Snac tac Mango Jam — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Snac tac Mango Jam by Snac tac DUMP — score 20/90.
Sugar is the #1 ingredient, ahead of mango, and it's propped up with artificial flavor, a synthetic color, and two preservatives. This is sweetened, dyed sugar gel that tastes like mango.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the first ingredient, ahead of the mango pulp
- Synthetic colour 110 (Sunset Yellow) is an azo dye tied to hyperactivity in kids
- Artificial mango flavouring fakes the fruit taste real mango should provide
- Two preservatives including sulphite 224, a known asthma trigger
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) — closer to dyed sugar gel than fruit
Ingredients (8)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- Mango pulp (45%) (safe) — Real fruit pulp brings some vitamins and fibre, but it sits behind sugar on the list, so it's the minority story here.
- Preservative 224 (sodium metabisulphite) (concerning) — A sulphite preservative that can trigger reactions in asthmatics and sulphite-sensitive people.
- Thickener (moderate) — Gelling/thickening agent (likely pectin) used to build jam texture. Functional but processed.
- Acidity Regulator 330 (Citric Acid) (moderate) — Adds tartness; industrially produced and erodes tooth enamel in sugary acidic sodas.
- Artificial flavouring substances (mango) (concerning) — Synthetic mango flavour standing in for real fruit taste — a marker of a cheapened, engineered product.
- Synthetic food colour 110 (Sunset Yellow FCF) (harmful) — An azo dye linked to hyperactivity in children; restricted or warning-labelled in several countries. Purely cosmetic.
- Preservative (211 Sodium Benzoate) (moderate) — Common preservative; can form trace benzene with ascorbic acid and is flagged alongside dyes for hyperactivity concerns.