Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 32)

Sea Salt Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, EXPELLER PRESSED OIL (SUNFLOWER SEED OIL, SAFFLOWER SEED OIL, CANOLA OIL), SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, less than 2% of: corn syrup, canola oil and/or soybean oil, barley malt extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Sourdough Nibbler Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, salt, yeast, natural flavor, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness, soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mini Pretzels
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, salt, malt (tapioca syrup, malt extract), cane sugar, canola oil*, yeast, soda,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Home Made Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic blue corn, sunflower and/or safflower oil, lime and sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Sea Salt Pretzel Sticks
Ingredients: Whole grain sorghum flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, brown rice flour, expeller pressed high de sunflower oil, organic cane sugar, pea protein, sea salt, xanthan gum, molasses, yeast, sunflower lecithin, mixed tocopherols (to retain freshness).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mediterranean Baked Crackers - Sea Salt
Ingredients: Wheat flour, salt, honey, yeast, olive oil.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips Unsalted (US only)
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Canola, Sunflower and/or Safflower)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Wavy 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

CRISPY ROUNDS ORIGINAL
Ingredients: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), AND SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crunchy Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or canola oil), maltodextrin, salt, onion natural flavors, parsley, sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), lactose, concentrate cultured buttermilk (buttermilk, whey, citric acid, whey, whey, lactic acid), lactic acid. contains milk.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

3 Seed Sweet Potato Crackers
Ingredients: NGREDIENTS: Stone ground yellow corn, sunflower oil and/or corn oil, sweet potato, stone ground white corn, flaxseed, black sesame seeds, chia seeds, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

White Cheddar Flavor Popcorn
Ingredients: popcorn, sunflower oil, natural non-dairy cheddar flavor, salt, rice flour, natural flavor and lactic acid (for flavor),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream
Ingredients: 180mg 8% 460mg 20% 6% 36g sodium 14% 15g 5% 3g total carb, 12% dietary fiber total sugars protein 1g 1g 2g 3g 5g 0% 0% omcg 2% omcg 10mg 0,5mg vitamin d 0% 40mg 2% 1,4mg 340mg 6% 850mg 15% 15% calcium 6% iron potassium vitamin c 6% not a significant source of added sugars, the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of 0od contributes to a daily diet, 2,000 calories a day is used for oneral nutrition advice, ingked nts: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola o), cheddar , sour cream seasoning (maltodextrin [made fron conn, salt, whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], onion powder, corn oil, monosodium glutamate, naturial and artificial flavors, buttermilk, canola oil, sour cream [cultured eam, 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, sunflower oil, and milk protein concentrate) contains milk ingredients, frito-lay, inc, plano, tx 75024-4099 o 2015 frito-lay north america, inc,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Potato Chips
Ingredients: ALDI Twice as Nice GUARANTEE Recycle if Clean & Dry Store Drop-off PLASTIC MULTI-LAYER BAG R, OR ACTIC GARLIC Item replaced money refunded BAG RATED GLUTEN FREE RCH, PIC, 01081 how2recycle.info SNACK COMBO We all love snacks, but getting a good one isn't easy. You need great ingredients, lots of flavor and some big, satisfying crunches. At Clancy's we have all that and more. All you need to do is grab your favorite bag and go! 18 BAGS 18 INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES: 1 OZ (28g) EACH, TOTAL NET WT 18 OZ (1 LB 2 OZ) 510g ENZYMES). 4099100 142037
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tex Mex Trail Mix
Ingredients: CAJUN PEANUTS (PEANUTS, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, TORULA YEAST, SPICES, ONION POWDER, facts oer ortainer 4 cup 289) YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE If we EXTRACTIVE), SESAME STICKS (FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, SEA SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF EACH OF/ THE FOLLOWING: SOY FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN Telo 160 oro % Daily Value* CONCENTRATE, TURMERIC [COLOR, BEET POWDER [COLOR]), SALSA CORN STICKS 15% (YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, 9% MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF THE FOLLOWING: SPICES, TOMATO POWDER ONION POWDER, GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, 0% YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVORS), CHILI BITS (RICE, SOY 8% SAUCE [WATER, SOYBEAN, SALT, WHEAT], SUGAR, CHILI POWDER, TAPIOCA STARCH, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN [COLOR]), DRY ROASTED PEPITAS 10g 4% 7% (PEPITAS, SEA SALT), ROASTED ALMONDS ded Sugars 0% SUNFLOWER OIL], SEA SALT). (ALMONDS, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CONTAINS ALMONDS, PEANUTS, WHEAT AND SOY.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Organic Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: ground organic yellow corn, organic vegetable oil, sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Jalapeno jack cheesy baked snacks, jalapeno jack
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), soybean oil (with tbhq for freshness), dried potatoes, modified corn starch, white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzy
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (canola oil, safflower oil and/or sunflower oil), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheez-It Crackers White Cheddar
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), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes). Contains 2% or less of salt, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, whey protein concentrate, butter (cream, salt), baking soda, yeast, natural and artificial flavor, lactic acid, calcium lactate, disodium phosphate, citric acid, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Organic White Truffle Potato Chips
Ingredients: ORGANIC POTATOES, ORGANIC OIL BLEND (ORGANIC SAFFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC PALM OLEIN), ORGANIC TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, SEA SALT, ORGANIC WHITE TRUFFLE.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Goldfish cheddar
Ingredients: made with smiles and enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese ([cultured milk, salt, enzymes], annatto), canola and/or sunflower oils, contains 2% or less of: salt, yeast, sugar, autolyzed yeast, baking soda, paprika, spices, celery, monocalcium phosphate, onion powder, contains: wheat, milk
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

SWEET & SPICY CHILI RICE CRISPS
Ingredients: Whole grain brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, salt, sugar, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, monosodium glutamate, corn maltodextrin, sodium diacetate, soy sauce (soybean, salt), onion powder, fructose, garlic powder, yeast extract, paprika (color), malic acid, spices, natural flavor, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, tocopherols (preservative), sucralose.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy
Ingredients: Ngredients: Enriched Corn Meal Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulaie nacin Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vegetabled corn Canola And/or Sunflower Oil, Cheddar Jalapen seasning Salt, Whey, Maltodextrin Made From Corni, Canula oil Butermilk, Romano Cheese Cow S Milk, Cheese Cultured salit, Enzmes, Monosodium Glutamate, Cheddar Cheese M ueese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Potassium Chloride powder, Corn Starch. Natural And Artificial Flavurnate lactose Jalapeño Pepper, Garlic Powder, Sodum Mlk artiacial Color Iyrlow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Red 40sodum lagii D, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Sunflower Ui nosinate Mnd Disodium Guanylaie. comntnns M Increoientsion
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

California pistachios, Roasted Salted Kernels
Ingredients: California premium pistachios dry roasted, sea salt added.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nabisco ritz crackers honey wheat 1x13.700 oz
Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), whole grain wheat flour, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola and/or palm and/or partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), sugar, honey, leavening (calcium phosphate and/or baking soda), salt, soy lecithin, artificial flavor, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mini Croccantini Roasted Garlic Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), expeller pressed canola oil and extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, garlic oil.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic potato chips
Ingredients: Organic potatoes, organic expeller pressed sunflower seed, safflower seed and/or canola oil, organic cane sugar, organic tomato powder, sea salt, organic onion powder, organic garlic powder, natural mesquite smoke flavor, organic black pepper, citric acid, organic red pepper, extractives of paprika.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
