Sweet India Relish — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Sweet India Relish by Mt.Olive DUMP — score 20/90.

Cucumbers drowned in two corn syrups, then dosed with artificial flavor, Yellow 5 dye, and an emulsifier. This is candied condiment, not a vegetable.

Why this verdict

• Corn syrup AND high fructose corn syrup are the #2 and #3 ingredients
• Yellow 5, an artificial petroleum dye, just for color
• Polysorbate 80 emulsifier can irritate the gut lining
• Artificial flavors plus sodium benzoate and alum stack the chemistry
• Two distinct refined-sugar sources = engineered sweetness

Ingredients (13)

• Cucumbers (safe) — The actual vegetable base; fine on its own.
• Corn Syrup (concerning) — Refined glucose syrup added purely for sweetness and body; spikes blood sugar with zero nutrition.
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (concerning) — Industrially processed sweetener linked to fatty liver and metabolic strain when consumed regularly; flatly contradicts the 'all natural' positioning.
• vinegar (safe) — Standard acidifier for tang and preservation.
• Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
• Red Bell Pepper (safe) — Real vegetable for color and flavor.
• sodium benzoate (moderate) — Preservative; can form trace benzene with vitamin C and a marker of ultra-processing.
• Alum (moderate) — Aluminum-based firming agent; not something you'd add to fresh-pickled cucumbers.
• Xanthan Gum (moderate) — Lab-produced stabilizer for texture; mild gut effects in large amounts.
• calcium chloride (safe) — A firming salt that helps the curd set; harmless in these tiny amounts.
• Natural and Artificial Flavors (moderate) — Undisclosed lab-made flavor blend; the 'artificial' half is pure synthetic chemistry with no food value.
• POLYSORBATE 80 (concerning) — Synthetic emulsifier linked in studies to gut-lining irritation; no business in a pickle jar.
• yellow 5 (concerning) — Tartrazine, a synthetic dye tied to hyperactivity and allergic reactions in some people.