Unibic Cashew Badam Cookies 500g — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Unibic Cashew Badam Cookies 500g by Unibic DUMP — score 20/90.
Refined maida and sugar cookie with palm oil, golden syrup, a four-emulsifier stack and artificial flavors. The cashew and almond it's named after make up just 1 percent.
Why this verdict
- Refined maida flour + sugar #2 + palm oil = hyper-palatable, blood-sugar-spiking base
- Two sweeteners: sugar plus golden syrup
- Four stacked emulsifiers (INS 322, 472e, 435, 471)
- Artificial flavoring substances doing the work real nuts should
- Named after cashew and almond, which are only 1 percent
Ingredients (10)
- Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) (concerning) — Refined flour stripped of fiber and nutrients; the dominant ingredient at 78.4%, spikes blood sugar fast.
- Sugar (concerning) — Added sugar, third by weight, feeds yeast and adds sweetness with no nutritional benefit.
- Edible vegetable oil (palm) (concerning) — Refined palm oil, high in saturated fat, sitting as the second-largest ingredient. Cheap fat that drives the calorie density.
- Milk Solids (safe) — Reconstituted dairy solids; adds some protein and calcium.
- Dry Nuts (Almond and Cashew) 1% (safe) — Real nuts, but only 1 percent so their nutrition barely registers.
- Golden syrup (concerning) — A second refined sweetener stacked on top of the sugar.
- Leavening Agents (INS 503 ii, INS 500 ii) (safe) — Ammonium and sodium bicarbonate; standard baking leaveners, harmless.
- Emulsifiers (INS 322 from Soy, INS 472e, INS 435, INS 471) (moderate) — Four stacked emulsifiers signal a heavily engineered, industrial formula.
- Iodised Salt (safe) — Small amount for flavor balance; iodine is beneficial.
- Artificial Flavouring Substances (Saffron, Cashew, Almond & Milk) (moderate) — Lab flavors mimicking the nuts and saffron the product barely contains.