Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 37)

Salt and Pepper Pistachios
Ingredients: PISTACHIOS, SEA SALT, BLACK PEPPER, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, EXTRACTIVES OF RED PEPPER, EXTRACTIVES OF BLACK PEPPER.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle cooked potato chips
Ingredients: vegetable oil, pepper seasoning, sea salt, onion. powder, garlic powder,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla Style Protein Chips Nacho Cheese Flavor
Ingredients: protein blend milk protein isolate, whey protein isolate), high oleic sunflower oil, calum caseinate, corn starch, natural flavors, soluble corn fiber, psyllium husk, salt, contains less than 2% of the following: cheddar cheese powder (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), romano cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), buttermilk powder, butter (cream, annatto), tomato powder, onion powder, spice nonfat dry milk, whey powder, chia seed, paprika extract (color), turmeric oleoresin (color), sunflower lecithin, calcium carbonate, yeast extract, stevia sweetener, onta ng
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue corn tortilla chips
Ingredients: ORGANIC BLUE CORN, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips
Ingredients: The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. INGREDIENS: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, CORN, AND/OR CANOLA OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, MALIC ACID, AND VINEGAR.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salt & Vinegar Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn and/or Canola Oil), Salt & Vinegar Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made from Corn], Natural Flavors, Salt, Malic Acid, and Vinegar.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chip potato rippled sea salt party size
Ingredients: Potatoes, expeller pressed sunflower seed, safflower seed and/or canola oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sandwich crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), peanut butter (roasted peanuts), soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, sugar, dextrose, salt, contains two percent or less of leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), yellow #6, cornstarch, whey, red pepper, buttermilk, disodium phosphate, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Nabisco Premium Saltine Crackers
Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, SEA SALT, SALT, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, BAKING SODA, YEAST.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

garlic butter
Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), canola oil, palm oil, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, leavening (calcium phosphate and/or baking soda), salt, garlic powder, soy lecithin, natural flavor. seeds, poppy.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Garden fresh gourmet, kettle style salted tortilla chips, original, original
Ingredients: Stoneground white corn, canola oil and/or soybean oil and/or sunflower oil, salt, lime.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheez-It Original Baked Snack Crackers
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),cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto extract color). contains 2% or less of salt, paprika, yeast, paprika extract color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

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

Jalapeño Agave tortilla chips
Ingredients: Non-gmo white corn, sunflower oil, sea salt, organic jalapeno powder, organic agave powder, organic white vinegar powder, sugar, trace of lime.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar sour cream & onion cheesy baked snacks, cheddar sour cream & onion
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), soybean oil (with tbhq for freshness), modified corn starch, dried potatoes, white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes). contains 2% or less of oat fiber, salt, sugar, buttermilk, whey, monosodium glutamate, soy lecithin, onion powder, citric acid, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), natural flavors, cultured nonfat milk, lactic acid, paprika extract color, reduced lactose whey, dried parsley, butter (cream), yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, invert sugar, malic acid, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, garlic powder.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Peanuts, Honey Roasted
Ingredients: Peanuts, sugar, honey, corn syrup, sea salt, peanut oil, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Potato Chips Sour Cream And Onion
Ingredients: Potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, yogurt powder (whey, cultured nonfat milk), nonfat dry milk, salt, dried onion, dried cane syrup, sour cream, (cultured cream, nonfat milk), dried parsley, garlic powder, turmeric, lactic acid, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Pretzel Crisps
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Salt, Malt Syrup (Tapioca Syrup, Malt Extract), Soda
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, avocado oil, malt vinegar powder (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, malt vinegar), white vinegar powder (maltodextrin, distilled white vinegar), sea salt, fructose, maltodextrin, citric acid, malt extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Sea Salt & Olive Oil Popcorn
Ingredients: Organic popcorn, organic extra virgin olive oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Captain's Wafers sandwich crackers
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, corn oil), sugar, deproteinized dairy whey, buttermilk, corn syrup, solids, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, corn syrup, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), sodium caseinate, nonfat dry milk, chives, parsley, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural and artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

SunChips Cheddar Flavored Whole Grain Snacks
Ingredients: WHOLE CORN, SUNFLO'WERAND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHOLE WHEAT, BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN AND POTATO), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BROWN SUGAR, SPICES (INCLUDING PARSLEY AND PAPRIKA), SOUR CREAM (CREAM, SKIM MILK, CULTURES), NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTER (CREAM AND ANNATTO), SKIM MILK, GUM ACACIA, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), AND GREEN ONION POWDER. CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue Chips Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Organic corn, expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic 3 Seed Sweet Beet Crackers
Ingredients: Organic stone ground white corn, organic sunflower and/or organic safflower oil, organic red beet, organic poppy seeds, organic brown flaxseeds, organic ground paprika, organic chia seeds, organic onion, sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sea Salt & Lime Multigrain Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: organic whole ground corn, organic sunflower and/or organic safflower oils, organic brown rice, organic cane sugar, organic chia seeds, sea salt, lime oil
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

MULTIGRAIN FLAX
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC 7-GRAIN & SEEDS (WHEAT, RYE, CORN, BARLEY, FLAX, MILLET & CATS), ORGANIC HONEY, ORGANIC FLAX SEEDS, YEAST, SALT, ORGANIC ONE OIL
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ritz bits cheese
Ingredients: unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), palm oil, canola oil, whey (from milk), sugar, sunflower oil, leavening (calcium phosphate and/or baking soda), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, disodium phosphate (stabilizer), soy lecithin, natural flavor, yeast, buttermilk, color (turmeric extract and annatto extract), lactic acid, vinegar, peanut,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Korean Barbecue Snack Bites
Ingredients: Pork, Sugar, Water, Korean Inspired Seasoning (Sugar, Roasted Sesame Seeds, Wheat Free Soy Sauce Powder [Soy Sauce {Fermented Soybeans and Salt}, Maltodextrin, Salt], Natural Flavors, Black Pepper, Salt), Contains 2% or Less of Brown Sugar, Gluten-Free Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt), Salt, Red Pepper, Sesame Oil.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
