Unibic Cashew Badam Cookies 500g — DUMP

Name: Unibic Cashew Badam Cookies 500g
Brand: Unibic

Munch or Dump rates Unibic Cashew Badam Cookies 500g by Unibic DUMP — score 17/90.

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) — Stripped white flour, no fiber, spikes blood sugar; the #1 ingredient
Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
Edible vegetable oil (palm) (concerning) — Refined palm oil, high in saturated fat; a processed fat added for softness and shelf life.
Milk Solids (safe) — Curdled dairy solids — the protein, fat, and calcium of milk. Whole-food base with no processing tricks.
Dry Nuts (Almond and Cashew) 1% (safe) — Real nuts, but only 1 percent so their nutrition barely registers.
Golden syrup (concerning) — Pure inverted sugar syrup — a primary added-sugar source high on the list.
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 (moderate) — Necessary for thyroid health, but overuse can contribute to hypertension.
Artificial Flavouring Substances (Saffron, Cashew, Almond & Milk) (moderate) — Lab flavors mimicking the nuts and saffron the product barely contains.