Twix glacé (Twix Ice Cream Bar) — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Twix glacé (Twix Ice Cream Bar) by Twix DUMP — score 20/90.

An ice cream bar with 25+ ingredients: four sweetener sources, four refined oils, stacked emulsifiers and stabilizers. This is a lab-built dessert, not a treat with simple ingredients.

Why this verdict

• 25+ ingredients, well past the ultra-processed threshold
• Four sweetener sources: sugar, glucose syrup, sweetened condensed milk, lactose
• Four refined oils including palm and palm kernel oil
• Three stacked emulsifiers plus three stabilizer gums
• NOVA 4 ultra-processed; sugar-and-refined-fat-dominant

Ingredients (20)

• Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar to offset tomato acidity — small but it's still added sugar.
• glucose syrup (moderate) — A second added sweetener on top of sugar — stacking sweeteners is a hallmark of engineered sweetness.
• skimmed MILK (safe) — Provides some protein and calcium; a real-food component.
• Light cream (milk) (moderate) — Dairy fat — fine in moderation but adds to the saturated-fat load.
• Cocoa Butter (moderate) — Real cocoa fat, but it's one of four refined fats here.
• coconut fat (moderate) — Highly saturated refined oil added for mouthfeel.
• sweetened condensed skimmed milk (concerning) — A third sweetener source — milk loaded with added sugar.
• Cocoa Mass (safe) — Real chocolate solids; the one genuinely cocoa-forward ingredient.
• wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour with little fiber; digests fast and adds to the glucose spike.
• palm fat (concerning) — Cheap refined oil, high in saturated fat.
• Lactose (moderate) — Milk sugar adding a third sweetener source and a problem for the lactose-intolerant.
• Palm Kernel Oil (concerning) — Even more saturated than palm fat; pure refined fat.
• Whey Powder (moderate) — Dried milk byproduct used as a cheap dairy filler.
• Emulsifiers (soy lecithin, E471, sorbitan tristearate) (concerning) — Three stacked emulsifiers — a hallmark of ultra-processing, used to bind oil and water that wouldn't naturally mix.
• Stabilizers (E407 carrageenan, E410 locust bean gum, E412 guar gum) (concerning) — Three gums to fake a creamy texture; carrageenan is linked to gut irritation in some people.
• Natural flavorings (milk) (moderate) — Undisclosed flavor additives, though labeled natural.
• Salt (moderate) — Adds sodium; reasonable for a sauce but worth watching across the day.
• Natural coloring (plain caramel) (moderate) — Caramel color for browning; cosmetic, no nutritional value.
• Raising agent (E503) (safe) — Ammonium carbonate leavening for the biscuit; benign in food use.
• natural vanilla extract (safe) — Real vanilla for flavor — a small positive.