Weiss Lebkuchen Herzen mit Aprikosen-Fruchtfüllung — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Weiss Lebkuchen Herzen mit Aprikosen-Fruchtfüllung by Weiss ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
Glucose-fructose syrup is the very first ingredient, followed by refined flour, sugar, and caramel syrup — three distinct sweeteners stacked on refined starch. The 'fruity' apricot filling is a thin alibi on what is essentially candy.
Why this verdict
- Glucose-fructose syrup is the #1 ingredient — pure liquid sugar leads the list
- Three distinct sweeteners stacked: glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, and caramel sugar syrup
- Refined wheat flour base spikes blood sugar fast
- 36.5g sugar per 100g — over a third of its weight is sugar
- NOVA 4 ultra-processed; apricot fruit ranks below the fats and sugars
Ingredients (13)
- glucose-fructose syrup (concerning) — Industrial liquid sweetener (HFCS-style); a second fast-sugar source layered on the first.
- wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour for the wafer shell — refined carbohydrate with little fiber. Also a gluten source.
- Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
- Dried apricots (pureed) (moderate) — The only real fruit, but ranks low and is itself sugar-dense once dried
- Cocoa Butter (moderate) — Natural cocoa fat; fine in small amounts but adds to a heavy saturated-fat load.
- Whey Powder (safe) — Dairy protein/sugar filler; benign in this quantity.
- Cocoa Mass (safe) — Actual cocoa solids — the legitimate chocolate component.
- Skimmed Milk Powder (safe) — Standard dairy ingredient for milk chocolate; benign.
- Caramel Sugar Syrup (concerning) — A third sweetener source — more added sugar for color and taste
- Disodium diphosphate (raising agent) (moderate) — Phosphate leavening salt; fine in small amounts but a processing additive
- Sodium hydrogen carbonate (raising agent) (safe) — Baking soda; harmless leavening
- Potassium carbonate (raising agent) (safe) — Traditional Lebkuchen leavening salt; harmless in this amount
- butterfat (moderate) — Concentrated dairy fat; adds richness and saturated fat