Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 29)

Ritz Crackers
Ingredients: unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), canola oil, palm oil, sugar, salt, leavening (calcium phosphate, baking soda), high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, natural flavor. contains: wheat, soy. mondelez global llc east hanover, nj 07936 usa made in mexico visit us at: ritzcrackers.com 1-800-622-4726 mondelēz, international
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Cheddar & Sour cream chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil, seasoning, whey, milk, salt, enzymes, salt, onion powder, natural and artificial flavors, sour cream solids, nonfat dry milk, buttermilk, extractives of paprika, turmeric, annatto, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid, garlic powder, disodium phosphate, lactic acid, salt
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

cheddar & sour cream flavored BAKED potato chips
Ingredients: dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, soy lecithin, déxtrose, whey, whey protein concentrate, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, sált, enzymes), citric acid, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6), skim milk, natural and artificial flavors, garlic powder, lactic acid, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate. contains milk and soy ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 2021 frito-laynorth america, inc
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Corn, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, safflower, canola and/or cottonseed oil), and sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grain Free Tortilla Chips Sprinkle of Sea Salt
Ingredients: cassava flour, avocado oil, coconut flour, chia seed, sea salt, contains: coconuts, thut m:l ed hy siete eam
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Jalapeno Kettle cooked potato chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, DEXTROSE, ONION POWDER, TORULA YEAST, SPICES, WHEY, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar & Sour Cream Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower corn, and/or canola oil), cheddar , sour cream seasoning (maltodextrin [made from corn], whey, salt, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt enzymes], onion powder, corn oil, natural flavor, canola oil, buttermilk, sour cream [cultured cream skim milk], butter [cream, salt], sòdium caseinate yeast extract, lactose, citric acid, skim milk, blue cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], laci acid, paprika extracts, garlic powder, whey prote isolate, milk protein concentrate, annatto extraces and sunflower oil), contains milk ingredients, frito-lay, inc, plano, tx 75024-4099 2019 frito-lay, north america, inc,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Chili Brown Rice Crisps
Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, expeller pressed vegetable oil (sunflower, safflower, and/or canola oil), whole grain corn, sweet chili seasoning (sugar, salt, maltodextrin, tomato powder, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, yeast extract, citric acid, natural flavor, paprika oleoresin (color), caramel color), golden flaxseed, brown flaxseed, gluten free oat fiber, quinoa, cane sugar, chia seeds
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Wavy Hickory BBQ Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, com ard/or can a oil), hickory bbq seasoning maltodextri lade from corn], salt, sugar, brown sugar, sunflower oil, önion powder, spices yeast extract, tomato powder, citric acid, garlic powder, naural flavors, paprika extracts, and mik protein concentrate). contains milk ingredients. dextrose, frito-la, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 tm 回教归 e smartlabel™ find us on lavs scan here for more
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, safflower oil and/or sunflower oil), sugar, salt, tomato powder, paprika, spices, molasses, onion powder, maltodextrin, torula yeast, garlic powder, natural flavors (including smoke), modified food starch, citric acid, vinegar.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grandma utz's handcooked potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, lard, salt. tbhq and bht added to help protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Kettle Cooked Parmesan Garlic Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: sunflower, corn or canola oil), whey, nonfat dry milk, salt, onion and garlic powder, maltodextrin, dextrose, natural parmesan cheese flavor (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzyme], butter, natural flavor), natural flavors, spices, lactic acid, parsley.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CRISPY PRETZEL STICKS
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, contains less than 2% of corn syrup, barley malt extract, leavening (yeast, sodium bicarbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Snyder's pieces honey mustard & onion flavored
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, sugar, onion powder, maltodextrin, dextrose, whey (milk), salt, vinegar powder (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, vinegar), honey powder, hydrolyzed soy protein, mustard [(vinegar, water, mustard, salt, turmeric), maltodextrin, corn starch], wheat starch, yeast, spices, turmeric extract (color), citric acid, horseradish powder, natural flavors, soda.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Unsalted Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Stone ground white corn, expeller pressed oil (sunflower seed, safflower seed and/or canola).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn and/or Canola Oil), and Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips Krinkle Cut Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper
Ingredients: Potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, rice flour, salt, black pepper, yeast extract, spice, garlic powder, onion powder, citric acid, spice extract, jalapeno powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pringles Salt And Vinegar (small)
Ingredients: Dried potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and/or sunflower oil), rice flour, wheat starch, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides, lactose, contains 2% or less of salt, sodium diacetate, dextrose, malic acid, turmeric (color), vinegar.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Barbeque flavored potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, cottonseed oil, dextrose, salt, sugar, corn flour, torula yeast, onion and garlic powders, horseradish powder, tomato powder, natural coloring (includes: extractives of paprika, annatto and turmeric), spice extractives, natural smoke flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheez-It Grooves Zesty Cheddar Ranch
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), folic acid), rice flour, soybean oil, TBHQ (for freshness), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, salt, soy lecithin, monosodium glutamate, onion, buttermilk, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), natural flavors, whey, garlic powder, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), reduced lactose whey, yeast extract, tomato powder, parsley, maltodextrin, cornstarch, citric acid, spices, dextrose, bell pepper, lactic acid, butter (cream), paprika extract color, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Cheez it cheddar jack peg bag
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate vitamin Be [riboflavin), folic acid), vegetable Canola with TBHQ for freshness), cheese made (high oleic soybean, soybean, palm, and/or with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract color). Contains 2% or less of salt, paprika, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), buttermilk, tomato powder, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, yeast, onion powder, natural and artificial flavors, mon grey jack cheese (milk cheese cultures, salt, enes, sugar, malic acid, annatto extract color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, yeast extract, paprika extract color, yellow 5, yellow 6, soy lecithin. CONTAINS WHEAT MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Cheez-It Grooves Bold Cheddar
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), rice flour, vegetable oil (soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, palm oil), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes). contains 2% or less of salt, wheat flour, soy lecithin, paprika color, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), whey, dextrose, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, buttermilk, lactic acid, natural and artificial flavor, yeast extract, citric acid, onion powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, annatto extract color, paprika extract color, ground celery seed, red pepper, garlic powder.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Lay's Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable oil (Canola, Corn, Soybean, And/or sunflower oil), Sugar, And less than 2% of dextrose, Maltodextrin (Made from corn), Salt, Potassium salt, Natural flavors, Molasses, Torula yeast, Tomato powder, Onion powder, Spices, Paprika, Corn starch, Yeast extract, Citric acid, Garlic powder, Caramel color, And paprika extracts.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Round Crackers
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, peduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, high oleic canola and/or soybean oil with tbhq and citric acid for freshness, sugar, dehydrated vegetable and spice blend (carrots, onions, dextrose, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, tomato powder, garlic powder, dehydrated red and green bell peppers, spices, parsley, spice extractive), contains 2% or less of salt, leavening baking soda, calcium phosphate), high fructose corn syrup, onion powder carlic powder, soy lecithin, sodium sulfite, natural flavor contains: wheat, soy,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

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

Chips barbeque
Ingredients: Dried potato, rice flour, sunflower and/or safflower oil, seasoning (sugar, tapioca maltodextrin, salt, brown sugar, torula yeast, onion powder, garlic powder, tomato powder, yeast extract, spices, citric acid, natural hickory smoke flavor, natural flavors, paprika extract [color], paprika), potato starch.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar Cheese Baked Cracker
Ingredients: Wheat flour, vegetable oil (palm kernel oil, palm oil, corn oil, and/or hydrogenated palm oil), whey, maltodextrin, sugar, food starch-modified, salt, less than 1.5% - bakers and cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, coloring (yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake), natural flavors, hydrolyzed corn gluten, lactic acid, yeast extract, lactose, buttermilk, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Ritz bits cheese
Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, SUGAR, WHEY, LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, YEAST EXTRACT, CORNSTARCH, TURMERIC, ANNATTO EXTRACTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cornbread Crisps
Ingredients: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), enriched yellow corn meal (yellow corn meal, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, high-oleic sunflower oil (high-oleic sunflower oil, rosemary extract and ascorbic acid [antioxidants), cornstarch, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), salt, natural flavors. contains _wheat_. may contain traces of _soy_.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Signature Select Saltine Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLÍC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID, 2% SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, YEAST), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SODIUM SULFITE, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
