Twix Caramel Cookie Bars — DUMP

Name: Twix Caramel Cookie Bars
Brand: Twix

Munch or Dump rates Twix Caramel Cookie Bars by Twix DUMP — score 20/90.

The 'cookie' is refined flour and palm oil; the 'caramel' is corn syrup and more palm oil; the chocolate rides on PGPR. Three separate sweeteners plus a modified starch push this past treat territory into fully industrial candy. Classic craving engineering, layer by layer.

Why this verdict

Three distinct sweeteners — sugar, corn syrup, dextrose — a sweetness system, not a recipe; multiple sweeteners detected, sweetness engineered, not simple
Hyper-palatable snack triad detected: sugar + palm oil + enriched wheat flour, the textbook manufactured-for-craving structure
Modified cornstarch, artificial flavor and doubled-up emulsifiers (soy lecithin twice, plus PGPR) round out a 20+ item ingredient list
The 'caramel' layer is corn syrup, palm oil and skim milk cooked into candy — no butter-and-cream caramel here
Nearly 14g saturated fat per 100g, heavily from palm oil, with 49g sugar per 100g riding alongside

Ingredients (10)

Sugar (moderate) — Commonly used sweetener but contributes empty calories.
Corn Syrup (caution) — Sweetener #4 — four distinct sugar sources in one pastry.
Dextrose (caution) — Sweetener #2 — pure fast-absorbing glucose.
Palm Oil (concerning) — High in saturated fats and environmentally concerning.
Enriched wheat flour (moderate) — Refined white flour — fast-digesting starch is the backbone of the chip.
modified cornstarch (caution) — Industrially altered starch for texture control — a classic ultra-processed marker.
PGPR (caution) — Polyglycerol polyricinoleate — an emulsifier that lets manufacturers swap out expensive cocoa butter.
Soy lecithin (listed twice) (safe) — Emulsifier appearing in the chocolate and again in the base — benign, but doubling up shows the assembly-line build.
Artificial Flavor) (concerning) — Used to mimic or enhance flavors, synthetic in nature.
Cocoa butter & chocolate (safe) — The genuinely real part of the bar, confined to the outer shell.