Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 42)

Unsalted Saltine Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE (LEAVENING), VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR. CONTAINS WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, EGGS, ALMONDS, COCONUT, PECANS, PEANUTS AND SOY.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Fine Ground Sea Salt Almond Flour Crackers
Ingredients: Nut and seed flour blend (almonds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds), tapioca starch, cassava flour, organic sunflower oil, sea salt, organic onion, organic garlic, rosemary extract (for freshness)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Potato No Salt Added Vegetable Chips
Ingredients: Sweet potatoes, expeller pressed canola oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Kettle Chips Original
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED, CORN), SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Chips Jalapeno
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED, CORN), SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, ONION POWDER, TORULA YEAST, SPICES, DEXTROSE, WHEY POWDER, FLAVOR (INCLUDES SALT), SODIUM DIACETATE, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, GARLIC POWDER, JALAPENO PEPPER POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA [COLOR]), SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Gluten Free Pretzel Rods
Ingredients: Corn Starch, Potato Starch, Brown Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Palm Oil, Dextrose, Cellulose gum, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Oat Fiber, Sunflower Lecithin, Yeast, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Salt.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Waves Potato Chips Sea Salt
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, safflower oil, and/or sunflower oil), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheddar sour cream
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or canola oil), whey, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultuf es, salt, enzymes), salt, maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, onion powder, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), monosodium glutamate, buttermilk solids, yeast extract, skim milk solids, blue cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture salt, enzymes), garlic powder, disodium phosphate, soybean oil, turmeric sxtract (color), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, yellow 5, yellow 6, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, contains milk,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crispy Cracker Chips Sharp white cheddar taste
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), rice flour, vegetable oil (soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, palm oil), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), contains two percent or less of sugar, salt, soy lecithin, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, buttermilk, yeast extract, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, butter (cream, salt).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Ghost pepper potato chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, SUNFLOWER OIL, GHOST PEPPER SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES [BLACK PEPPER, CUMIN, GHOST CHILI PEPPER, GREEN CHILI PEPPER, JALAPENO, PARSLEY], DEXTROSE, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, TORULA YEAST, CITRIC ACID [FOR FLAVOR], VINEGAR, NATURAL CHILI PEPPER FLAVOR, NATURAL CAPSICUM FLAVOR [SOY, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR [NATURAL SMOKE FLAVORINGS DERIVED FROM MIXED HARDWOODS, MALTODEXTRIN, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTRIN]), SEA SALT. CONTAINS SOY.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), AND SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cauliflower crackers sea salt
Ingredients: cauliflower flour, whole grain rice flour, cassava flour, potato starch, rice flour, potato flakes, cassava starch, rspo palm oil, salt, sugar, baking powder, sunflower lecithin, paprika, onion powder, lentil flour, vegetable blend powder (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms), garlic powder, rosemary extract,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: organic stone ground blue corn, organic expeller pressed oils (sunflower seed, safflower seed and/or canola), sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Elote Corn Chip Dippers
Ingredients: Organic Yellow Corn, Organic Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Safflower Oil, Organic Canola Oil), Organic Corn Maltodextrin, Organic Sugar, Salt, Organic Chipotle Pepper, Organic Nonfat Dry Milk, Organic Cultured Lowfat Buttermilk (Organic Skim Milk, Lactic Acid, Cultures), Organic Spices, Organic Corn Powder, Organic Natural Flavoring, Citric Acid, Organic Habanero Pepper Powder, Natural Smoke Flavor, Organic Turmeric Extract (color). Contains Milk
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHILI CHEESE FLAVORED CORN CHIPS
Ingredients: Corn, corn oil, whey, salt, spices, maltodextrin (made from corn), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, enzymes), canola oil, potassium chloride, tomato powder, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, natural flavors, Romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, buttermilk, sodium caseinate, annatto extracts, cream, salt, citric acid, sunflower oil, garlic powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, and caramel color.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Soup & Chowder Oyster Crackers
Ingredients: Unbleached _Wheat_ Flour, Water, Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Baking Soda
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pita Crackers Mediterranean Herb
Ingredients: Wheat flour, soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, rice flour, oat fiber, sugar, contains two percent or less of sea salt, whey, salt, tomato powder, yeast, dextrose, garlic powder, onion powder, spice, natural flavor, citric acid, corn syrup solids, annatto extract for color, turmeric extract for color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Multigrain Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: stone ground corn, high oleic sunflower oil and/or safflower oil and/or canola oil, brown rice flour, flax seed, sesame seed, sunflower seeds, quinoa, sea salt,
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cashews Roasted & Salted
Ingredients: Cashews, vegetable oil (safflower, sunflower, and/or canola oil), salt, rosemary extract (to preserve freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

FRIES
Ingredients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), salt, maltodextrin (made from corn), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), potassium salt, tomato powder, whey, buttermilk, artificial color (red 40 lake, yellow 6, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5), romano cheese (cow's milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, corn syrup solids, yeast extract, onion powder, buttermilk, natural flavor, lactic acid, citric acid, sugar, skim milk, garlic powder, sodium caseinate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Pretzel Sticks
Ingredients: corn starch, potato starch, tapioca starch, palm oil, dextrose, cellulose gum, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), salt, citric acid, yeast, soy lecithin, soda.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Everything Pretzel Crisps
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANE SUGAR, SALT, TAPIOCA MALT SYRUP (TAPIOCA SYRUP, MALT EXTRACT), POPPY SEEDS, GARLIC, ONIONS, SPICE, CANOLA OIL, SODA.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet & Tangy BBQ flavored Doritos
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), sugar, sodium diacetate, tomato powder, salt, dextrose, onion powder, spices, monosodium glutamate, molasses, yeast extract, paprika, sodium acetate, maltodextrin (made from corn), corn syrup solids, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 2. lake), garlic powder, malic acid, natural flavors (including milk), disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate contains milk ingredients.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Boxes annies organic white cheddar bunnies
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic expeller-pressed sunflower oil, organic cheddar cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, non-animal enzymes), dried organic cheddar cheese (organic cultured milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), salt, organic whey, organic nonfat dry milk, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), organic yeast, cultured organic milk, organic paprika, organic onion powder, organic celery seed powder, enzymes.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Savoritz Original Saltine Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cheetos crunchy xxtra flamin hot
Ingredients: ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), FLAMIN' HOT SEASONING
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Multigrain Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Stone ground corn, high oleic sunflower oil and/or safflower oil and/or canola oil, brown rice flour, flax seed, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, quinoa, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fire Roasted Tomato And Olive Oil
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, CANOLA OIL, RICE STARCH, SALT, GROUND DRIED TOMATOES, ONION POWDER, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grain Free Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: CASSAVA FLOUR, AVOCADO OIL, COCONUT FLOUR, CHIA SEED, TAPIOCA STARCH, SEA SALT. CONTAINS: TREE NUTS (COCONUT). MANUFACTURED ON EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESSES TREENUTS, DAIRY, SOY AND SESAME SEEDS. PHOENIX, AZ 85054. WWW.SPROUTS.COM
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts
