Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 14)

Kettle Cooked Jalapeño Cheddar Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin (made from corn), whey, salt, skim milk, onion powder, sugar, spices (including jalapeño pepper), natural flavors, yeast extract, garlic powder, jalapeño pepper, lactose, citric acid, paprika extracts, buttermilk, milk protein concentrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate Grahams
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, canola oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), cocoa, honey, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate), chocolate, salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, artificial flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Multigrain & flaxseed water crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, FLAX SEEDS, ANCIENT GRAIN FLOUR BLEND (SPELT, MILLET, QUINOA, KHORASAN WHEAT), SUGAR, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

White Rounds Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: white corn, vegetable oil (corn, sunflower, safflower, canola, cottonseed and/or rice), salt, may contain milk and soy,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

RICE & CHEESE SNACKS
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, PARMESAN CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SUGAR, SAFFLOWER OIL, SALT, CREAM, WHEY, GARLIC POWDER, NONFAT MILK, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, ONION POWDER, SPICES
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Green Pea Snack Crisps - Lightly Salted
Ingredients: organic green peas, organic canola oil, organic rice, salt, calcium carbonate, and vitamin c (ascorbyl palmitate),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Potato Chips Sea Salt
Ingredients: potatoes, safflower, sunflower, canola oil, sea salt,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

wheat thins crackers, original
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

Tuiles Pringles Original
Ingredients: Pommes de terre déshydratées, huiles végétales (tournesol, maïs), farine de riz, amidon de BLÉ, farine de maïs, émulsifiant (E471), maltodextrine, sel, extrait de levure, levure en poudre, colorant (rocou).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pringles Pizza
Ingredients: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), DEGERMINATED CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, 2% SALT, WHEY, DEXTROSE, NATURAL FLAVORS, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES), SUGAR, SPICES, COCONUT OIL, GARLIC POWDER, BUTTERMILK, CITRIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, MALIC ACID, CREAM, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), RED 40 LAKE, SODIUM CASEINATE, LACTIC ACID, WHEAT STARCH.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

whisps
Ingredients: Parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skimmed cow's milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, enzymes).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original potato chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed, corn), salt, ingredients item replaced money refunded 5% no artificial flavors multi-layer bag 4% how2recyce,info 0% c 0% 0% 2% 8% gluten freeb
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baked snack crackers
Ingredients: Made with smiles and enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese ([cultured milk, salt, enzymes], annatto), canola and/or sunflower oil, salt, contains 2% or less of: sugar, yeast extract, whey, autolyzed yeast, corn flour, baking soda, torula yeast, paprika extract for color, spices, celery, enzyme modified cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), onion powder, monocalcium phosphate, garlic powder, citric acid, lactic acid, calcium lactate, natural flavor, milkfat. contains: wheat, milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Gluten Free Keto Crackers
Ingredients: (organic*) coconut*, pumpkin seeds“, sunflower seeds*, brown rice flour*, tapioca flour", almonds*, hemp seeds*, erythritol*, inulin* (blue agave"), brown rice protein*, flax seeds*, crispy brown rice“, sea salt, coconut butter*, baking powder, nutritional yeast", natural flavor, contains: coconut, almonds, may contain: milk,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tostitos Hint of Lime
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, sugar, natural flavors (including natural lime flavor), dextrose, sour cream (cultured cream, skim milk), corn bran, whey, spice, and yeast extract, contains milk ingredients,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nature
Ingredients: Pommes de terre (65%), huiles végétales (tournesol, colza, maïs en proportion variable), sel.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

organic chickpea puffs vegan white cheddar
Ingredients: Chickpea flour*, rice flour*, sunflower oil*, tapioca starch*, pea hull fiber*, brown rice flour*, salt, cane sugar*, onion*, citric acid, garlic*, rice concentrate*, lactic acid, canola oil*, natural flavor, rosemary extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Goldfish crackers
Ingredients: Wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, cheddar cheese ([cultured milk, salt, enzymes], annatto), canola, sunflower oils, salt, yeast, sugar, autolyzed yeast, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, paprika, spices, celery, onion powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey maid
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, soy bean oil, honey, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate), salt, soy lecithin, artificial flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Tuscan Herb Infused Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil, safflower, soybean, sunflower, tuscan herb seasoning, infused salt, spice, rosemary, oregano, basil, thyme, fennel, tarragon, bergamot, parsley, onion oil
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plantain Chips
Ingredients: Selected Green Plantains, Non-hydrogenated Palm Oil, Sea Salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chili & Lime Peanuts
Ingredients: _PEANUTS_ (_PEANUTS_, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL AND/OR PEANUT OIL)), TAJÍN CLÁSICO SEASONING (CHILI PEPPERS, SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID, CONTAINS 0.5% OR LESS OF DEHYDRATED LIME JUICE, SILICON DIOXIDE. Trace _TREE NUTS_, trace _WHEAT_, trace_SOY_, trace _MILK_, & trace _SESAME_.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Mex St Corn Chips
Ingredients: corn, corn masa flour, whole grain sorghum, potato starch, Mexican street corn seasoning, cane sugar, sea salt, paprika, natural flavor, sweet cream buttermilk, cheddar cheese, cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto extract, lactic acid, tapioca starch, citric acid, yeast extract, onion powder, garlic powder, sunflower oil
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Zesty Jalapeño Flavored Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Ingredients: NON-GMO POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, COTTONSEED, SUNFLOWER, OR CANOLA OIL), NON-GMO JALAPENO CHILI PEPPER, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hot Ones
Ingredients: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MALIC ACID, SPICES, SODIUM DIACETATE, ONION POWDER, DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PAPRIKA FOR COLOR, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, WHEY, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, WHEAT STARCH, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

tostadas casera
Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Water, Vegetable Oil (Contains one or more of the following: Cottonseed Oil, Palm Olein, Canola Oil and/or Soybean Oil), lodized Sea Salt and traces of food grade Lime.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Red Hot Blues
Ingredients: Organic blue corn, organic expeller pressed sunflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed safflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed canola oil, salt, organic tomato powder, organic maltodextrin, organic chili pepper, organic onion powder, organic paprika, organic cane sugar, organic vinegar powder (organic maltodextrin, organic white distilled vinegar), organic bell pepper powder, organic garlic powder, organic yeast extract, organic habanero chili powder, citric acid, organic cumin, organic capsicum extract, organic natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

spicy dill pickle chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil, seasoning (corn maltodextrin, sugar, garlic powder, spices, salt, citric acid, green bell pepper powder, sodium diacetate, onion powder, yeast extract, sunflower oil, natural flavour), salt. no artificial flavours or colours.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
