Southern Grove Dried Mango — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Southern Grove Dried Mango by Southern Grove TREAT — score 45/90.

Real mango, but sweetened with added sugar on top of the fruit's already high natural sugar, and preserved with sodium metabisulfite. It is delicious and the list is simple, yet it eats closer to candy than fresh fruit - sugar this concentrated spikes blood sugar fast. Enjoy as an occasional treat, not a health food, and skip it if sulfites trigger you.

Why this verdict

• Sugar-dense dried fruit with added sugar layered on top of natural mango sugars
• Simple three-item list: mango, sugar and a preservative
• Sodium metabisulfite (sulfite) preservative - a trigger for asthmatics and sulfite-sensitive people
• Essentially no fat or protein to slow the sugar hit

Ingredients (3)

• Mango slices (safe) — Real fruit; provides fiber, vitamin C and vitamin A, but concentrated sugar when dried.
• Sugar (moderate) — Small added sweetener to balance acidity; minor at salsa portions.
• Sodium Metabisulfite (caution) — Sulfite preservative preventing melanosis (black spot); can trigger reactions in sulfite-sensitive or asthmatic individuals.

Healthier alternatives

• Bare Baked Crunchy Apple Chips
• Kirkland Signature Organic Dried Mango
• Jamun Chips (Black Plum Chips)
• POMEGRANATE FRESH ARILS
• Kirkland Signature Supreme Whole Almonds