Chips Ahoy Original
Summary
Chips Ahoy Original scores 5/100. A textbook ultra-processed cookie loaded with harmful ingredients. Enriched flour with synthetic vitamins, soybean oil and palm oil as primary fats, high fructose corn syrup alongside sugar, artificial flavor, and multiple chemical leavening agents. Contains TBHQ preservative. The chocolate chips contain soy lecithin. Every major ingredient category is the cheapest, most processed option available.
At a glance
Key ingredients 10
Enriched FlourBad
Refined wheat flour stripped of nutrients, then fortified with synthetic vitamins.
See more about Enriched Flour →SugarBad
Refined sugar contributing to the high sugar content.
See more about Sugar →Soybean OilVery Bad
Inflammatory seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids. Heavily processed.
See more about Soybean Oil →High Fructose Corn SyrupVery Bad
Ultra-processed sweetener linked to metabolic syndrome, liver disease, and obesity.
See more about High Fructose Corn Syrup →Palm OilBad
Inflammatory saturated fat linked to cardiovascular concerns and environmental destruction.
See more about Palm Oil →Artificial FlavorBad
Synthetic chemical flavoring with zero transparency.
See more about Artificial Flavor →TBHQVery Bad
Synthetic preservative (tertiary butylhydroquinone). Petroleum-derived antioxidant.
See more about TBHQ →SaltNeutral
Standard seasoning.
See more about Salt →Baking SodaNeutral
Standard leavening agent.
See more about Baking Soda →Soy LecithinBad
Soy-derived emulsifier — a refined, industrially processed additive tied to seed-oil production. Not a seed oil itself, but Scout classifies lecithin emulsifiers as bad.
See more about Soy Lecithin →Processing
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