Patanjali Nariyal Biscuits — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Patanjali Nariyal Biscuits by Patanjali DUMP — score 20/90.
Sugar-and-palm-oil cookie with barely any coconut, wearing a 'whole wheat, no maida, natural' health costume.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the #2 ingredient, backed by honey and invert syrup — three sweetener sources
- Refined palm oil delivers most of the 21g fat per 100g
- Coconut it's named after is only ~1.85% of the biscuit
- Emulsifier plus raising agents mark it as an industrially processed (NOVA 4) product
- Refined oil + stacked sugar + wheat flour is a hyper-palatable, craving-driven formula
Ingredients (8)
- Wheat (atta) (moderate) — Whole wheat flour is the base and better than maida, but here it mostly carries the sugar and fat.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
- Palm Oil (concerning) — Refined oil, second-largest ingredient. High in saturated fat and paired with sugar to make the spread hyper-palatable.
- Coconut Powder (safe) — The namesake ingredient, but only around 1.85% of the biscuit.
- Milk (safe) — Real dairy, adds richness and protein; a common allergen but nutritionally fine.
- honey (concerning) — A second sweetener — still sugar your body processes the same way.
- emulsifier (moderate) — Industrial additive that binds fat and water; a marker of processed, engineered texture.
- raising agents (moderate) — Chemical leaveners for the crumb; typical of packaged biscuits, low health value.