Snickers Chocolate Bar — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Snickers Chocolate Bar by Mars ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A candy bar built around sugar and glucose syrup with refined palm fat, artificial vanillin and an emulsifier. The peanuts are real, but this is engineered for craving, not nourishment.

Why this verdict

• Sugar is the #1 ingredient, with glucose syrup and more sugar stacked on top
• Refined palm fat plus added sugar plus refined syrup is the classic hyper-palatable triad
• Contains an emulsifier (soya lecithin) and artificial vanillin flavour
• NOVA 4 ultra-processed: engineered for craving, not satiety

Ingredients (13)

• Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
• glucose syrup (concerning) — A second refined sugar source layered on top of the first.
• Peanuts (safe) — Actual whole-food ingredient providing protein and healthy fats.
• Cocoa Butter (safe) — Natural fat from the cocoa bean; a clean ingredient.
• Cocoa Mass (safe) — Ground cocoa solids and butter; the whole-food base of dark chocolate, rich in flavanols and fiber.
• Vegetable Fat (Palm Fat) (moderate) — Refined tropical fat high in saturated fat; adds fat load with no nutritional upside.
• Lactose (moderate) — Milk sugar, an additional sweetener layered into the chocolate.
• full cream milk powder (safe) — Dairy adding a little protein and calcium.
• Whey Powder (moderate) — Dairy protein fraction, minor and mostly for texture/flavour.
• MILK FAT (moderate) — Saturated dairy fat.
• Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin E322) (moderate) — Industrial emulsifier used to bind fat and sugar in the coating.
• Artificial flavour (Vanillin) (moderate) — Synthetic vanilla flavouring, a marker of processed confectionery.
• skimmed MILK (safe) — Fat-reduced milk, adds protein and calcium without extra fat.