Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 35)

Broccoli bites
Ingredients: BROCCOLI, POTATOES, ONIONS, CANOLA OIL, POTATO FLAKES, EGG WHITES*, ARROWROOT POWDER, SEA SALT, GARLIC. CONTAINS: EGGS. MAY CONTAIN WHEAT, SOY, SESAME, AND EGGS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Stellar Pretzel Braids Maui Monk
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Malted Barley Flour, Canola Oil, Vegan Butter (Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Gum Acacia), Malt Tapioca Blend (Tapioca Syrup Solids, Tapioca Starch), Sea Salt, Onion and Garlic Powder, Natural Flavor, Yeast, Sugar, Citric Acid, Monk Fruit Extract, CONTAINS WHEAT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Triscuit Thins Crisps Sour Cream & Onion
Ingredients: whole grain wheat, canola oil, sour cream powder, sea salt, sugar, onion powder, nonfat milk, dried distilled vinegar, dried parsley, natural flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Harvest Snaps
Ingredients: GREEN PEAS, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), WHITE CHEDDAR SEASONING (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SOUR CREAM [CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES], SWEET CREAM SOLIDS, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVORS, NONFAT DRY MILK, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, CANOLA OIL, VINEGAR), RICE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, ROSEMARY EXTRACT (FOR FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Garden Crisp Crackers
Ingredients: Spinach, tapioca starch, vegetable oil (canola oil or sunflower oil), red bell pepper, cassava flour, sorghum, flour, potato, flour, carrot, brown rice flour, cane, sugar, kale, sea salt, baking powder, (potato starch, monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), onion powder, rosemary extract, garlic powder, black pepper, basil, oregano, turmeric, rosemary, thyme
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sea salt & black pepper crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, SEA SALT, BLACK PEPPER, VEAST EXTRACT (WHEAT, BARLEY), CANE SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Light Butter Flavored Microwave Popcorn
Ingredients: Popcorn, Palm Oil, salt, natural flavors, rosemary extract, color added, ascorbic acid, butter
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla Chips Variety Pack: 6 Sea Salt, 4 Lime, 4 Nacho
Ingredients: Sea Salt Grain Free Tortilla Chips (Cassava blend (cassava flour, cassava starch), avocado oil, coconut flour, chia seed, sea salt), Lime Grain Free Tortilla Chips (Cassava blend (cassava flour, cassava starch), avocado oil, coconut flour, chia seed, sea salt, citric acid, lime oil), Nacho Grain Free Tortilla Chips (Cassava blend (cassava flour, cassava starch), avocado oil, coconut flour, nutritional yeast, tomato powder, chia seed, sea salt, citric acid, garlic powder, jalapeño powder, onion powder, serrano powder).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate Quinoa Crisps
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Pure Cane Sugar, Full Cream Milk, Cocoa Butter*, Cacao Beans*, Sunflower and/or Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Beans), Quinoa
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Dark Russet potatoes chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Peanut Oil, Corn Oil, Cottonseed Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil), Salt. Gluten Free
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Toasted Garlic Bagel Chips
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, SEA SALT. DRIED GARLIC, WHEAT GLUTEN YEAST, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, ASCORBIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT), ROSEMARY EXTRACT (ANTIOXIDANT).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spicy Green Chili Flavored Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, avocado oil, whey, salt, non-fat dry milk, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, natural flavors, chili powder (chili pepper, spices, salt, garlic flavor), cane sugar, vinegar powder (maltodextrin, white distilled vinegar), lactic acid powder, yeast extract, citric acid, paprika extract (for color)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Thin & Crispy - Jalapeño Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, avocado oil, salt, dextrose jalapeño pepper, onion powder, autolyzed yeast extract, torula yeast, garlic powder, spice, corn syrup solids, extractives of capsicum and paprika, citric acid, natural flavor, ed by inventure foods, inc, 3500 s la cometa 85338 g
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Spicy Dill Pickle Flavored Kettle Cooked Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, CORN, AND/OR CANOLA OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, VINEGAR, GREEN BELL PEPPER, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, SPICES (INCLUDING DILL WEED), YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS, AND PAPRIKA EXTRACTS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Wheat Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL AND/OR HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL WITH ROSEMARY EXTRACT AND ASCORBIC ACID FOR FRESHNESS, WHEAT GERM, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, WHEY POWDER, LEAVENING (AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, BAKING SODA), INACTIVE YEAST, WHEAT BRAN, SODIUM METABISULFITE, ENZYMES. CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN: SESAME.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Metabisulfite

Regular Flavor
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: PEANUT OIL, CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), SEA SALT
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

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

Pretzel sticks
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, CORN SYRUP, VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN), YEAST.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

SPICY NACHO FLAVORED
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, whey, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk, romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), corn starch, onion powder, garlic powder, dextrose, natural and artificial flavor, spices, lactose, sodium caseinate, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), citric acid, sugar, lactic acid, skim milk, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate contains milk ingredients. frito lay
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

White Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHITE CORN, ORGANIC VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, CANOLA, AND/OR SOYBEAN), SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lays
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (canola, corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), and salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sun Chips - Harvest Cheddar
Ingredients: whole corn, sunflower oil and/or canola oil, whole wheat, brown rice flour, whole oat flour, sugar, maltodextrin, salt, whey, buttermilk, natural flavors, cheddar cheese, romano cheese, yeast extract, onion powder, garlic powder, lactic acid, citric acid, paprika extract, skim milk, parmesan cheese
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Golden crackers
Ingredients: organic enriched flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, organic palm oil, organic cane sugar, salt, ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, organic invert sugar, organic malted barley extract, enzymes
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Ingredients: NON-GMO POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, COTTONSEED, SUNFLOWER, OR CANOLA OIL), NON-GMO VINEGAR POWDER (NON-GMO MALTODEXTRIN, ORGANIC WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR), SEA SALT, NON-GMO CANE SUGAR, NON-GMO MALIC ACID, NON-GMO CITRIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (canola, corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), whey, natural flavors, onion powder, salt, buttermilk, sour cream (cream, skim milk, cultures), ski milk, maltodextrin (made from potato monosodium glutamate, parsley, yeast extract, and cmacacia, contains milk ingredients.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sea Salt Kettle Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic Original Potato Crisps
Ingredients: Dried potatoes, palm oil (vitamin e), tapioca starch, salt, sugar, dextrose, white pepper.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
