Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 24)

Pretzel Rounds Sea Salted
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil, sea salt, malt (tapioca syrup, malt extract), yeast, soda,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips Backyard Barbeque
Ingredients: potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, organic dried cane syrup, sugar, salt, maltodextrin, paprika, onion powder, yeast extract, tomato powder, torula yeast, garlic powder, chili pepper, natural flavor (including smoke), citric acid,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Crisps
Ingredients: Dried potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and/or sunflower oil), cornstarch, degerminated yellow corn flour, rice flour, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides, contains 2% or less of salt, coconut oil, whey, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, nonfat milk, sugar, citric acid, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavors, lactic acid, reduced lactose whey, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, cultured nonfat milk, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), yellow 5, autolyzed yeast extract, malic acid, invert sugar, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), wheat dextrose, yellow 6.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Condeza cuban crackers
Ingredients: Enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the followings: partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and/or partially hydrogenated sunflower seed oil), salt and yeast.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Multi-Grain Country Club Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high oleic canola and/or soybean oil with tbhq and citric acid for freshness, sugar, whole wheat flour, defatted wheat germ, contains 2% or less of: salt, oat bran, high fructose corn syrup, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), degerminated yellow corn flour, corn syrup, cornstarch, soy lecithin, sodium sulfite.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Whole Grain Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Non-gmo stone ground whole corn, sunflower oil, sprouted seed and grain blend (sprouted flax seed, sprouted quinoa, sprouted chia), avocado ranch seasoning blend [vegetables (onion, tomato, garlic, avocado, spinach), cheddar cheese (whey, cheddar cheese {pasteurized milk, sea salt, enzymes}, sunflower oil, salt, natural flavors, disodium phosphate), cane sugar, salt, buttermilk, lactic acid, spice, cilantro, yeast extract].
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle style potato chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, SALT, WHEY POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, TORULA YEAST, YEAST EXTRACT, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SPICES.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Snack Stacks Sour Cream & Onion Flavored
Ingredients: Dried potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and/or sunflower oil), cornstarch, degerminated yellow corn flour, rice flour, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides, contains 2% or less of salt, whey, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, coconut oil, onion powder, sugar, natural flavors, nonfat milk, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), citric acid, wheat dextrose, sodium caseinate, lactic acid, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, buttermilk, malic acid, invert sugar, cultured nonfat milk, cream.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Clancy’s Wavy Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or cottonseed oil), and salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzels Honey Wheat
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN [VITAMIN B3], REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF: CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN), HONEY, SALT, YEAST
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Veggie-flavored corn tortilla chips with flaxseeds
Ingredients: Organic white corn, organic sunflower oil, organic safflower oil, organic canola oil), organic brown flax seeds, sea salt, organic carrot powder, organic tomato powder, organic red beet powder, organic spinach powder, organic parsley flakes, organic garlic powder, organic onion powder.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil), Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Corn chips
Ingredients: Corn, Corn Oil, Salt, Whey, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Spices, Whey Protein Concentrate, Maltodextrin (Made from Corn), Tomato Powder, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder, Romano Cheese (Cow´s Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Dextrose, Sugar, Buttermilk, Butter (Cream, Salt), Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Sunflower Oil, Garlic Powder, Annatto Extract, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, and Caramel Color. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Buglex Nacho cheese
Ingredients: Degermed yellow corn meal, vegetable oil (coconut and/or palm kernel), sugar, salt, maltodextrin. contains 2% or less of: whey powder, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk powder, baking soda, dried garlic, dried cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, tomato powder, spices, dried onion, citric acid, dried enzyme modified romano cheese (made from cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), color (paprika extract, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, annatto extract, and turmeric extract), enzyme modified butter, disodium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, nonfat dry milk, butter (cream, salt), freshness preserved by bht.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Kettlez
Ingredients: potato, vegetable oil, seasoning salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, sugar, monosodium glutamate, artificial and natural flavors, onion powder, sodium bicarbonate, red 40 lake, hydrolyzed soybean protein, chili pepper extract, soybean oil, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, TBHQ
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Original
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), 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)

Ridged Cheddar And Sour Cream Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Safflower, Canola, Corn, Cottonseed and/or Rice Oil), Whey Powder, Maltodextrin, Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Buttermilk Powder, Sour Cream (Cream, Non-fat Milk, Cultures), Cheddar Cheese Powder (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Natural Flavor, Onion Powder, Reduced Lactose Whey, Non-fat Dry Milk, Sugar, Paprika (For Spice and Color), Acacia Gum, Yeast Extract, Annatto Extract (For Color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Onion Flavored Rings
Ingredients: enriched corn meal n meal ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiami ngnte te riboflavin, folic acid), vegetbleil (sunflower, corn, and/or cana onsat, and less than 2% of the fllowinc co starch, sugar, corn f ,cerm/k, maltodextrin (made from jo ononfowder, monosodium glutamate eorized corn protein, dextrose, gaf flavors, and gum arabic, contains milk ingredien ts, nn pouder, natural
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cauliflower Tortilla Chips - Lime
Ingredients: Cassava, organic sunflower oil, cauliflower, chia seed, vegetable blend (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms), tapioca syrup, salt, lactic acid, lime oil, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BUTTERMILK RANCH RICE CRISPS
Ingredients: Whole grain brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, salt, buttermilk powder, corn maltodextrin, palm oil, tomato powder, corn syrup solids, dextrose, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, sugar, citric acid, dry whey, spices, dipotassium phosphate, malic acid, sodium acetate, natural flavor, sodium diacetate, mono and diglycerides, tocopherols (preservative), gum arabic, disodium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, yellow 5 lake, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Himalayan Pink Salt Lentil Chips
Ingredients: Lentil flour(40%), Corn flour, Expeller Pressed Sunflower oil, Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Potato Starch, Salt, Green pepper powder, Pink Himalayan Sea Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), peanut butter (roasted peanuts, sugar, salt), salt, less than 2% of: high oleic canola oil and/or soybean oil, corn syrup, barley malt extract, leavening (yeast, sodium bicarbonate, and/or ammonium bicarbonate).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Japanese rice cracker
Ingredients: RIZ (45%), HUILES VÉGÉTALES (HUILE DE PALME, HUILE DE SON DE RIZ), AMIDON MODIFIE (CONTIENT DU BLE), SUCRE, SAUCE DE SOJA (EAU, SOJA DÉGRAISSE, BLE, SEL, GLUCOSE, RIZ, GRAINES DE SOJA, EXHAUSTEURS DE GOUT:E621 ET E635), SIROP DE FRUCTOSE-GLUCOSE, ÉPICES (ECORCE DE MANDARINE, PIMENT ROUGE), EXHAUSTEURS DE GOÛT: E621, E631 ET E627, ALGUE, SEL, PROTÉINE DE SOJA HYDROLISÉE, COLORANT: E150A.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lentil Chips Sea Salt
Ingredients: Lentil flour, potato starch, sunflower and/or safflower oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic salted popcorn, classic salted
Ingredients: Organic popcorn, organic expeller pressed sunflower seed and/or organic expeller pressed safflower seed oil, salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dirty kettle chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, peanut oil or a blend of peanut oil and canola, corn, or sunflower oil, dextrose, salt, onion powder, whey protein, nonfat milk, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), cultured nonfat milk, corn flour, natural flavors, dehydrated parsley, garlic powder, cultured whey, dried cane syrup, lactic acid, citric acid and sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Sea Salted Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, peanut oil or a blend of peanut oil and canola corn, or sunflower oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

popped potato snack
Ingredients: Dried potato, rice flour, sunflower and/or safflower oil, seasoning (whey, onion powder, salt, sugar, sour cream powder [cream, nonfat dry milk, cultures], garlic powder, yeast extract, citric acid, dehydrated parsley, maltodextrin, natural flavors, whey protein concentrate, whey solids, cream, milk fat, nonfat dry milk, skim milk solids), potato starch.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
