Snickers Butterscotch Flavour — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Snickers Butterscotch Flavour by Snickers DUMP — score 20/90.

Sugar is the number-one ingredient and this bar contains hydrogenated vegetable oil, an industrial fat that's an automatic dump.

Why this verdict

• Contains hydrogenated vegetable oil, an industrial fat that's an automatic dump
• Sugar is the #1 ingredient in both the coating and the filling
• Three sweetener sources stacked: sugar, dextrose and liquid glucose
• About 52g of sugar per 100g plus a synthetic 'nature identical' butterscotch flavour

Ingredients (12)

• Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
• Hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm oil) (harmful) — Industrial hardened fat that can raise LDL cholesterol and heart-disease risk; automatic dump signal.
• Peanuts (23%) (safe) — Whole roasted peanuts add real protein, fibre and healthy fats.
• Liquid glucose (concerning) — Yet another added-sugar syrup
• Milk Solids (safe) — Curdled dairy solids — the protein, fat, and calcium of milk. Whole-food base with no processing tricks.
• Cocoa Butter (safe) — Natural fat from the cocoa bean; a clean ingredient.
• Cocoa Solids (safe) — The actual chocolate, carrying some flavanol antioxidants. The one genuinely good part.
• Edible vegetable fat (sal fat, palm oil) (moderate) — Cheap vegetable fats used to stretch the cocoa butter; high in saturates.
• Dextrose (moderate) — Fast-absorbing added sugar; one of several sweeteners here.
• Emulsifier (soy lecithin, 322) (moderate) — Common emulsifier for texture; generally low-risk but a processing marker.
• Nature identical butterscotch flavour (moderate) — A synthetic flavour compound made to mimic real butterscotch; not from actual butterscotch.
• Iodized Salt (safe) — Common salt; iodine is a plus in small amounts.