Parle Happy Happy Choco Chip Cookies — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Parle Happy Happy Choco Chip Cookies by Parle DUMP — score 17/90.

Refined maida, three sugars, palm oil and hydrogenated-fat choco chips make this a lab-built craving cookie, not a treat with real chocolate.

Why this verdict

• Contains hydrogenated vegetable fat, a trans-fat source
• Three sweeteners: sugar, dextrose and invert sugar syrup
• Refined maida + sugar + palm oil hyper-palatable triad
• Artificial chocolate and vanilla flavouring, near-zero real cocoa
• Stacked emulsifiers (soy lecithin + 472e) and raising agents

Ingredients (13)

• Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) (concerning) — Stripped white flour, no fiber, spikes blood sugar; the #1 ingredient
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Refined palm oil (moderate) — Cheap refined oil high in saturated fat.
• Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat (in choco chips) (harmful) — Source of trans fat, directly linked to heart disease.
• Dextrose (caution) — Second added sweetener.
• invert sugar syrup (caution) — A second sweetener that boosts softness and shelf life.
• Cocoa Solids (0.5%) (safe) — Real cocoa, but present only in trace amounts.
• Emulsifier (soy lecithin) (moderate) — Industrial emulsifier that binds the fat and sugar into a smoother, more moreish texture.
• Emulsifier (472e) (moderate) — Processed mono/diglyceride emulsifier used to bind refined fats.
• Raising Agents (503ii, 500ii) (safe) — Ammonium and sodium bicarbonate leavening; standard and harmless in these amounts.
• Iodised Salt (moderate) — Necessary for thyroid health, but overuse can contribute to hypertension.
• Natural Food Colours (150c, 150d) (moderate) — Caramel colours used to fake a richer chocolate look.
• Artificial Flavouring (Chocolate, Vanilla) (moderate) — Synthetic flavour standing in for real chocolate.