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Salty Snacks Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 37)

Calories
567
Protein
20g
Trader Joe's

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
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Lay's

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
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Calories
469
Protein
56g
Quest

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Simply Nature, Aldi

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
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Calories
565
Sugar
4g
Lay's

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
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Calories
541
Sugar
2g
Lay's

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
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Unknown

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
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Calories
487
Protein
10g
Unknown

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
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Calories
438
Sugar
0g
Nabisco,Mondelez Global LLC

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
6g
RITZ

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Garden Fresh Gourmet

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
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Calories
500
Protein
11g
Cheez-It

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)
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Calories
533
Protein
20g
Great Value

Roasted & salted pistachios

Ingredients: Dry roasted pistachios, salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
464
Sugar
4g
Mi Niña, Tortilleria La Nina

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
3g
Cheetzits

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)
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Calories
571
Protein
25g
Planters

Peanuts, Honey Roasted

Ingredients: Peanuts, sugar, honey, corn syrup, sea salt, peanut oil, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Kettle, Kettle Brand

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
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Calories
393
Sugar
7g
Snack Factory

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Boulder Canyon

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
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Calories
464
Sugar
0g
Glencourt Inc., O Organics

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
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Calories
393
Protein
11g
Synder's Of Hanover, Snyder's of Hanover

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
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Calories
487
Sugar
13g
Lance

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
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Calories
494
Sugar
9g
SunChips

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Garden of Eatin'

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
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
RW Garcia

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
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Calories
435
Sugar
9g
popchips

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
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Calories
130
Sugar
0g
Late July Snacks

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
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Calories
321
Protein
11g
FIREHOOK

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
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Calories
536
Sugar
14g
Ritz

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
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Calories
279
Protein
23g
Golden Island

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
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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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