Strong Roots Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Strong Roots Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries by Strong Roots TREAT — score 45/90.

Real sweet potato at 90%, but coated in a stack of refined starches and fried in vegetable oil to engineer the crisp.

Why this verdict

• 90% real sweet potato with no added sugar
• Crispy coating is a stack of four refined starches and flours
• Rapeseed/sunflower oil coating drives most of the fat and calories
• No artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives
• Indulgent fried-style format, not an everyday vegetable

Ingredients (8)

• Sweet Potato (90%) (safe) — A whole vegetable rich in fiber, beta-carotene, and potassium; the dominant ingredient.
• Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed and/or Sunflower) (moderate) — Refined seed oil used to coat and crisp the fries; adds fat and calories.
• potato starch (moderate) — Refined starch used for coating texture; adds refined carbs.
• rice flour (moderate) — Refined starch binder.
• Pea Flour (moderate) — Used as a binder/filler; harmless but it's bulking out the meat.
• maize starch (moderate) — Refined starch — pure carbohydrate, no fiber, protein, or nutrients. It's the entire base of this product.
• rice starch (moderate) — Another refined starch in the batter; part of the crisp-engineering stack.
• Salt (moderate) — Adds sodium; fine in moderation but the main reason to watch portion size.