Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 28)

White Corn Tortilla Chips With Lime Flavor
Ingredients: Corn, Rice Bran Oil, Sea Salt, Citric Acid, Lime Juice Powder (Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Concentrated Lime Juice, Modified Corn Starch, Lime Essential Oil, Tocopherols).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plantain Chips Lime
Ingredients: PLANTAINS, MALTODEXTRIN (CORN), SALT, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS (LIME FLAVOR), 2% SILICON DIOXIDE (ADDED AS A PROCESSING AID), VEGETABLE OIL (COTTONSEED, CORN, CANOLA, PALM OLEIN), SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reeses animal crackers
Ingredients: SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, MILK FAT, LACTOSE), PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUTS, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, HONEY, DEXTROSE, SALT, BAKING SODA, NATURAL , ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, LECITHIN (SOY)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Olive Fougasse
Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN. FOLIC ACID). WATER, KALAMATA OLIVES (KALAMATA OLIVES, SEA SALT), BLACK OLIVES (BLACK OLIVES, SEA SALT, FERROUS GLUCONATE), SEA SALT, YEAST, HERBS (OREGANO, BASIL, THYME, MARJORAM, PARSLEY, CHIVES), BARLEY MALT FLOUR.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Original Potato chips
Ingredients: Organic Potatoes, Organic Vegetable Oil, Canola, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Avocado Toast Ultimate Everything Baked Rice Crackers
Ingredients: RICE FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, AVOCADO OIL*, EVERYTHING TYPE SEASONING (TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, ROASTED SESAME SEED OIL), AVOCADO POWDER (AVOCADO, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), TOCOPHEROLS [TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS]), SPINACH POWDER (COLOR), DRIED ONION, POPPY SEEDS, ROLLED OATS, SESAME SEEDS, GARLIC POWDER, FLAX SEEDS, NATURAL FLAVOR, MILLET.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chips
Ingredients: dried potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, high olec soybean, and/or sunflower), degerminated yellow corn flour, cornstarc rice flour, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides. contains 2% or less of salt, sugar, onion powder, natural and articl flavor, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, dried yeast, cheddar chere milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spice, onion juice concentrate, whe disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, paprika extract color, buttermil annatto color, turmeric color, wheat starch. contains milk and wheat ingredients. r:pringles 072 2% arroz, maltodextrina, mono y diglicéridos. ingredientes: papas secas, aceite vegetal (maíz, semilla de algodón, sova aut oleico, y/o girasol), harina de maíz amarillo desgerminado, maicena, hare glutamato monosódico, ajo en polvo, levadura en polvo, queso cheddar lede contiene 2% o menos de sal, azúcar, cebolla en polvo, sabor natural y artiric cultivos de queso, sal, enzimas), especia, concentrado de jugo de cebolla ser nosinato disódico, guanilato disódico, extracto de pimenton para color s de mantequilla, color achiote, color curcuma, almidón de trigo contiene ingredientes de leche y trigo.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

No Salt Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sprouts Grain Free Rosemary Lemon Crackers
Ingredients: cassava flour, avocado oil, almond, lemon rosemary sea salt (sea salt, dehydrated lemon peel, rosemary, dehydrated garlic powder), tapioca starch, contains: treenuts (almonds), 0% 2% 0% 4%
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sour cream and onion
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil and/or sunflower oil), whey, dextrose, shortening powder [coconut oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate], salt, dehydrated sour cream [sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), cultured nonfat milk, citric acid]), dehydrated onion, sugar, citric acid, dehydrated parsley, natural and artificial flavor, garlic powder, disodium osinate and disodium guanylate. contains milk
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

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

Ripples fried dill pickle
Ingredients: Potatoes, VegetableOI (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil), Salt, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Vinegar Powder (Maltodextrin, White Distilled Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch), Yeast Extract, Citric Acid. Onion Powder, Natural Flavors, Garlic Powder, Dill Weed, Spices.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Style Potato Chips 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

Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic Yellow Corn, Organic Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil (Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Safflower Oil, Organic Canola Oil, Organic Soybean Oil), Sea Salt.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Chips Sea Salt and Vinegar
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED, CORN), SEASONING (LACTOSE, SODIUM DIACETATE, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MALIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, CANOLA OIL), SEA SALT. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lightly Seasoned Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil), salt, monosodium glutamate, paprika, granulated garlic, blac, pepper, granulated onion, sugar, cumin, trace of lime
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic potato chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, or canola oil), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tostios salsa verde
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil, maltodextrin (made from corn), monosodium glutamate, salt, sugar, dextrose, tomato powder, paprika, spices, onion powder, garlic powder, yeast extract, natural and artificial flavors, and artificial color (yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake). ingredientes: maíz, aceite vegetal vid addit lafite ae ρανοι α
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Stacys parmesan garlic herb pita chips
Ingredients: Enriched _wheat_ flour (_Wheat_ flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sunflower oil and/or canola oil, Parmesan cheese (Pasteurized cow's _milk_, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sea salt, less than 2% of the following: whole wheat _flour_, organic cane sugar, dried garlic, Parmesan cheese (part-skim _milk_, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, oat fiber, yeast, parsley, malted barley flour, rosemary extract (antioxidant), ascorbic acid (antioxidant).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cantina Thins
Ingredients: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Contains one or more of the following: Canola, Corn, Cottonseed, Safflower, and/or Soybean Oil), and Sea Salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Woven wheats
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, HIGH OLEIC CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS, SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Crunchy Tortilla Chips Nacho Cheese
Ingredients: GROUND YELLOW CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, OR CANOLA OIL), CORN MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY POWDER, SALT, BUTTERMILK POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION POWDER, TOMATO POWDER, BUTTER (CREAM, LACTIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BUTTER (CREAM, ANNATTO), SPICE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, SUGAR, SPICE AND COLORING (CONTAINS PAPRIKA), DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, SPICE EXTRACTIVES (INCLUDES PAPRIKA FOR COLOR), RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5. CONTAINS MILK.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Kettle Style Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: corn rice bran o sea salt, citric acid contans bioengineered food ingredients manufactured for: benestar brands, llc city of industry, ca 91745
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kick of Lime Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: ground white corn, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, citric acid, jalapeno spice, gum acacia, sour cream, cultured cream, nonfat dry milk, yeast extract, natural flavor, acetic acid
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The crunchy and wholesome popped-corn snack spicy queso
Ingredients: YELLOW CORN, SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK, MALTODEXTRIN MADE FROM CORN, TOMATO POWDER, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, ANNATTO EXTRACTS, LACTIC ACID
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel chips
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANE SUGAR, SALT, TAPIOCA MALT SYRUP (TAPIOCA SYRUP, MALT EXTRACT), CANOLA OIL, SODA. CONTAINS: _WHEAT_
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Takoyaki Ball Japanese-Style BBQ Sauce Flavored Corn Puffs
Ingredients: CORN, PALM OIL, SEASONING (SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SEAWEED, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CARAMEL COLOR, GLUCOSE SYRUP (CORN, TAPIOCA), ONION POWDER, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, MILK SOLIDS, SOY SAUCE POWDER [SOYBEANS, WHEAT], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, DISODIUM 5'-RIBONUCLEOTIDE, CITRIC ACID, STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN), CALCIUM CARBONATE.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Handmade Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: stone ground corn, water, corn oil, salt, sodium propionate, sorbic acid, trace of lime (calcium hydroxide), manufactured by la fiesta chip co, 8155 cook st, montague, mi 49437 we're also very cool fo fo on the internet /////////// estagrande,com 14 ///////
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey Mustard Double Crunch Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn and/or canola oil), sugar, salad style must, rd (vinegar, mustard seed, salt, turmeric), maltodextrin (made from corn), modified corn starc, salt, onion powder, molasses, spices, sodium diacetate, honey, monosudium glutamate, yeast extract, citric acid, horseradish, turmeric extracts, natural flavors, and paprika extracts. 6%
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
