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Salty Snacks Roundup

We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 30)

Calories
500
Sugar
7g
Deep River Snacks

Sweet maui onion kettle cooked potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, sunflower oil, sugar, salt, dextrose, dehydrated onion, garlic powder, natural flavors, citric acid.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
440
Sugar
2g
Garden Fresh Gourmet

Blue Corn Tortilla Chips

Ingredients: Stone ground blue corn, Canola oil, Salt, Hydrated lime

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
312
Sugar
0g
Abimar Foods Inc.

Unsalted Tops Saltine Crackers

Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil and/or interesterified soybean oil, contains 2% or less of the following: high fructose corn syrup, salt, baking soda, yeast, yeast extract, natural flavors, whey (milk), protease enzyme, soy lecithin, malted barley flour, monocalcium phosphate, lactic acid, ammonium bicarbonate, ascorbic acid.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
381
Sugar
2g
Snyder's of Hanover, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

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
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Calories
596
Protein
21g
Kar's

Roasted Salted Peanuts

Ingredients: Peanuts (peanuts, peanut and/or sunflower oil, salt).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Utz

Kettle Classics Crunchy Potato Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, peanut oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
600
Protein
20g
Trader Joe's

Whole cashews

Ingredients: cashews, rice bran oil, salt. contains cashews.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Protein
18g
Emerald, Diamond Foods Inc.

Cashews

Ingredients: Cashews, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil), seasoning (salt, rice flour, maltodextrin, black pepper, yeast extract, spice, onion powder, garlic powder, citric acid, black pepper oil).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
548
Sugar
2g
Kettle, Kettle Brand

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
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Calories
464
Protein
11g
Cape Cod

Waves Potato Chips Reduced Fat Sea Salt

Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (canola, safflower, soybean and/or sunflower), sea salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
RW Garcia

Organic everything crackers

Ingredients: organic stone ground white corn, organic sunflower and/or organic safflower oil, organic onion, organic garlic, organic flaxseeds, organic poppy seeds, organic chia seeds, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Kettle, Kettle Brand

Potato Chips Backyard Barbeque

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Canola, Sunflower and/or Safflower), Organic Dried Cane Syrup, Sugar, Salt, Paprika, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Yeast Extract, Torula Yeast, Natural Flavor (including Smoke), Garlic Powder, Chili Pepper, Citric Acid.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
483
Protein
40g
Parm Crisps

Everything

Ingredients: PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), FLAXSEED, POPPY SEEDS, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
591
Protein
23g
Wonderful

Roasted & Salted Pistachios

Ingredients: pistachios, sea salt,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
467
Sugar
0g
Pepperidge Farm

Goldfish Limited Edition, Frank's Red Hot

Ingredients: MADE WITH SMILES AND ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID) CHEDDAR CHEESE ([CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ANNATTO), VEGETABLE OILS (CANOLA, SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOYBEAN), SALT, FRANK'S REDHOT SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, CITRIC ACID, VINEGAR SOLIDS, GUM ARABIC, PAPRIKA EXTRACT [COLOR], AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA [COLOR], GARLIC POWDER), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF YEAST, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, SPICES, CELERY, ONION POWDER, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
0g
Fresh Gourmet

Garlic Pepper Crispy Onions

Ingredients: ONIONS, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUNFLOWER OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL, SEASONING (GARLIC, SALT, BLACK PEPPER, BROWN SUGAR, ONION, BELL PEPPER, PARSLEY).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Chicas

Blue corn tortilla chips

Ingredients: Organic Blue Corn, Rice Bran Oil, Sea Salt, Citric Acid.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Boulder Canyon, Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods

Avocado Oil Canyon Cut Jalapeno Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, avocado oil, salt, dextrose, jalapeno pepper, onion powder, autolyzed yeast extract, torula yeast, garlic powder, spice, corn syrup solids, extractives of capsicum and paprika, citric acid, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
567
Protein
33g
Wilde

Protein Chips Nashville Hot

Ingredients: Antibiotic-Free Chicken Breast, Native Tapioca Starch, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Egg Whites, Chicken Bone Broth. Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: Tabasco Red Pepper Sauce, Spices, Paprika Extract, Paprika, Salt, Sea Salt, Yeast Extract, Vinegar, Natural Flavors, Brown Sugar**. Modified Tapioca Starch, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sugar** **Adds A Trivial Amount Of Added Sugar. CONTAINS: EGG WHITES

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
452
Sugar
10g
Ritz

Everything Toasted Chips

Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR WHEAT FLOUR NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE MITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN VITAMIN 82 FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP MALTODEXTRIN, OAT FIBER, LESS THAN 2% OF POTATO STARCH, LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), SEA SALT, MINCED ONIONS, POTATO FLOUR ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, POPPY SEEDS MINCED GARLIC, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
533
Protein
33g
Wilde

Protein Chips

Ingredients: Antibiotic-Free Chicken, Native Tapioca Starch, High Oleic Expeller Pressed Sunflower Oil, Egg Whites, Chicken Bone Broth. Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: Himalayan Pink Salt, Sea Salt, Natural Flavors, Citric Acids, Spices, Sodium Citrate, Tapioca Syrup Solids* CONTAINS: EGG WHITES ** *

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
130
Sugar
1g
Zack's, Zack's Mighty

Tortilla Chips - Lime

Ingredients: ORGANIC STONE GROUND YELLOW CORN, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC MALTODEXTRIN, SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID, ORGANIC LIME JUICE, ORGANIC LEMON JUICE, ORGANIC LIME OIL, ORGANIC LEMON OIL, LIME.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
494
Protein
11g
VALLEY POP

tender white popcorn with sea salt

Ingredients: POPCORN, COCONUT OIL, SEA SALT

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Protein
21g
Wonderful

Pistachios Lighly Salted

Ingredients: pistachios, sea salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Frito Lay

Frito Lay Classic Mix

Ingredients: CHEETOS CRUNCH CHEESE FLAVORED SNACKS (ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, CANOLA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), CHEESE SEASONING (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], CANOLA OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR [YELLOW 6]), SALT), RUFFLES CHEDDAR & SOUR CREAM FLAVORED POTATO CHIPS (POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, BUTTERMILK, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), LACTOSE, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SODIUM CASEINATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), LACTIC ACID, GARLIC POWDER, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE), LAY'S BARBECUE FLAVORED POTATO CHIPS (POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), SUGAR, SALT, DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, MOLASSES, TORULA YEAST, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, SPICES, TOMATO POWDER, PAPRIKA, CORN STARCH, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, CARAMEL COLOR, YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, MUSTARD SEED OIL), FRITOS ORIGINAL CORN CHIPS (CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, CANOLA OIL), SALT), LAY'S CLASSIC POTATO CHIPS (POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT), DORITOS COOL RANCH FLAVORED TORTILLA CHIPS (CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, CANOLA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, CORN STARCH, TOMATO POWDER, LACTOSE, WHEY, SKIM MILK, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MALTODEXTRIN, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DEXTROSE, MALIC ACID, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SODIUM ACETATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5), SPICE, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), DORITOS NACHO CHEESE FLAVORED TORTILLA CHIPS (CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, ROMANO CHEESE (PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ROMANO CHEESE (COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, CORN FLOUR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, TOMATO POWDER, LACTOSE, SPICES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, RED 40), LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SKIM MILK, RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM CASEINATE).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
464
Sugar
14g
Dot's Homestyle Pretzels

Honey Mustard Seasoned Pretzel Twists

Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin. Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (May contain one or more of the following: Canola, Corn, Soybean), Granulated Sugar, Brown Sugar, Honey, Salt, Less than 2% of Yeast, Salad Mustard Powder (Salad Mustard [Distilled Vinegar, Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric], Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Flavor), Maltodextrin, Mustard, Garlic Powder, Turmeric, Spices, Onion Powder, Natural Flavor, Silicon Dioxide, Whey, Vinegar, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Expeller Pressed Sunflower Oil, Gum Arabic, Extractives of Paprika, Mustard Oil

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Simple Mills

Rosemary & Sea Salt Almond Flour Crackers

Ingredients: Nut & Seed Flour Blend (almonds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds) Tapioca Starch Cassava Flour Rosemary Organic Onion Organic Garlic Organic Pepper Organic Sunflower Oil Sea Salt ● CONTAINS: ALMONDS

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
486
Sugar
3g
Schar

Multigrain table crackers

Ingredients: Non GMO corn starch, Blend vegetable fats and oils (palm fat, sunflower oil), Maltodextrin, Modified tapioca starch, Whole millet flour, Non GMO soy flour, Rice syrup, Whole rice flour, Buckwheat flour, Sorghum flour, Flax seed flour, Non GMO corn flour, Dried sourdough (buckwheat, quinoa), Non GMO soy bran, Poppy seeds, Non GMO sugar beet syrup, Sea salt, Cream of tartar, Ammonium bicarbonate, Baking soda, Guar gum, Modified cellulose, Citric acid, Natural rosemary flavor

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
23g
Unknown

Animal crackers

Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour niacin, reduced iron thiamine mononitrate potassium 30mg contains: soy, wheat may contain egg, milk.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Cape Cod

Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil, sea salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Salty Snacks category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 2012 products in the Salty Snacks category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Salty Snacks?+
We rank Salty Snacks based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Salty Snacks here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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