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Salty Snacks Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 50)

Calories
1790
Protein
26g
KETTLE

KRINKLE CUT Potato Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Canola and/or Sunflower and/or Safflower and/or Soybean), Rice Flour, Salt, Black And White Pepper, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Garlic Powder, Jalapeño Pepper Powder, Onion Powder, Spice Extract

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Trader Joe's

Potato Chips

Ingredients: POTATOES, OLIVE OIL, SEA SALT.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Protein
15g
Trader Joe's

Trail Mix Crackers

Ingredients: CHEESE CRACKER BLEND (WHEAT FLOUR, RICE BRAN OIL, SUGAR, CHEESE POWDER [CHEESE (MILK, SALT, STARTER CULTURE, MICROBIAL ENZYME, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR), BETA CAROTENE (COLOR)}, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY POWDER], MILK POWDER, BAKING SODA, SALT, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], SOY LECITHIN), FRIED MUNG BEANS (MUNG BEANS, PALM OIL, SALT), CASHEWS, SUGAR SYRUP (WATER, GLUCOSE SYRUP [TAPIOCA STARCH], SUGAR), RAISINS (RAISINS, SUNFLOWER OIL), WHITE SESAME SEEDS, PUMPKIN SEEDS, BLACK SESAME SEEDS. CONTAINS MILK, SOY, SESAME, WHEAT, CASHEW MAY CONTAIN EGG, PEANUT, ALMOND.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Cheez-It

Cheez-It White Cheddar 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). Contains 2% or less of 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)
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Calories
393
Protein
11g
Rold gold

Pretzel sticks

Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Corn Syrup, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Malt Extract.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Frito Lay

Chili Cheese Flavored Corn Chips

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The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
464
Sugar
4g
Siete

Grain Free Tortilla Chips Dairy Free Nacho

Ingredients: cassava flour, cassava starch, avocado oil, coconut flour, nutritional yeast, tomato powder, chia seed, sea salt, citric acid, garlic powder, jalapeño powder, onion powder, serrano powder

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Lay's

Dill Pickle Flavored

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Corn, and/or Canola Oil), Dill Pickle Seasoning (Maltodextrin), Natural Flavors, Salt, Vinegar, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Spice Extracts [Dill).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
429
Sugar
21g
Kirkland Signature

Animal Crackers

Ingredients: organic wheat flour, organic cane sugar, organic palm oil, organic cane invert syrup, organic degermed corn flour, organic sunflower oil, baking soda, organic vanilla extract, salt, soy lecithin, cream of tartar, natural flavor, organic spice,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
500
Sugar
13g
Trader Joe's

Organic Mini Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers

Ingredients: ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC SOYBEAN AND/OR ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER (ORGANIC DRY ROASTED PEANUTS, ORGAN - IC PALM OIL, SALT), ORGANIC PALM OIL, ORGANIC POWDERED SUGAR (ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, SEA SALT, ORGANIC MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, SODIUM BICARBON - ATE, MICROBIAL ENZYME, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC NONFAT DRY MILK. CONTAINS MILK, WHEAT, PEANUT. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SOY, COCONUT.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
500
Protein
17g
Mary's Gone Crackers

Super Seed Classic

Ingredients: Whole grain brown rice*, whole grain quinoa*, pumpkin seeds*, sunflower seeds*, brown sesame seeds*, brown flax seeds*, poppy seeds*, sea salt, seaweed*, black pepper*, herbs*.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Protein
18g
Aldi, Southern Grove

Cashews

Ingredients: CASHEWS, PEANUT OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SUNFLOWER SEED OIL, CANOLA OIL, SEA SALT.

The Good

  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
433
Sugar
2g
Good Thins

garden veggie rice snacks

Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, pumpkin, tapioca starch, high oleic safflower oil, dried black beans, white rice flour, dried corn, salt, tomato powder, onion powder, garlic powder, sugar, dried red bell pepper, dried green bell pepper, spice, natural flavor,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
467
Sugar
3g
Savoritz

PITA CRACKERS SEA SALT

Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AMYLASE, FOLIC ACID), MID-OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR HIGH-OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, YEAST, SEA SALT, WHEAT STARCH, DOUGH CONDITIONER (ASCORBIC ACID)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Tostitos

SCOOPS! MULTIGRAIN TORTILLA CHIPS

Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), whole brown rice flour, whole buckwheat flour, sugar, toasted corn germ, salt, and oregano extract (antioxidant),

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
469
Protein
56g
Quest

Nacho Cheese Tortilla Style Protein Chips

Ingredients: PROTEIN BLEND (MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE), VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), CALCIUM CASEINATE, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, PSYLLIUM HUSK. 2% SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), ROMANO CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK POWDER, BUTTER (CREAM, ANNATTO), TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE, NONFAT DRY MILK, WHEY POWDER, CHIA SEED, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), TURMERIC OLEORESIN (COLOR), LECITHIN (SUNFLOWER, CANOLA, SOY LECITHIN), CALCIUM CARBONATE, YEAST EXTRACT, STEVIA (SWEETENER).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
467
Sugar
10g
Trader Joe's

Everything but the Bagel Seasoned Bite Sized Crackers

Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high oleic sunflower oil, whole wheat flour, evaporated cane sugar, toasted soy grits, red wheat bran, organic invert syrup, rolled oats, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate), dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, salt, oat fiber, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, wheat gluten, enzymes.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
419
Sugar
26g
Benton's

Graham Crackers

Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), graham flour (whole wheat flour), sugar, high oleic canola and/or soybean oil with tbhq and citric acid for freshness, honey, contains 2% or less of: leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate), salt, natural flavor, soy lecithin, sodium sulfite, contains: wheat , soy ,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Cape Cod, Cape Cod Potato Chips Inc.

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
433
Sugar
0g
Blue Diamond Almonds

Almond Nut-Thins Cheddar Cheese Rice Cracker Snacks with Almonds

Ingredients: rice flour, almonds, cheddar seasoning (cheddar cheese powder [cheddar cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, disodium phosphate], salt, maltodextrin, natural cheese flavor [cheddar cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, yeast extract, xanthan gum], cultured whey, onion, extractive of turmeric, garlic, extractive of annatto, lactic acid), potato starch, expeller pressed safflower oil, soy lecithin,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
533
Protein
20g
Dr. In The Kitchen Llc, Doctor In The Kitchen

Flackers Organic Flax Seed Crackers - Sea Salt

Ingredients: Organic flax seeds, organic apple cider vinegar, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Protein
11g
Siete

Fuego Potato Chips

Ingredients: potatoes, avocado oil, red chile powder, nutritional yeast, tapioca solids, beet powder, sea salt, tomato powder, jalapeño powder, citric acid, lactic acid, garlic powder, onion powder, habanero powder

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
7g
Ruffles

Sour Cream & Onion Flavored

Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (canola, corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), whey, natural flavors, onion powder. salt, buttermilk, sour cream (cream, skim milk, cultures), skim milk, maltodextrin (made from potato), monosodium glutamate, parsley. yeast extract, and gum acacia. contains milk ingredients.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
6g
Ritz

Party Size Ritz Crackers

Ingredients: unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), canola oil, palm oil, sugar, salt, leavening (calcium phosphate and/or baking soda), high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, natural flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
393
Sugar
4g
One Degree Organic Foods

One cereal rice crisp brown

Ingredients: Organic sprouted whole grain brown rice, organic coconut sugar, unrefined salt, tocopherols (vitamin e).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
325
Sugar
0g
CONAGRA BRANDS

WHOLE GRAIN POPPING CORN

Ingredients: whole grain popping corn

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
464
Sugar
7g
RUFFLES

cheddar & sour cream flavored baked potato chips

Ingredients: Dried Potatoes, Corn Starch, Corn Oil, Sugar, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Soy Lecithin, Dextrose, Whey, Whey Protein Concentrate, Onion Powder, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Monosodium Glutamate, Blue Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Citric Acid, Artificial Color (Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 5, Yellow 6), Skim Milk, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Garlic Powder, Lactic Acid, Disodium Inosinate, and Disodium Guanylate. CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
0g
Good Thins

Corn & Rice Snacks sea salt

Ingredients: whole grain yellow corn meal, white rice flour, high oleic safflower oil, sea salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
7g
Lay's

SCO Party Size

Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), sour cream , onion seasoning (skim milk, salt, maltodextrin [made from corn], onion powder, whey, sour cream [cultured cream, skim milk], canola oil, parsley, natural flavor, lactose, sunflower oil, citric acid, whey protein concentrate, and buttermilk), ontains milk ingredients,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Kettle Brand

Potato Chips Sea Salt

Ingredients: Potatoes, safflower and/or sunflower and/or canola oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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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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