Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 25)

Salsitas spicy salsa chips
Ingredients: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Safflower, Corn, Canola, Cottonseed, and/or Rice), Tomato Powder, Salt, Onion Powder, Sugar Garlic Powder, Spices, Avocado Powder, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Jalapeno Pepper, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Extractive of Paprika and Annatto (for Color), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherols (To Protect Flavor), Parsley Flakes.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

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

Great value, potato chips, original
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or canola oil), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Snaps Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, malt, canola oil, salt, yeast, soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sticks Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, malt, salt, canola oil, yeast, soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Premium Tortilla chips
Ingredients: Ground white corn, canola and/or sunflower oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bite Size Dippers Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: white corn, vegetable oil (one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, palm, sunflower), salt, and vegetable fiber,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Animal Crackers Original
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), sugar, soybean oil, high fructose corn syrup, salt, baking soda (leavening), soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural flavor, spice.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Combos
Ingredients: wheat flour, palm oil, dairy product solids, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, less than 2% of: salt, tomato powder, leavening (baking soda, sodim acid pyrophosphate), bakers and cheddar cheese blend (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, soy lecithin, buttermilk, natural and artificial flavors, onion powder, spices, garlic powder, lactic acid, whey, citric acid, colors (yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake), whey protein concentrate, malic acid, sugar, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, wheat, soybeans, paprika extract. contains milk, wheat and soy.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Bugles Original
Ingredients: Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Coconut Oil, Sugar, Salt, Baking Soda. Freshness Preserved (BHT).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Avocado Crisps, Guacamole
Ingredients: avocado, citric acid, pumpkin seeds, brown rice flour, tapioca starch, coconut milk powder, coconut milk, maltodextrin, sunflower seeds, onion powder, flax seeds, vinegar, lime juice concentrate, sea salt, sesame seeds, black pepper, cayenne pepper, mustard flour
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic blue corn, high oleic sunflower oil and/or safflower oil and/or canola oil, brown rice flour, flax seed, sesame seed, sunflower seeds, sea salt, quinoa.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crispy Sea Salt Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL (TOCOPHEROLS, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, AND/OR ASCORBYL PALMITATE ADDED AS ANTIOXIDANTS), WHITE RICE FLOUR, SEA SALT, INACTIVE YEAST (WHEAT, BARLEY), SUGAR, CANE SYRUP, FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mediterranean Baked Crackers - Garlic Thyme
Ingredients: Wheat flour, honey, yeast, salt, garlic, thyme (dried), olive oil.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips Jalapeno
Ingredients: Potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, dextrose, salt, sugar, maltodextrin, onion powder, natural flavors, torula yeast, yeast extract, garlic powder, jalapeno powder, parsley flakes, paprika extract (color).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crispy peanut butter filled milk chocolate peanuts
Ingredients: Coating (Milk Chocolate [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier}], Cocoa Butter), Filling (Peanut Butter [Ground Peanuts], Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Crisped Rice [Rice Flour), Salt, Sunflower Lecithin [Emulsifier]).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Sea salt chia thins
Ingredients: BROWN RICE FLOUR, POTATO STARCH. EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, CHIA SEEDS, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, GARLIC, SEA SALT, WHITE PEPPER.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salt n’ Vinegar
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil), Salt, Lactose, Sodium Diacetate, Malic Acid, Citric Acid, Fumaric Acid. CONTAINS MILK
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doritos spicy sweet chili
Ingredients: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, FRUCTOSE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SOY SAUCE (SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT), ONION POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, GAFRLIC POWDER, TORULA YEAST, MALIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DEXTROSE, AND NATURAL FLAVOR. CONTAINS SOY AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bagel Chips Roasted Garlic
Ingredients: Wheat flour, Sunflower oil, Dried garlic, Salt, Cane Sugar, Oat Fiber, Organic distilled vinegar, Yeast, Rosemary extract, Ascorbic acid
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Southwest style white corn tortilla chips
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil), salt, trace of lime, manufact you sed for general nutrition contributes to don
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheese Sandwich Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID) CANOLA OIL (CANOLA OIL, ASCORBIC ACID-A PRESERVATIVE, ROSEMARY EXTRACT), PALM OIL, SUGAR, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK ENZYMES, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE ENZYMES), WHEY POWDER, WHEAT STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS MILK), SOY LECITHIN, DRY MALT (MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEXTROSE, WHEAT FLOUR), AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SALT SEA SALT, YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS SALT, MILK), SODIUM BICARBONATE, COLOR (PAPRIKA, AN ENZYMES, LACTIC ACID. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS, TREE NUTS
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Grain Free Pretzels - sea salt
Ingredients: CASSAVA FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, PALM OIL, TAPIOCA STARCH, FABA BEAN PROTEIN, TAPIOCA SYRUP, SALT, MILLED FLAX, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Maui Onion
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER 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

Hot Fries
Ingredients: POTATO STARCH, SWEET POTATO FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL, POTATO FLAKES, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, PAPRIKA, YEAST EXTRACT, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CITRIC ACID, ANNATTO, GUM ACACIA, NATURAL FLAVORS, LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, CALCIUM LACTATE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzels Mini Twists
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN [VITAMIN B3], REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), CORN SYRUP, SALT, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF: CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN), SODIUM BICARBONATE, YEAST
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Doritos Flamas Flavored
Ingredients: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM DIACETATE, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, WHEY, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, GARLIC POWDER, ROMANO CHEESE PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS. INGREDIENTES: MAÍZ GIRA
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Tortilla Chips - Sea Salt
Ingredients: ORGANIC STONE GROUND YELLOW CORN, ORGANIC CANOLA OIL AND/OR ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT, LIME
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Popped-Corn Snacks Sweet & Salty
Ingredients: Yellow Corn, Sunflower Oil, Cane Sugar, and Sea Salt
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Nuggets
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Peanut Butter (Dry Roasted Peanuts Sugar, Salt), Salt, Malt, Canola Oil. A ALLERGENS: Contains Peanuts and Wheat
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
