Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 13)

Antipasti
Ingredients: PITTED OLIVES (OLIVES, WATER, SALT, LACTIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID, FERROUS GLUCONATE [COLOR RETENTION]), MUSHROOMS (MUSHROOMS, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID, LACTIC ACID), PROVOLONE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES, SALT), CANOLA OIL, RED PEPPERS (PEPPERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SPICES, DEHYDRATED GARLIC.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dill Pickle Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: RUSSET POTATOES, CANOLA OIL, VINEGAR POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR), WHEY POWDER (MILK), SEA SALT, CANE SUGAR, CITRIC ACID (ACIDULANT), ONION POWDER, DILL WEED, NATURAL FLAVORS
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

White rounds
Ingredients: white corn, vegetable oil (consisting of one or more of the flowing: corn, canola, sunflower, or soybean), and salt,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grain-Free Crackers
Ingredients: grain-free flour blend (almond, cassava, organic coconut), organic sesame seed, black chia seed, organic onion, sea salt, flax seed, organic coconut aminos (fermented organic coconut nectar, himalayan salt), organic poppy seed, organic garlic, organic apple cider vinegar, organic rosemary extract (organic rosemary, organic coconut oil)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peppercorn Brown Rice Crackers
Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, brown sugar, long grain white rice flour, long grain brown rice flour, canola oil, sesame seeds, potato starch, quinoa, amaranth, sea salt, onion powder, dehydrated roasted garlic, pink peppercorn, rosemary extract, black pepper, white pepper, green peppercorn,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

sociables crackers
Ingredients: Unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), canola oil, whole grain wheat flour, sugar, salt, poppy seeds, leavening (calcium phosphate and/or baking soda), high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, hydrolyzed corn and yeast protein, spices, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Wheat Thins Ranch Crackers
Ingredients: whole grain wheat flour, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola oil), sugar, cornstarch, malt syrup (from corn and barley), salt, refiner's syrup, leavening (calcium phosphate and/or baking soda), buttermilk, tomato powder, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, spices (contains mustard), cheddar cheese powder (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), turmeric oleoresin (for color), sodium caseinate, natural flavor, whey, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate (flavor enhancers), soy lecithin, annatto extract (for color), artificial flavor, red 40 lake, bht added to packaging material to preserve freshness,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Cheez-It Scooby Doo
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), soybean oil (with TBHQ for freshness), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes). Contains 2% or less of salt, paprika, yeast, baking soda, paprika extract color, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, soy lecithin. CONTAINS WHEAT, MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

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

Social Snackers
Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUNFLOWER OIL, SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR (SOY), MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES. CONTAINS WHEAT, SOY.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato chips
Ingredients: autrition facts 10 servings per container |sering size about 15 chips (2ºg)| off amount perserving calories 160 % daily value* total fat 10g 13% 7% saturated fat 1,5g trans fat 0g cholesterol omg sodium 170mıg total carbohydrate 15 dietary fil er 1g total sugars less than g protein 2g 0% 7% 6% 5% vitamin omcg calcium 10mg iron 0,emg potssium 350mg viranin c nott significant source of added sugars, 0% 0% 2% 6% 6% the daily value in a erving of food ov) tells you how much a nutrient contributes to calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, ingreuients: potates, veg table oil (sunflower, vor canola , and salt, a daily diet, 2,000 corn an frito-lay, inc, plano, tx 75024-4099 © 2019 frito-lay north america inc e smartlabel™ scan here for more food information ind us on
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheez It Original
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), vegetable oil (high oleic soybean, soybean, palm, and/or canola oil with tbhq for freshness), cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract color). contains 2% or less of salt, paprika, yeast, paprika extract color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Organic Chia & Quinoa Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic whole ground corn, organic expeller pressed sunflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed safflower oil, organic chia seeds, organic quinoa, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel Crisps Original
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, SALT, MALT SYRUP (TAPIOCA SYRUP, MALT EXTRACT), SODA.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lay's Classic Potato Chips 10 Ounce Plastic 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

Cheddar Cheese Crispers
Ingredients: POTATO FLOUR; CORNSTARCH: CANOLA OIL; CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES); WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR; OAT FIBER; SUGAR; SALT; YEAST EXTRACT; SOY LECITHIN; NATURAL FLAVOR; CREAM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE: ANNATTO EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, AND PAPRIKA (FOR COLOR); CALCIUM LACTATE. CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT, SOY.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cauliflower crackers
Ingredients: caulifilower, whole grain rice, cassava, potato starch, rice flour, potato flakes, cassava starch, rspo paim oil: natural flavors, maltodextrin, salt, sugar, baking powder, paprika, sunflower lecithin, onion powder, lentil flour, vegetable blend (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms), garlic powder, lactic acid, rosemary extract, responsibly sourced palm oil certified by bureau veritas, inc,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sour Cream & Onion Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a mutrien in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2,00 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed, corn), seasoning (whey, nonfat dry milk, sour cream [cream, nonfat milk, cultures], onion powder, buttermilk solids, dehydrated parsley citric acid, flavors, salt, lactic acid, torula yeast), salt, contains: milk, dist,,sold exclusively by: aldi batavia, il 60510 product of canada no artificial flavors
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Chips 8.5 Ounce Plastic Bag
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), cheddar , sour cream seasoning (maltodextrin [made from corn], salt, whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], onion powder, corn oil, monosodium glutamate, natural and artificial flavors, buttermilk, canola oil, sour cream [cultured cream, skim milk], lactose, butter [cream, salt], sodium caseinate, yeast extract, citric acid, skim milk, blue cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], lactic acid, garlic powder, artificial color [yellow 6, yellow 5], whey protein isolate, sunflower oil, and milk protein concentrate), contains milk ingredients,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet & tangy bbq potato crisps, sweet & tangy bbq
Ingredients: dried potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, high oleic soybean, and/or sunflower oil), degerminated yellow corn flour, cornstarch, rice flour, maltodextrin, mono – and diglycerides, contains 2% or less of sugar, salt, sodium diacetate, brown sugar, tomato powder, onion powder, molasses, spices, monosodium glutamate, natural flavors, dried yeast, caramel color, citric acid, paprika color, paprika extract color, garlic powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, whey, red 40 lake, wheat starch. contains milk and wheat ingredients.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Nabisco Grahams Original Crackers
Ingredients: unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid), graham flour (whole grain wheat flour), sugar, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola and/or palm and/or partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), molasses, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate), salt,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Nabisco wheat thins crackers multigrain 1x8.5 oz
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat flour, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), whole grain barley flakes, canola oil, sugar, whole grain rye, whole grain triticale, molasses, whole grain millet, whole grain wheat, salt, whole grain rolled oats, onion powder, soy lecithin, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate). bht added to packaging material to preserve freshness.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut butter cracker
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), peanuts, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, palm oil, soybean oil), dextrose, sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), corn syrup, salt, soy lecithin (emulsifier),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Cheez-It Grooves Sharp White Cheddar
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid), rice flour, vegetable oil (soybean oil, tbhq), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, salt, soy lecithin, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), natural and artificial flavors, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, buttermilk, yeast extract, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, butter (cream, salt).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Baked Cheese Crunchies Cheese Flavored Corn Snacks
Ingredients: CORNMEAL, EXPELLER PRESSED VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL), CHEDDAR CHEESE SEASONING (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), BUTTERMILK, SALT, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC (FOR COLOR), NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Sea Salt Multigrain Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic ground whole corn, organic expeller pressed sunflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed safflower oil, organic brown rice, organic chia seeds, organic grain & seed blend (organic flax, organic millet, organic brown rice, organic quinoa, organic amaranth), organic evaporated cane sugar, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips Sea Salt & Vinegar
Ingredients: potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, vinegar powder, (maltodextrin, white distilled vinegar), sea salt, maltodextrin, citric acid,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla rounds, made with sea salt
Ingredients: Corn Masa Flour, Water, Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil), Sea Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Crackers
Ingredients: Wheat flour, Vegetable oil (coconut oil), Wheat germ, Fat free wheat germ, Cane sugar, Salt, Wheat bran, Ammonium bicarbonate, Hydrolyzed soya protein, Baking soda, Natural flavour
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sea Salt Thin & Crispy Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic whole ground corn, organic expeller pressed sunflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed safflower oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
