Quaker Chocolate Rice Cakes — ENGINEERED

Name: Quaker Chocolate Rice Cakes
Brand: Quaker

Munch or Dump rates Quaker Chocolate Rice Cakes by Quaker ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A whole-grain rice cake dressed up with sugar, fructose, sugar-loaded chocolate chips and maltodextrin — three sweetener sources plus a filler starch turn a plain cake into an engineered sweet snack.

Why this verdict

Three sweetener sources: added sugar, fructose, and sugar inside the chocolate chips
Corn maltodextrin — a refined filler starch that spikes blood sugar fast
Refined canola/sunflower oil plus 'natural flavor' place it at NOVA 4 (ultra-processed)
Fructose second on the list means concentrated sweetness, not fruit

Ingredients (11)

Whole Grain Brown Rice (safe) — Intact whole grain with fiber, minerals and slow carbs.
Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
fructose (moderate) — A second added sweetener stacked on top of sugar.
Milk chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, whole milk, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla) (moderate) — Adds a third sugar source plus dairy and an emulsifier.
CORN MALTODEXTRIN (concerning) — Highly refined filler starch with a glycemic index higher than table sugar — marks ultra-processing.
Cocoa (safe) — Provides chocolate flavor with some antioxidants; minor here.
Natural flavor (moderate) — Undefined proprietary flavoring; signals engineered taste over real ingredients.
Vegetable oil (canola and/or sunflower) (moderate) — Refined seed oil added for texture; part of the hyper-palatable pattern.
Salt (moderate) — Adds sodium; fine in moderation but the main reason to watch portion size.
Soy Lecithin (safe) — Emulsifier; common and generally benign, but a soy allergen.
Tocopherols (safe) — Vitamin E used as a natural preservative.