Unibic Choco Chip Cookies — ENGINEERED

Name: Unibic Choco Chip Cookies
Brand: Unibic

Munch or Dump rates Unibic Choco Chip Cookies by Unibic ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Refined maida flour plus sugar (listed twice), palm oil and stacked emulsifiers make this the classic hyper-palatable triad engineered for craving, not nutrition.

Why this verdict

Refined maida flour is the #1 ingredient — fiber stripped, fast blood-sugar spike
Hyper-palatable triad: refined flour + added sugar + refined palm oil
Sugar listed twice (in the chips and standalone) — high total sugar load
Two stacked emulsifiers plus artificial vanillin flavoring
Ultra-processed (NOVA 4), engineered for craving over nutrition

Ingredients (12)

Refined Wheat Flour (Maida) (concerning) — Stripped white flour, no fiber, spikes blood sugar; the #1 ingredient
Chocolate Chips (21%) (moderate) — Contains real cocoa solids and cocoa butter but its first ingredient is sugar, plus dextrose and emulsifiers.
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.
desiccated coconut (safe) — Dried coconut; whole-food, adds saturated fat but recognisable.
BUTTER (safe) — Real dairy butter, though a minor part of the fat.
Milk Solids (safe) — Curdled dairy solids — the protein, fat, and calcium of milk. Whole-food base with no processing tricks.
Leavening Agents (INS 503, INS 500) (safe) — Ammonium and sodium bicarbonate; ordinary baking raising agents.
Emulsifier (INS 322, soy lecithin) (moderate) — Soy lecithin binds fat and cocoa for a smooth spread. Harmless in small amounts but a sign of processing.
Emulsifier (INS 476) (moderate) — Polyglycerol polyricinoleate; an industrial emulsifier stacked with lecithin, a NOVA 4 marker.
Iodised Salt (moderate) — Necessary for thyroid health, but overuse can contribute to hypertension.
Artificial Flavouring Substance (Vanillin) (moderate) — Synthetic vanilla flavoring; low risk but a sign of an engineered, not natural, product.