Wegmans Cannoli Chip & Dip Tray, 12 oz — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Wegmans Cannoli Chip & Dip Tray, 12 oz by Wegmans ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
A bakery-case cannoli rebuilt as a snack kit — and it shows. The chips are the textbook hyper-palatable triad (sugar, palm oil, refined flour), and the 'sweet ricotta' filling needs dextrose, stevia extract, and two rounds of natural flavor to taste like a cannoli. A real cannoli is a treat; this one was formulated.
Why this verdict
- Hyper-palatable snack triad detected: sugar + palm oil + enriched wheat flour
- Multiple sweeteners detected — sugar, dextrose, and stevia extract stacked: sweetness engineered, not simple
- 'Natural flavor' appears twice — once in the chips, once in the ricotta filling; real ricotta and vanilla shouldn't need help
- Palm oil stands in for the butter or lard a traditional cannoli shell would use
- Over 20 total ingredients across chips, filling, and chocolate chips — chemistry-set territory for a bakery dessert
Ingredients (10)
- Enriched wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour stripped of bran then fortified - the crust base.
- Palm Oil (moderate) — Saturated-fat-heavy oil used in the crust.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
- Dextrose (caution) — Second added sweetener.
- stevia extract (safe) — Zero-calorie plant sweetener.
- Natural flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed flavor blend; minor but not fully transparent.
- ricotta cheese (whole milk, vinegar, salt) (safe) — The one genuinely traditional component — actual whole-milk ricotta.
- eggs (safe) — Genuine brioche enrichment; a real ingredient doing real work.
- Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
- cocoa butter / chocolate liquor (safe) — Real chocolate components in the chips — no compound coating here.