Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 51)

SPICY QUESO FLAVORED POPCORNERS
Ingredients: Yellow corn, sunflower oil, whey, salt, tomato powder, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), natural flavors, spices, onion powder, buttermilk, garlic powder, citric acid, paprika, annatto extract for color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Simply Naked Pita Chips
Ingredients: enriched wheat flour, sunflower oil, canola oil, sea salt, organic cane sugar, wheat gluten, oat fiber, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Trader Joe's Pita chips sprinkled with sea salt
Ingredients: Pita Bread (Wheat Flour, Vital Wheat Gluten, Cane Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Malted Barley Flour), High-Oleic Sunflower Oil (Sunflower Oil, Mixed Tocopherols [To Preserve], Rosemary Extract [To Preserve]), Sea Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cool Ranch Flavored
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, tomato powder, corn starch, lactose, whey, skim milk, corn syrup solids, onion powder, sugar, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, malic acid, buttermilk, natural and artificial flavors, sodium acetate, artificial color (red 40, blue 1, yellow 5), sodium caseinate, spice, citric acid, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate. contains milk ingredients.b
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Nut-thins sea salt
Ingredients: rice flour, almonds, potato starch, safflower oil, sea salt, natural flavors (contains milk).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Snacks
Ingredients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), salt, and less than 2% of the following: corn starch, sugar, corn flour, buttermilk, maltodextrin (made from corn), onion powder, monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed corn protein, dextrose, garlic powder, natural flavors, and gum arabic, contains milk ingredients,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Jalapeño Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Canola, Sunflower and/or Safflower), Salt, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Torula Yeast, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Jalapeño Pepper Powder, Natural Flavors, Parsley
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

French Onion
Ingredients: WHOLE CORN, SUNFLOWER AND/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 MILK AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cracked pepper wheat
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, HIGH OLEIC CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID FOR FRESHNESS, MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, BLACK PEPPER, SALT, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Crispy Wheat Crackers
Ingredients: unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), safflower oil, demerara sugar, defatted wheat germ, cornstarch, brown rice syrup, sea salt, malted barley extract, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural turmeric flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel Crisps Garlic Parmesan Deli Style
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), seasoning (whey, salt, parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), reduced lactose whey, maltodextrin, garlic powder, onion powder, torula yeast, modified food starch, dried parsley and natural flavor), soybean oil, sugar, salt, malt syrup (tapioca syrup, malt extract), soda.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Barbecue Flavored
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, canola oil), barbecue seasoning (sugar, dextrose, salt, maltodextrin [made from corn], molasses, torula yeast, onion powder, spices, tomato powder, paprika, natural flavors, corn starch, caramel color, yeast extract, paprika extract, garlic powder, mustard seed oil),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cracked Pepper And Olive Oil
Ingredients: whole grain wheat, canola oil, salt, rice starch, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, extra virgin olive oil, citric acid, natural flavor (contains celery),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet & Salty Umami Crunchies Rice Crackers
Ingredients: Rice, Rice Oil, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Sugar, Modified Tapioca Starch. Contains Soy.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Baked snack cheese 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, yeast extract, paprika, yeast, paprika extract color, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Organic sea salt Dippers
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHOLE GROUND WHITE CORN, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR ORGANIC SAFFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pita Crackers Garlic & Chive
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Amylase, Folic Acid), Mid-Oleic Sunflower Oil, Seasoning (Maltodextrin, Garlic Powder, Salt, Torula Yeast, Sugar, Dehydrated Parsley And Chive, Natural Flavor, Onion Powder, Spices, Extractive Of Turmeric), Yeast, Wheat Starch, Ascorbic Acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baked
Ingredients: dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, sea salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, and annatto extracts. contains soy
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Milton's craft bakers organic multi grain crackers
Ingredients: Organic enriched wheat flour (organic wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid), organic sunflower oil, organic grains (organic corn, organic oats, organic wheat bran), organic whole wheat flour, organic cane sugar, organic seeds (organ
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic plantain chips himalayan pink salt ounce salty
Ingredients: PLANTAINS, COCONUT O, HIMALAYAN PINK SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doritos Nacho cheese
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (sunflower, canola, and/or corn oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), and less than 2% of the following: salt, cheddar chieese (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 chlokide, and sodium caseinate, coxtains milk ingredients, frito-lay, inc, plano, tx 75024-4099 o2013 north america, inc, r frito lay frito-lay o 2013 28400 32505 nf-dori-te lap 6, 30051786
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Worlds puffiest sour cream and onion corn puffs
Ingredients: Cornmeal, sunflower oil, seasoning (sour cream [cream, nonfat milk, cultures], rice flour, salt, nonfat milk, onion powder, sugar, citric acid, parsley flakes, yeast extract, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavors, lactic acid, safflower oil, malic acid, garlic powder), contains milk,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

barbecue flavored baked chips
Ingredients: Dried Potatoes, Corn Starch, Corn Oil, Sugar, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Onion Powder, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Brown Sugar, Molasses, Spices, Fructose, Tomato Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Natural Flavors (Contains Milk), Sunflower Oil, Paprika, Acacia Gum, Paprika Extracts, Annatto Extracts, Caramel Color. CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chile Limon Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Fortified corn flour, palm vegetable oil, lemon chili seasoning (salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, corn starch, monosodium glutamate, lemon powder, sugar, onion, spice mix, tricalcium phosphate, flavor mix, sodium diacetate, red lake no. 40, yellow lake no. 6, disodium inosinate).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Naan Bites
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, ASCORBIC ACID, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ENZYME, FOLIC ACID), WATER, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SOY OIL, SUGAR, SALT, CULTURED WHEAT, BUTTERMILK POWDER, YEAST, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM BICARBONATE, FUMARIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Egge & Ham Biscuit Bites
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, water, cooked ham (pork, water, salt, dextrose, potassium lactate, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite), palm oil, Swiss cheese (milk, part-skim milk, salt, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, calcium chloride), whole milk, canola oil, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, disodium pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), sugar, seasonings (natural ham flavor, salt, yeast extract, maltodextrin, natural flavors), salt, applewood smoked bacon ends (pork, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), dextrose, corn starch, yeast, modified corn starch, yeast extract, onion powder, modified cellulose, garlic powder, cellulose, microbial enzyme, color (annatto). CONTAINS: WHEAT, EGG, MILK.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
