Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 4)

Sourdough Crisps
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (NIACIN REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONOITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID) MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, GLUTEN, ASIAGO CHEESE (PASTURIZED MILK CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), GARLIC, SALT, YEAST, ASCORBIC ACID, CANOLA OIL, OLIVE OIL.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Snowflakes
Ingredients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (sunflower, corn and/or canola oil), white cheddar seasoning (whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], canola oil, natural and artificial flavors, maltodextrin [made from corn], artificial color, salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, acetic acid), and salt.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

SunChips minis Harvest Cheddar
Ingredients: WHOLE CORN, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHOLE WHEAT, BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK, POTASSIUM SALT, ROMANO CHEESE (COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), YEAST EXTRACT, LACTOSE, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID, AND PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES) CONTAINS MILK AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Iss zaatar with creamy yoghurt
Ingredients: Potato Starch, Potato Flour, Corn Flour, Salt, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Spinach Powder, Turmeric Powder, Beetroot Powder, Refined Vegetable Oil (Palm), Natural Flavour: Yoghurt (Creamy) with Zaatar [Sweet Whey Powder (Cow Milk), Salt, Cream Powder (Cow Milk), Oregano, Skim Milk Powder (Cow Milk), Thyme, Parsley, Spice (Cumin, Black Pepper), Flavour Enhancer (Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate)].
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Maui Onion Potato Chips
Ingredients: SELECTED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN, SUNFLOWER, COTTONSEED. CORN AND/OR PALM), SALT, SUGAR CORN MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, ONION POWDER, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, CANOLA OIL, CITRIC ACID, SILICON DIOX - IDE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL FLAVORING.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), FOLIC ACID), PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS, SUGAR, GRAHAM FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, MOLASSES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MALT EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN. CONTAINS: WHEAT AND SOY.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Salsa Verde flavored Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: WHITE CORN FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, CANOLA, AND/OR CORN OIL), SALSA VERDE SEASONING (SALT, CHILI PEPPERS, DEXTROSE, TOMATO POWDER, CITRIC ACID [ACIDULANT], MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, VINEGAR POWDER [MALTODEXTRIN, DISTILLED VINEGAR], TOMATILLO POWDER, GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DRIED PARSLEY, LIME JUICE SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVORS), CILANTRO FLAKES, SPINACH POWDER, TRACE OF LIME. MAY Y CONTAIN MILK, SOY, SESAME.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Thin Wheat Original crackers
Ingredients: WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUNFLOWER OIL, SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, INVERT SUGAR, SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SODIUM CARBONATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Millet & Flax Garlic Chips
Ingredients: Flaxseed meal, Rice Flour, Millet flour, Rice bran, Ground flax seed, Garlic, Olive oil, Sea salt, Non-aluminum baking powder (Sodium bicarbonate, Potato starch, Monocalcium phosphate). Cultured brown rice flour, Ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Orginal
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil and/or sunflower oil), salt. utz quality foods, llc hanover, pa 17331 www.utzsnacks.com o @utzsnacks 0% 0% 2% 8% f free
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle cooked original
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, CORN, AND/OR CANOLA OIL), AND SEA SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Original corn chips
Ingredients: ground corn, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, safflower, or canola oil), salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Golden Original
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, sunflower, or canola oil), salt. okalio 1312 0% 0% 2% 8%1
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

pepper corn brown rice crackers
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, BROWN SUGAR, LONG GRAIN WHITE RICE FLOUR, LONG GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, SESAME SEEDS, POTATO STARCH, QUINOA, AMARANTH, SEA SALT, ONION POWDER, DEHYDRATED ROASTED GARLIC, PINK PEPPERCORN, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, BLACK PEPPER, WHITE PEPPER, GREEN PEPPERCORN.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar & Sour Cream Ruffles
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (palmolein, corn, canola and sunflower oil), corn maltodextrin, salt, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), onion powder, monosodium glutamate (flavor enhancer), natural and artificial flavor, disodium phosphate (emulsifier), buttermilk, sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), lactose, butter, sodium caseinate, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, nonfat milk, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), lactic acid (acidity regulator), garlic powder, artificial colors (Caramel color class IV, Sunset yellow FCF, Tartrazine), whey protein isolate, milk protein concentrate.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue corn tortilla chips
Ingredients: organic ground blue corn, organic vegetable oil (organic sunflower, organic safflower, organic canola oil), sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rosemary Olive Oil Crackers
Ingredients: Organic Flour (hard barley), Organic Sourdough Starter (spring wheat, malted barley) malted barley, Rosemary, Olive Oil, Pink Himalayan Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Animal crackers
Ingredients: wheat flour, palm oil, powdered sugar, tapioca syrup, salt, vitamin blend (calcium citrate, maltodextrin, ascorbic acid, niacinamide, iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin and thiamine mononitrate), baking soda, soy lecithin, natural flavors, allergen information: contains wheat and soy, made in a nut and peanut free facility,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Fiery Hot Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, SALT, DEXTROSE, TORULA YEAST, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION POWDER, FD&C RED NO. 40 LAKE, CITRIC ACID, GARLIC POWDER, EXTRACTIVES OF CAPSICUM, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, FD&C YELLOW NO. 6 LAKE & NOT MORE THAN 2% CALCIUM SILICATE ADDED AS ANTICAKING AGENT).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Golden Potato Lightly Salted
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Corn, Cottonseed, Sunflower, Palm, Canola Oil, Salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Twisted pretzel sticks
Ingredients: Omcg 100 10mg img um 30mg 0% 0% 9999 6% 0% Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in of food contributes to a daily diet. 2.000 calories a day is or general nutrition advice. GREDIENTS: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Mat Syrup (Tapioca Syrup, Malt Extract), Cane Sugar, Whey, (Canola, Palm, Soybean, and/or Sunflower), Salt, Tapioca Monosodium Glutamate, Romano Cheese (Cow's Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Coconut Oil, Tomato Powder, Onion Powder, Buttermilk, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Lactic Acid, Yeast Edtract, Garlic Powder, Lactose, Dextrose, Citric Acid, Paprika Extract (For Color), Sweet Cream, Jalapeno, Spices, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Sodium Caseinate, Whole Milk Powder, Cultured Buttermilk, Torula Yeast, Soda. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ripples Barbeque potato chips
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil and/or sunflower oil), dextrose, salt, sugar, corn flour, torula yeast, onion and garlic powders, horseradish powder, tomato powder, natural coloring (includes: extractives of paprika, annatto and turmeric), spice extractives, natural smoke flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ridged
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED OIL, CORN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT. MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT PROCESSES MILK, SOY MADE WITH PRIDE AND CARE BY UFO
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oven Baked Sea Salt Pita Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Amylase, Folic Acid), Mid-oleic Sunflower Oil, High-oleic Sunflower Oil, Chickpea Flour, Yeast, Sea Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Oat Fiber, Natural Flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Laurant tortine chips Nutrition Facts About 8 out 10 chips 1285) ant per serving Calories 140 % Daily Value* Total Fat 6g 8% Saturated Fat 1g 5% Trans Fat 0g Polyunsaturated Fat 3g Monounsaturated Fat 15g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 100mg Total Carbohydrate 19g Dietary Fiber 1g 0% 4% 7% 4% Total Sugars 0g Includes 0g Added Sugars 0% Protein 2g Vitamin D Omcg 0% Calcium 30mg 2% tron 04mg 2% Hotassium 50mg 2% * The % Daly Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a dally diet 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition adice WHITE CORN VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, COTTONSEED, SUNFLOWER), SALT CONTAINS A BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT Distributed by DeMoulas Supermarkets, Inc Tewksbury, MA 01876 COMMELMEN! A QUALIT M are baker bring you of snack food by using quality ingr tents and Try the Marke
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doritos
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (sunflower, canola, and/or corn oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), and less than 2% of the following: 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, and sodium caseinate. contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 frit.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
