Priyagold Puff Choco Vanilla Flavoured Sandwich Biscuits — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Priyagold Puff Choco Vanilla Flavoured Sandwich Biscuits by Priyagold DUMP — score 17/90.
Refined maida and sugar wrapped around palm oil cream, then dosed with two emulsifiers, a sulphite dough conditioner, artificial flavors, and the synthetic red dye Ponceau 4R. This is an ultra-processed (NOVA 4) sugar-and-starch bomb, not a snack with anything going for it.
Why this verdict
- Refined maida (50%) plus sugar and liquid glucose — a fast-digesting starch-and-sugar load
- Synthetic colour Ponceau 4R (E124), an azo dye tied to hyperactivity in kids
- Two stacked emulsifiers (lecithin + DATEM) and a sulphite dough conditioner
- Palm oil cream and artificial choco/vanilla flavors — NOVA 4 ultra-processed
- ~497 kcal/100g of empty calories with essentially no protein or fibre
Ingredients (15)
- Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) 50% (concerning) — Stripped of fibre and most nutrients; digests fast and spikes blood sugar.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
- Palm Oil (Edible Vegetable Oil) (moderate) — Refined oil high in saturated fat used for the cream.
- Liquid glucose (moderate) — A simple syrup adding sweetness and texture.
- Ammonium Bicarbonate (E503) (safe) — Traditional baking leavening agent that gasses off during baking; not a health concern.
- Sodium bicarbonate (E500) (safe) — Common baking leavening agent, harmless in these amounts.
- Milk Solids 1.5% (safe) — Minor dairy addition for flavor; trivial nutritionally.
- cocoa powder (safe) — Additional cocoa solids for depth.
- Iodised Salt (moderate) — Necessary for thyroid health, but overuse can contribute to hypertension.
- Lecithin (E322) (safe) — Emulsifier; generally benign but part of an emulsifier stack here.
- DATEM (E472e) (moderate) — Diacetyltartaric ester emulsifier — marker of industrial baked goods.
- Sodium Metabisulphite (E223) (moderate) — Sulphite dough conditioner; an allergen that can trigger reactions in sensitive people.
- Artificial Choco & Vanilla Flavours (moderate) — Lab-made flavors engineering the taste; signal of an ultra-processed formula.
- Caramel colour (E150d) (moderate) — Sulphite-ammonia caramel colouring; purely cosmetic, can contain 4-MEI. No benefit to you.
- Ponceau 4R (E124) (concerning) — Synthetic red azo dye banned in the US and several countries over safety concerns.