minor positive.
• Artificial Flavor) (moderate) — Lab-made flavor doing the 'creme' work.