Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 49)

Organic Blue Corn Chips
Ingredients: organic blue corn, organic palm olein oil, water, lime, sea salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salted Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: White corn, organic palm olein oil, water, lime, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Goldfish Cheddar Baked Snack Crackers
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE ([CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ANNATTO), VEGETABLE OILS (CANOLA, SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOYBEAN), SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, SPICES, CELERY, ONION POWDER, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Ruffles
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

Veggie Straws Sea Salt
Ingredients: potato starch, potato flour, canola oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, corn starch, cane sugar, salt, potassium chloride, spinach powder, sea salt, tomato paste, turmeric extract (color), beetroot powder (color)
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tortilla Rounds
Ingredients: Corn Masa Flour, Water, Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed, Corn and/or Sunflower), Sea Salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHEDDAR FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS RICE CRISPS
Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, dry whey, salt, maltodextrin, cheddar and blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto extract [color]), partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, butter (cream, salt), monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, tricalcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, calcium lactate, citric acid, gum arabic, natural flavor, annatto extract (color), enzyme modified cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), tocopherols (preservative),
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Cooked Original
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), and sea salt,m
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Vegetable Chips
Ingredients: A seasonal mix of root vegetables (taro, sweet potato, batata, yuca, parsnip), expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, sea salt, beet juice concentrate (for color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Whole Grain Tomato Jalapeno Flavored Snacks
Ingredients: Whole Corn, Sunflower and/or Canola Oil, Whole Wheat, Brown Rice Flour, Whole Oat Flour, Sugar, Tomato Powder, Salt, Natural Flavors, Maltodextrin (Made from Corn), Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Dextrose, Buttermilk, Onion Powder, Whey, Yeast Extract, Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey Protein Concentrate, Corn Oil, Spices (Including Jalapeño Pepper), Citric Acid, Paprika extracts, and Lactic Acid. CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cheddar Whole Grain Goldfish
Ingredients: whole wheat flour, enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, cheddar cheese, cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto, vegetable oils, canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, salt, yeast, autolyzed yeast extract, paprika, spices, celery, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, onion powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED RON. THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, &/OR SOYBEAN OIL), SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTERMILK ORN SYRUP, DEHYDRAT ED LIGOSODIUM GLUTAMATE SPICES HYDRATED ONION, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE CITRIC ACID. XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, GUAR GUM, YEAST.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crunchy White Cheddar
Ingredients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, iboflavin, folic acid), sunflower oil, cheddar cieese (milk, cheese cultures. salt, enzymes sea salt. maltodextrin (made troii im niacin, thiamin mononitrate, contains milk ingredients.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

POP CORNERS Spicy Queso Flavored
Ingredients: Dietary Fiber 0g 7% 2% Total Sugars 1g Protein 2g Vit D 0mcg 0% Calcium 20mg 0% Iron 03mg 0% • Potas, 70mg 0% Not a significant source of added sugars • The % Daily Value (On tells you how much a nutrient calories a VELLOW COPA) SINSLONER ORL WHEY AND LESS THAN 22 OF CHEDDAR CHEESE MIX CHEESE QUATURES SALT ENZYMES, SALT ONION PONDER BUTTERMILK MALTODEXTRIN MADE FROM, CORIN TOMATO POWDER, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, SPICES NATURAL FLAVORS, YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, GARLIC PADER, CITRIC ACIO, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, SAFFLONER BE CANOLA OIL, ANNATTO EXTRACTS, AND LACTIC ADM CONTAINS MILK Made For: BFY Brands, LLC 79 Industrial Place Middletown, NY, 833-847-0025 02021 BFY BRANDS All rights reserved Contains bioengineered food 8 SL-POPC-A 10607 02168 LAP 7
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rosemary & Olive Oil end cap
Ingredients: whole grain wheat, canola oil, rice starch, salt, spices (includes rosemary and celery), onion powder, dried pea protein, extra virgin olive oil, natural flavor, sugar, leek powder. contains: wheat. mondelez global llc, east hanover, nj 07936 usa
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Blue Corn Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHOLE GROUND BLUE CORN, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER AND/OR ORGANIC SAFFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lightly Salted Deluxe Mixed Nuts
Ingredients: Cashews, almonds, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts (filberts), peanut oil, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Tiny Twists Original Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Corn Oil, Corn Syrup, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Malt Extract. and Yeast. CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Organic Sea Salt & Lime Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHOLE GROUND CORN, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER AND/OR ORGANIC SAFFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT, LIME OIL
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Potato Chips In Avocado Oil Sea Salt
Ingredients: SWEET POTATOES, AVOCADO OIL, SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sourdough Nibbler Pretzels
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, salt, yeast, natural flavor, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness, soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sesame Cracker
Ingredients: Organically Grown whole _wheat_ flour stone ground, clover honey, sesame oil, _dairy_ butter, _sesame_ seeds, yeast and salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Party Size Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN, SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, BUTTERMILK, SOUR CREAM (CREAM, SKIM MILK), LACTOSE, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SODIUM CASEINATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), LACTIC ACID, GARLIC POWDER, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey Mustard Seasoned Pretzel Twists
Ingredients: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (canola, corn, soybean), granulated sugar, brown sugar, honey, salt, yeast, sugar, salad mustard powder (salad mustard [distilled vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric], maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavor), mustard, garlic powder, spices, onion powder, dijon mustard powder (dijon mustard (white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid)), vinegar, malic acid, expeller pressed sunflower oil, gum arabic, paprika extract, mustard oil,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Original
Ingredients: Aged parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt & non-animal rennet).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Doritos Tortilla Chips Flavored, Nacho Cheese
Ingredients: Doritos ingrédients mais, huile végétal (tournesol, canala, et/ou mais), maltodextrine, sel, fromage chedda: (lait, cultures de fromage, sel, enzymes), protéine de lait, glutamate monosodique, babeurre, fromage romano (lait écrémé, cultures de fromage, sel, enzymes), concentré de protéine de lait, poudre d'oignon, farine de mais, saveur natureile et artificielle, dextrose, poudre de tomate, lactose, épices, colorant artificiel (jaune 6 et 5, rouge 40), acide actique, acide citrique, sucre, ail en poudre, lait écrémé, poudre de poivron rouge et vert, inosinate disodique, guanylate disodique, Contient ds ined de lait,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

White Cheddar 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), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, whey protein concentrate, butter (cream, salt), baking soda, yeast, natural and artificial flavor, lactic acid, calcium lactate, disodium phosphate, citric acid, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
