OREO Minis — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates OREO Minis by OREO DUMP — score 20/90.

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 stripped of fiber and then fortified with synthetic vitamins; spikes blood sugar and offers little real nutrition.
• Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
• palm and/or canola oil (moderate) — Refined vegetable oil used for texture and shelf life. Calorie-dense, no nutritional upside.
• Dextrose (concerning) — A second added sugar (pure glucose) that hits the bloodstream even faster than sucrose.
• cocoa processed with alkali (moderate) — Dutched cocoa for color and mellow flavor; alkali processing strips most of the beneficial flavanols.
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (concerning) — Industrially processed sweetener linked to fatty liver and metabolic strain when consumed regularly; flatly contradicts the 'all natural' positioning.
• Leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate) (safe) — Standard rising agents, used in tiny amounts. Neutral.
• Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
• Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
• Chocolate (safe) — Cocoa solids bring antioxidants (flavanols); the upside of dark chocolate.
• Artificial Flavor) (moderate) — Lab-made flavoring with no nutritional value — out of place in a 'finest ingredients' bar.