Publix Premium Cookies & Cream Ice Cream — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Publix Premium Cookies & Cream Ice Cream by Publix Premium ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
The base is honest ice cream — milk, cream, sugar, a little corn syrup and stabilizer gums. But the cookie pieces drag in refined soybean and palm oil, enriched flour, invert sugar, TBHQ and artificial flavor, which stacks the classic sugar-plus-refined-oil-plus-starch craving triad into every bite. It tastes great, but the cookie is a lab-tuned snack, not a bakery cookie.
Why this verdict
- Cookie inclusion carries the hyper-palatable triad: sugar + soybean/palm oil + enriched flour and cornstarch
- Three added sweeteners in play — sugar, corn syrup and invert sugar
- Cookie contains TBHQ preservative and artificial flavor
- Dairy base itself is clean, which keeps it out of DUMP territory
- 19g sugar (14g added) per 2/3-cup serving — a genuine dessert
Ingredients (11)
- Milk (safe) — Real dairy base.
- cream (safe) — Real dairy fat — the ingredient a good ice cream should lean on.
- Sugar (moderate) — Small added sweetener to balance acidity; minor at salsa portions.
- Corn Syrup (caution) — Second ingredient; a refined liquid sugar that binds the bar and drives the sugar total up.
- Invert Sugar (caution) — Third sweetener inside the cookie; keeps it soft.
- Enriched Flour (moderate) — Refined white flour stripped of fiber and re-fortified; fast carbohydrate base.
- Soybean and palm oil (with TBHQ) (caution) — Refined oils preserved with TBHQ, a synthetic antioxidant.
- cocoa processed with alkali (safe) — Dutched cocoa for chocolate flavor and color.
- Artificial Flavor) (caution) — Synthetic flavoring in the cookie rather than real vanilla.
- Soy Lecithin (safe) — Emulsifier in the chocolate chips; common and low concern.
- Carob bean gum and guar gum (safe) — Plant-derived stabilizers that prevent ice crystals.