Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 10)

Sea salt tortilla strips, sea salt
Ingredients: Corn masa flour, water, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil, sunflower oil), salt, cellulose gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Absolutely gluten free, flatbread
Ingredients: Tapioca starch, water, potato starch, potato flour, expeller pressed palm oil, natural vinegar, honey, egg yolks, salt, garlic flakes, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Herrs, Potato Chips, Crisp 'N Tasty
Ingredients: Choice potatoes cooked in vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, soybean, sunflower), with salt added.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whales Baked Cheese Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), vegetable oils (sunflower, canola and/or soybean), cheddar cheese blend (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], maltodextrin, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], maltodextrin, salt, whey, corn syrup solids, disodium phosphate, sour cream powder [cream, cultures, lactic acid, cultured nonfat dry milk, citric acid], natural flavors, yeast extract, soybean oil, lactic acid, citric acid), yeast extract, natural color (annatto and oleoresin paprika), sugar, salt, citric acid, baking soda (leavening), paprika, turmeric, garlic powder, onion powder, spice, tricalcium phosphate.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour [ contains niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, yeast), malt, salt, whey (from milk), dough conditioner (diammonium phosphate), water.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato chips seaweedsalt
Ingredients: Potato, vegetable oil palm and canola oil), sugar, soy sauce powder, seafood extract (spicy cod roe powder, bonito extract), flavor enhancer (monosodium gltamate, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate), seaweed, salt, hydrolyzed protein, anticking agent (calcium carbonate, tricalcium orthophosphate, sillion dioxide), vegetable extract (shiitake mushroom), sea tangle powder, spices (red pepper), and natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Soy and flaxseed corn tortilla chips
Ingredients: Stone ground yellow corn, soy grits, brown flaxseed, corn oil or sunflower oil, sea salt, water, trace of lime.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla Strips Blue Corn
Ingredients: Organic stone-ground masa harina blue corn flour, non-hydrogenated safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, salt.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel crujiente sabor Original envase 85 g
Ingredients: Wheat flour, cane sugar, salt, sucrose, barley malt extract, rising agent: e500.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nabisco wheat thins crackers 1x16 oz
Ingredients: whole grain wheat flour, canola oil, sugar, cornstarch, malt syrup (from corn and barley), salt, refiner's syrup, leavening (calcium phosphate and baking soda), bht added to packaging material to preserve freshness,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plantain chips
Ingredients: Selected green plantains, non hydrogenated palm oil, jalapenos, lime, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Flavored corn tortilla chips
Ingredients: Corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, sunflower oil), maltodextrin, salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, whey, dextrose, tomato powder, paprika, natural flavors (including natural chicken flavor), onion powder, garlic powder, spice
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), limón seasoning (maltodextrin [made from corn], salt, citric acid, sugar, and natural flavors),
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

LAY'S® STAX® Bacon & Cheddar Potato Skins
Ingredients: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), POTATO STARCH, RICE FLOUR, AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING SESAME), BUTTERMILK, CANOLA OIL, ROMANO CHEESE (PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 1, RED 40), LACTIC ACID, SKIM MILK, GARLIC POWDER, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), BLUE CHEESE (WHOLE MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), AND BACON FAT.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

The Big Cheez Ultimate Cheddar Microwave Popcorn
Ingredients: popcorn, palm oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors (monosodium glutamate, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), spices and coloring added, sunflower lecithin, rosemary extract. Contains: milk, soy and mustard
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHEEZ-IT Scramble Junior
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), contains two percent or less of salt, paprika, leavening (yeast, baking soda), paprika oleoresin, turmeric extract for color, annatto color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Tom’s Nacho Rings
Ingredients: Degermed yellow cornmeal, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), dairy whey, salt, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), cornstarch, maltodextrin, buttermilk, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, tomato powder, onion powder, garlic powder, lactic acid, romano cheese (cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), sodium caseinate, citric acid, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), natural flavors, disodium phosphate, spices, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, artificial colors (yellow 6, red 40), acetic acid.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Roasted garlic rye chips
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), rye flour, soybean oil. contains 2% or less of: salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yeast, canola oil, caramel color, dried worcestershire sauce (vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), maltodextrin, onion powder, garlic powder, fumaric acid, caraway, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, sodium diacetate. freshness preserved by bht.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar crackers
Ingredients: Made with Smiles and Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Cheddar Cheese ([Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Annatto), Vegetable Oils (Canola, Sunflower and/or Soybean), Contains 2 Percent or Less of: Salt, Yeast, Sugar, Autolzed Yeast, Leavening (Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Paprika, Spices (Contains Celery), and Dehydrated Onions.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Snack pea sriracha spcy
Ingredients: Green pea, sugar, wheat flour, glutinous rice flour, modified starch, vegetable oil (palm/coconut/sunflower), salt, yeast extract powder, dextrose, tapioca starch, silicon dioxide, citric acid, garlic powder, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, onion powder, spices.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kroger Baked Wheat Crisp Crackers
Ingredients: whole grain wheat flour, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean and/or palm oil (with tbhq added to preserve freshness), sugar, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: malt syrup (from barley and corn), invert sugar, salt, wheat gluten, color (annatto extract, turmeric extract), sodium sulfite, contains: wheat, may contain: soy, milk, 6,
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Halloween Mini Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, malt (tapioca syrup, malt extract), cane sugar, canola oil, yeast, soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic White Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic white corn, organic expeller pressed vegetable oil (sunflower, safflower and/or canola), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mediterranean Baked Crackers - Rosemary Sea Salt
Ingredients: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Honey, Yeast, Salt, Organic Rosemary, Organic Olive Oil
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sour Cream & Onion
Ingredients: dried potatoes (dried potatoes, mono - and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid), vegetable oil (corn and/or canola and/or sunflower), seasoning (salt, modified whey, onion powder, whey, sugar, corn maltodextrin, nonfat dry milk, yeast extract, sour cream [cream, skim milk and whey, bacterial cultures), citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, disodium inosinate and guanylate, sodium caseinate, natural flavor , not more than 2% each calcium silicate and silicon dioxide added as anticaking agents), corn flour, rice flour, corn starch, water, corn maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides, citric acid
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Coleslaw dressing
Ingredients: * triple filtered purified water, apple cider vinegar, white distilled vinegar, salt, vegetable fiber, xanthan gum, cellulose gel, food color, natural spices, onion powder, sucralose, lactic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), garlic powder, cayenne pepper.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

blue corn tortilla chips with sea salt
Ingredients: ORGANIC BLUE CORN FLOUR, ORGANIC VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
