Vividly Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream — ENGINEERED

Name: Vividly Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream
Brand: Kroger Deluxe Churned

Munch or Dump rates Vividly Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream by Kroger Deluxe Churned ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A lab-built 'light, no-sugar-added' vanilla ice cream that swaps real cream and sugar for maltodextrin, maltitol, sucralose, and a long stack of emulsifiers and gums.

Why this verdict

Maltodextrin is the #2 ingredient, a bulking filler standing in for real cream and sugar
Sweetness comes from maltitol plus sucralose, an engineered sugar-alcohol/artificial blend, not real sugar
Stacked emulsifiers and stabilizers: propylene glycol monoesters, mono- and diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, cellulose gel and gum
Natural AND artificial flavors plus annatto color, with vitamin A added back after processing
Maltitol can trigger bloating and a laxative effect, a known downside of sugar-alcohol desserts

Ingredients (17)

Milk and skim milk (safe) — Real dairy base, the one genuinely whole-food component here.
Maltodextrin (concerning) — Ultra-processed filler with a very high glycemic index; a hallmark of NOVA 4 food.
cream (moderate) — Real dairy fat, the one genuinely good base here, but heavily outnumbered.
maltitol (moderate) — Sugar alcohol that raises blood sugar more than other polyols and frequently causes gas and cramping.
glycerol (safe) — Humectant to keep the pudding moist; benign
polydextrose (moderate) — A synthetic bulking fiber used to add texture and trim sugar listing; can cause GI upset in quantity.
Propylene glycol monoesters (concerning) — Industrial emulsifier, one of several stacked here to mimic the mouthfeel of full-fat ice cream.
Guar Gum (moderate) — Thickener to fake creaminess; fine in small amounts but a marker of cheap formulation.
Mono- and diglycerides (moderate) — Synthetic emulsifiers that keep factory bread soft. A marker of ultra-processing and may carry trace trans fat.
Cellulose gel (moderate) — Another processed cellulose bulking/stabilizing agent.
Locust Bean Gum (safe) — Plant stabilizer; controls ice crystals.
Cellulose Gum (moderate) — Processed wood-pulp fiber used as a cheap bulking thickener; texture filler, not food.
Carrageenan (concerning) — Seaweed-derived stabilizer linked to intestinal inflammation in animal studies.
Natural and Artificial Flavors (moderate) — Lab-made flavor compounds; the 'artificial' half adds nothing your body needs.
Sucralose (moderate) — Second artificial sweetener; combining it with sugar and Acesulfame K is engineered hyper-sweetness, not a 'lighter' drink.
Annatto (for color) (safe) — Natural plant-based coloring; the least objectionable additive here.
Vitamin A palmitate (safe) — Added vitamin A.