Maltodextin vs. Sunflower Oil vs. Dry Milk Powder

[rosewater]

Okay, so I'm going to make my dad a white chocolate cake for my dad for his birthday. It's going to be white flour and sugar. But I want to make it with a "better" white chocolate. Most white chocolate has dry milk powder in it. I can't bare to think to use dry milk powder so I went looking for a vegan bar.

I found 2 vegan bars, one with "maltodextrin" as an ingredient and the other with "sunflower oil". I can't tell which I should use. Maltodextrin is a modified food starch, I think......but sunflower oil isn't supposed to be cooked. I'm leaning towards the sunflower oil bar.

What do you think?

[WildIris]

I think if you're using white flour and refined sugar to make the cake, it's already poison...so why agonize over which chocolate bar to use?

[quietserena]

Bad on one side, bad on the other side. So, I think I'd just taste them and see which one tastes better.

[EENS]

Maltodextrin is derived from corn and the vast majority (as in what, 99%?) of corn sold in this country is genetically modified. I'd go with the sunflower oil.

[rosewater]

Yeah, I hear you with not agonizing over the details like this, but I'm using high quality ingredients, even if they aren't very nutritious.

My dad loves white chocolate, so I want to make him something really special as he's not into traditional foods. I think I'll go with the sunflower oil bar, especially after looking at it again, it's organic.

Thanks for helping me think it through!