Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 11)

Pringles Scorchin' Buffalo
Ingredients: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN, SUNFLOWER), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT 2%, CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE (AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR SOLIDS, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM DIACETATE, MALIC ACID, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, WHEY, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), WHEAT STARCH, RED 40 LAKE.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Crunchy Fajitas Takis
Ingredients: CORN FLOUR (PROCESSED WITH LIME), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND/OR SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL), SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, CHILI PEPPER (CHILE), ONION POWDER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DEXTROSE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, SUGAR, BLUE 1 LAKE, WHEY (MILK)).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Scalloped Crackers Sea Salt
Ingredients: enriched flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, high oleic sunflower oil, yeast extract, corn starch, sugar, whey powder, evaporated cane sugar, yeast, natural flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Chili Tostones Crunchy Green Plantain Chips
Ingredients: Plantains, palm oil, sweet chili flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Corn Chips
Ingredients: ground corn, vegetable oil (corn oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, canola oil), salt
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nacho cheese almond flour tortilla style chips
Ingredients: chicago, il 60607 contains: almonds and milk. starch, baking soda. ingredients high oleic sunflovw'er oil, defatted almond for general nutrition advice. of food contribuies to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used potassium 150mg iron 0.9mg calcium 240mg vitamin d 0mcg protein 9g includes 0g added sugars total sugars 1g 4% dietary fibe %3 %0% %0
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ranch Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: cassava flour, avocado oil coconut flour, nutritional yeast, coconut milk powder, chia seed, sea salt, garlic powder, iactic acid, onion powder,citric acid dill weed, parsley powder, contains: coconuts,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plantain Chips Garlic
Ingredients: Plantains, non-hydrogenated vegetable oil (palmolein), dried garlic, sea salt, natural spices, citric acid E330 as a flavor enhancer
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Home cooked salted peanuts
Ingredients: Peanuts, Vegetable Oil, (Coconut Oil, Peanut Oil), Salt. peanuts)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Habanero
Ingredients: habanero whey, (milk, salt, natural (including ingredients. oil canola,. and/or sunflower oil), (made from corn), calories a day is used for advice. the % daity value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient not a source of sugars. vitamin calcium % 0% iron o.3ng potassium 40mg n es a day is used lor general nutrition advice ingredients. corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola inde sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), dextrose, spices (including 1.cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, tomato powder, onion powder, cream, sour cream (cultured cream, skim milk), garlic powder, paprika extracts, butter (cream, salt), monterey jack cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), swiss cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), and artificial flavors. contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc. 2020 frito-lay frito lay
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Baked Potato Crisps, Original
Ingredients: Dried Potatoes, Corn Starch, Corn Oil, Sugar, Sea Salt, Soy Lecithin, Dextrose, And Annatto Extracts.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pita Chips Cinnamon Sugar
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, SUGAR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, CINNAMON, WHEAT GLUTEN, OAT FIBER, SEA SALT, YEAST, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, ASCORBIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT), AND ROSEMARY EXTRACT (ANTIOXIDANT).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salt & Vinegar Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, OR CANOLA OIL), MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM DIACETATE, SALT, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, VINEGAR, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, GUM ARABIC, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Donkey chip authentic tortilla chips salted
Ingredients: white corn, corn oil, trace of lime, salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Chickpea Puffs-Yellow Pea, Vegan White Cheddar
Ingredients: real hipp n white cheddar noa nc et wt 10oz (2834 ores
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

salt and vinegar ships
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oi), maltodextrin (made from corn), natural flavors, salt, malic acid, and vinegar,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Roasted chickpeas
Ingredients: ROASTED CHICKPEAS, EXPELLER PRESSED SAFFLOWER OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT, TOCOPHEROLS.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Patio Potato Chips
Ingredients: Russet Potatoes, Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Vinegar Powder, Sea Salt, Contains 2% or Less of Tomato Powder, Whey Powder (Milk), Maltodextrin, Dried Yeast, Onion Powder, Citric Acid (Acidulant), Spices, Natural Flavors, Paprika Oleoresin (Color), Horseradish Powder, Natural Smoke Flavor
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Good & gather organic blue corn with flax seed tortilla chips
Ingredients: Organic blue corn, organic sunflower oil, organic flaxseed, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Fire Roasted Vegetable Baked Crackers
Ingredients: Brown rice flour, corn flour, potato starch, potato granules, olive oil, cooked chick pea powder, carrot, long grain white rice flour, cane sugar. contains less than 2% of amaranth, bakers yeast, sea salt, black pepper, cumin, garlic, high oleic sunflower oil (tocopherols, rosemary extract, and ascorbyl palmitate added as an antioxidant), leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), natural butter flavor, gluten free oats, onion, sesame seeds, parsley flakes, raw cane sugar, salt, sunflower lecithin, yeast (sorbitan monostearate, ascorbic acid).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Chips Original
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: sunflower, corn, or canola oil), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cascade style potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil and/or sunflower oil), salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, jalapeno pepper, onion powder, torula yeast, monosodium glutamate, cottonseed oil, garlic powder, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch, extractives of paprika.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle style potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil and/or sunflower oil), sugar, salt, torula yeast, spice, paprika, onion and garlic powder, natural flavors (including smoke), wheat flour, citric acid, extractive of paprika.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla chips
Ingredients: Corn, oil (coconut oil and/or corn oil and/or cottonseed oil), seasoning (salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, spices including paprika, onion, extract of paprika).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

White Cheddar Baked snack crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), vegetable oil (soybean and palm oil with tbhq for freshness), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of salt, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, whey protein concentrate, butter (cream, salt), baking soda, yeast, natural and artificial flavor, lactic acid, calcium lactate, disodium phosphate, citric acid, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Veggie tomato
Ingredients: Made with smiles and enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sunflower and/or canola oil, tomato paste powder, cornstarch, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, contains 2% or less of: monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, canola lecithin, cream, sodium phosphate, red beet extract and annatto (colors), lactic acid, sesame seeds.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ranch Flavored Wavy Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), CULTURED BUTTERMILK, SPICES, DEXTROSE, SKIM MILK, LACTOSE, ONION POWDER, GUM ARABIC, PARSLEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, BUTTERMILK, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, LACTIC ACID, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheetos balls
Ingredients: MEZCLA DE CEREAL DE MAÍZ (CEREAL DE MAÍZ DE GRANO ENTERO (CON GERMEN Proteinas Y CASCARILLA) (27%), CEREAL DE MAIZI, ACEITE VEGETAL (CONTIENE TBHQ), CONDIMENTO [SÖLIDOS DE LA LECHE, MALTODEXTRINA, SABORIZANTES, SAL YODADA, QUESOS (1,2%), ACEITE VEGETAL, DEXTROSA, HARINA DE MAÍZ, CHILE, GRASA BUTIRICA, ESPECIAS, GLUTAMATO MONOSÓDICO, DIÓXIDO LICIO, ACIDO LÁCTICO, CITRATO DE SODIO, TARTRAZINA, EXTRACTO DE PAPRIKA, ACHIOTE, AMARILLO OCASO FCF, GOMA ARÁBIGA, AZUL BRILLANTE FCF, ROJO ALLURA AC, FOSFATO DE SODIO, HIDROLIZADO DEIEVADURA, ÁCIDO MÁLICO, FOSFATO DE POTAS ÁCIDO CÍTRICO or LALMIDÓN MODIFICADO, LECHE DESCREMADA, MONOGLICÉRIDOS, GUANILATO DISÓDICO, INOSINATO DISÓLICO, MANTEQUILLA, ACIDO FUMÁRICO, LECITINA DE SOYA, SOF BATO DE POTASIO, HIDRÓXIDO DE SODIO, POLIFOSFATO DE CALCIO, FOSFATO TRICALCICO, MANITOL, BENZOATO DE SODIO, BHT), AMARILLO OCASO FCF, HARINA DE TRIGO.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Stick pretzels
Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR MONONITRATE-B1, RIBOFLAVIN NIACIN, REDUCED IRON FOLIC ACID), MALT, SALT, SOYBE WHEAT THAMING b ar
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
