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Cereal Snack Roundup

We analyzed 653 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Cereal Snack shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 653 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Cereal Snack you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Ruffles

Potato chips

Ingredients: Poamss, Vegetabe Cal Made from Com), Sall, Sugar. Wem CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Lay's

Lay's - Barbecue Flavored

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), Barbecue Seasoning (Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, Maltodextrin [Made From Corn], Molasses, Torula Yeast, Onion Powder, Spices, Tomato Powder, Paprika, Natural Flavors, Corn Starch, Caramel Color, Yeast Extract, Paprika Extract, Garlic Powder, and Mustard Seed Oil).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Frito Lays

Lay's Classic Potato Chips 13 3/4 Ounce Party Size Bag

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), and Salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Lay's,Fritolay

Lay's Wavy Original Potato Chips 10 Ounce Bag

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), and Salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Lay's,Fritolay

Lay's Kettle Cooked Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Flavored Potato chips 8.5 Ounce Plastic Bag

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Canola and/or Corn Oil), Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made from Corn], Black Pepper, Sea Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Natural Flavors).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
160
Sugar
1g
Lay's

lays salt and vinegar

Ingredients: lnwedients.' Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), Salt & Vinegar Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made From Corn], Natural FlavorsSalt, Malic Acid, and Vinegar).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Lay's

Lays Classic Potato Chips 200gm

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn and/or canola oil), and salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Snyder Of Berlin

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, Hot & Spicy Jalapeno

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn and/or sunflower oil), salt, dextrose, maltodextrin, jalapeno pepper, dehydrated onion, monosodium glutamate, torula yeast, dehydrated garlic, extractives of paprika, artificial and natural flavor.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
14g
Food Should Taste Good

Fd shd tst gd ktl cked sweet pot chips original

Ingredients: Sweet potatoes, sunflower oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
433
Sugar
43g
LARABAR

Larabar Cherry Chocolate Chip Fruit & Nut Bites

Ingredients: dates, almonds, semisweet chocolate chips* (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla extract), dried cherries, coconut flour, sea salt,*fair trade certifiedâ„¢ by fair trade usa

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, maltodextrin, sodium diacetate, dextrose, garlic powder, spice and herb, citric acid, onion powder, natural flavoring.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
7g
Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, dextrose, sugar, barley malt flour, tomato powder, torula yeast, onion powder, paprika, brown sugar, monosodium glutamate, natural flavor, citric acid,garlic powder, spice.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
150
Sugar
0g
Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Vinegar & Salt Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, maltodextrin, dry vinegar flavor (contains sodium diacetate, citric acid, lactose, tartaric acid), malic acid, sugar, sodium citrate, citric acid.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Tom's

Orginal potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
518
Sugar
0g
Cape Cod

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, canola oil, maltodextrin, sea salt, vinegar powder, malic acid, citric acid, salt, dextrose, acetic acid, sugar, apple cider vinegar powder.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
371
Sugar
29g
Kashi 🇺🇸Solana Beach California

Cherry Dark Chocolate, Chewy whole-grain bars

Ingredients: Whole grain oats, Sugars (brown rice syrup, dried brown rice syrup, sugar, cherry puree), Dried cherries (cherries, cane sugar, vegetable oil), Dark chocolate (cane sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), Whole grain brown rice flour, Oat hull fibre, Vegetable oil, Vegetable glycerin, Sea salt, Natural flavour, Peanut flour. _Contains: Oats, Soy, Peanut. May contain: Tree nuts, Milk._

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
438
Sugar
40g
Lucky Charms

Barre Lucky Charms Treats King Size

Ingredients: Cereal (whole grain oats, sugar, oat flour, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, trisodium phosphate, color added, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), Vitamins and Minerals: calcium carbonate, zinc and iron (mineral nutrients), Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), AB Vitamin (niacinamide) Vitamin B6 (piridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B₂ (riboflavin), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B₁ (thiamin mononitrate), AB Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Confectionery Coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, whey powder, soy lecithin), Corn Syrup, Marshmallows (sugar, modified corn starch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, calcium carbonate, colored with [yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, red 40], artificial flavor), Crisp Rice (rice flour, barley malt extract, salt), Canola Oil, Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar. Contains 2% or Less of: Glycerin, Maltodextrin, Sorbitol, Calcium Carbonate, Gelatin, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavors.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Hawaiian

Original Kettle Style Potato Chips

Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (_PEANUT_ OIL, CORN OIL, OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT

The Good

  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Hawaiian

Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower oil or corn oil), sugar, salt, torula yeast, spice, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors (includes smoke), wheat flour, citric acid and extractives of paprika.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Tim's

Tims cascade tims chips jalapeno

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil or sunflower oil), seasoning: salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, jalapeno pepper, onion powder, torula yeast, monosodium glutamate, cottonseed oil, garlic powder, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch and extractives of paprika.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Pinnacle Foods Group Llc

Crispy & Crunchy Potato Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil and/or sunflower oil), seasoning (dextrose, salt, sugar, maltodextrin, onion powder, torula yeast, yeast extract, garlic powder, jalapeno, parsley, spice extractive, extractives of paprika, natural flavor).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
494
Sugar
2g
Tims

Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil and/or sunflower oil), seasoning salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, jalapeno pepper, onion powder, torula yeast, monosodium glutamate, cottonseed oil, garlic powder, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch and extracts of paprika

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
11g
Private Selection, The Kroger Co.

Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or canola oil), sugar, fructose, salt, molasses, maltodextrin (from corn), maple sugar, sodium diacetate, tomato powder, yeast extract, onion powder, spice, worcestershire sauce powder (worcestershire sauce [vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor], maltodextrin, sulfites), citric acid, paprika oleoresin (paprika extract, soybean oil), garlic powder, malic acid, smoke flavoring, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavor, turmeric (color).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
General Mills

Lucky Charms Treats

Ingredients: cereal (whole grain oats, sugar, whole grain corn, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, trisodium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor. vitamin e [mixed tocopherols] added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, vitamin c [sodium ascorbate], iron and zinc [mineral nutrients], a b vitamin [niacinamide], vitamin b6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride], vitamin b₁ [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin a [palmitate], vitamin b₂ [riboflavin], a b vitamin [folic acid], vitamin b12, vitamin d3), corn syrup, vegetable oil (canola, palm kernel), marshmallows (sugar, corn starch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, color [red 40, yellow 5 & 6, blue 1], artificial flavor), sugar, crisp rice (rice flour, barley malt extract, salt), fructose, high fructose corn syrup, calcium carbonate. contain 2% or less of: vegetable glycerin, maltodextrin, whey powder, sorbitol, gelatin, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor. contains milk and soy ingredients.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
283
Sugar
3g
Appetitos,Aldi

cheddar filled pretzel bites

Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR. MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE FILLING (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, MILKFAT, WHEY, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, SORBIC ACID [AS A PRESERVATIVE], APOCAROTENAL [COLOR]), WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: DOUGH CONDITIONER (WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM SULFATE, SOYBEAN OIL, ASCORBIC ACID, L-CYSTEINE, ENZYMES), YEAST, SALT, CANOLA OIL. CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
298
Sugar
2g
Cole's

Original frozen garlic bread

Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, palm oil, salt, dextrose, garlic powder, yeast (ascorbic acid, cellulose gum), dough improver (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], enzymes [contains wheat], ascorbic acid), butter (cream, salt), onion powder, buttermilk, inactive yeast, soy lecithin, parsley flakes, natural flavor, annatto color

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
423
Protein
11g
Crich

Whole wheat crackers

Ingredients: Vollkorncrackers:Zutaten:Weizenvollkommehl 85%,Sonnenblumenöl, Säuleregulator:Natriumphosphate

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
458
Sugar
25g
Made good,Riverside Natural Foods Inc

Chocolate Banana Granola Minis, Banana

Ingredients: Pure Gluten Free Oats*, Dried Banana Pieces* (Dried Bananas*, Banana Powder*), Sunflower Oil*, Cane Sugar*, Chocolate Chips* (Cane Sugar*, Unsweetened Chocolate*, Cocoa Butter*), Agave Syrup*, Brown Rice Crisps*, Inulin*, Tapioca Starch*, Vegetable Extracts (Spinach, Broccoli, Carrots, Tomatoes, Beets, Shiitake Mushrooms), Brown Rice Syrup*, Natural Flavor*, Salt, *Organic

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Kettle, Kettle Brand

Potato Chips Sour Cream And Onion

Ingredients: Potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, organic whey powder, organic nonfat yogurt, salt, organic buttermilk, onion powder, organic dried cane syrup, organic sour cream (organic nonfat milk, organic cultured cream), organic nonfat dry milk, parsley, garlic powder, lactic acid, citric acid, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods

Canyon Cut Sea Salt Kettle Chips

Ingredients: POTATOES, AVOCADO OIL, SEA SALT

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Cereal Snack category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 653 products in the Cereal Snack category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Cereal Snack?+
We rank Cereal Snack based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Cereal Snack here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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