Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 56)

Tostadas Raspadas
Ingredients: CORN MASA FLOUR, WATER, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, COTTONSEED, CORN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER), IODIZED SALT, HYDRATED LIME.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original potato chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola, Corn, Safflower, Soybean, Sunflower), Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Roasted Salsa Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Stoneground White Corn, Vegetable Oil (May contain one or more of the following: corn and/or soybean and/or cottonseed oil), Maltodextrin, Salt, Dextrose, Tomato Powder, Onion Powder, Dehydrated Jalapeno, Corn Starch, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid, Paprika, Torula Yeast, Parsley, Cayenne Pepper, Natural Flavors, Distilled Vinegar, Yellow 6 Lake, Soy Lecithin, (processing aid), Calcium Silicate, (processing aid), Red 40 Lake
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Carnitas Jalapeno Poppers
Ingredients: JALAPEÑO PEPPER, BACON (PORK CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE), SMOKED PORK (SMOKED PORK, CIDER VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, SPICES), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, STABILIZERS [GUAR GUM AND/OR CAROB BEAN GUM]), SEASONING (CHILI PEPPER, SALT, SUGAR, PINEAPPLE FRUIT POWDER [PINEAPPLE, MALTODEXTRIN], DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES [CUMIN, OREGANO], DEHYDRATED ONION, CILANTRO), MILK
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips
Ingredients: Potatoes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Sea Salt & Vinegar Seasoning (Vinegar Powder (Maltodextrin, Vinegar), Sea Salt, Sugar, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Salt, Tartaric Acid, Natural Flavors)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Avocado Oil Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, AVOCADO OIL, RICE FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, SEA SALT, BLACK PEPPER, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE EXTRACT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fresh Cantina Style Thin Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: Corn Oil and/or Cottonseed Oil), Water, Sea Salt, Lime.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Café Style Lime & Sea Salt Flavored Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Corn Flour, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil And/Or Soybean Oil), Maltodextrin, Lime Juice Powder (Maltodextrin, Lime Juice Concentrate), Dextrose, Sea Salt, Sugar, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Spice, Yeast Extract, Lactic Acid Powder.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Yogurt Pretzels
Ingredients: YOGURT COATING (CANE SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, YOGURT POWDER [CULTURED NONFAT MILK, WHEY POWDER, LACTIC ACID], SOY LECITHIN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, SALT, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR), PRETZEL (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lemonade
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Cottonseed Oil, Com Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil), Sugar, Salt, Erythritol, Citric Acid, Corn Syrup Solids, Malic Acid, Lemon Juice, Lemon Oil, Natural Flavors, Turmeric Extract (For Color)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Popped Crisps: Sweet Kettle
Ingredients: Pea Protein, Lentil Flour, Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Brown Sugar, Sugar, Salt, Natural Flavor, Stevia Extract. ales processes milk
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grain-Free Pretzels Dark Chocolate
Ingredients: DARK CHOCOLATE (Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Butter), GRAIN FREE PRETZEL (Cassava Flour, Potato Starch, Palm Fruit Oil*, Tapioca Starch, Faba Bean Protein, Tapioca Syrup, Salt, Milled Flax, Sunflower Lecithin)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Stone ground whole kernel blue corn, vegetable oil (may contain one or more of the following oils: corn, canola, sunflower or rice bran), water, sea salt, and trace of lime
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Patio Potato Chips
Ingredients: Russet Potatoes, Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Vinegar Powder, Sea Salt, Contains 2% or Less of Tomato Powder, Whey Powder (Milk), Maltodextrin, Dried Yeast, Onion Powder, Citric Acid (Acidulant), Spices, Natural Flavors, Paprika Oleoresin (Color), Horseradish Powder, Natural Smoke Flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, AVOCADO OIL, BUTTERMILK, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID (CALCIUM LACTATE)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potato Chips, Classic
Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn oil, canola oil, cottonseed oil), salt
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Beer Cheese Flavored Kettle Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED OIL, CORN OIL), SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY POWDER, SUGAR, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], BUTTERMILK POWDER, YEAST, ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOUR CREAM [CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES], CITRIC ACID, GARLIC POWDER, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA [COLOR], DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, CARAMEL COLOR), SEA SALT. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Sour Cream Herb & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), DEXTROSE, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, BUTTERMILK, ONION POWDER, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, YOGURT (CULTURED SKIM MILK), NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES (INCLUDING PARSLEY AND THYME), AND LACTIC ACID
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Wavy Original Party Size
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), AND SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Potato Chips Cinnamon Churro
Ingredients: SWEET POTATOES, AVOCADO OIL, CINNAMON CHURRO SEASONING (SUGAR, CANE SUGAR, MOLASSES POWDER [MOLASSES, MALTODEXTRIN], SALT, CINNAMON, NATURAL FLAVORS)
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Café Style
Ingredients: Corn Flour, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Canola Oil, Com Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil And/Or Soybean Oil), Sea Salt
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spicy Pickle
Ingredients: CANOLA OIL, COCONUT OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, VEGETABLE OIL, MALT SYRUP, YEAST BAKING SODA, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL FLAVORS & SPICES
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzels Sticks
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN OIL, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, YEAST
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Nantucket Crisps Steps Beach Salt & Vinegar
Ingredients: Potatoes, sunflower and/or safflower oil, salt and vinegar seasoning (maltodextrin, sea salt, citric acid, white vinegar powder).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Protein Pretzels
Ingredients: Hydrolyzed wheat protein, Dextrin fiber (maize), Carob seed protein, Soy protein isolate, Coconut oil, Everything seasoning (Sesame, Black caraway seeds, Salt, Dehydrated garlic, Dehydrated onion, Essential oils of garlic & onion), Garlic powder, Salt, Barley malt extract, Paprika, Soy lecithin, Wheat gluten, Cornstarch, Monk's fruit concentrate, Leavening (Sodium bicarbonate, Sodium pyrophosphate), Rosemary extract, Sodium hydroxide
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Taco Stars
Ingredients: Cauliflower, cooked brown rice (water, brown rice), corn, batter mix (rice flour, corn starch, yellow corn flour, tapioca starch, sugar, salt, garlic powder, spice, leavening [cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate], xanthan gum), red bell peppers, expeller pressed canola oil and/or sunflower oil, water, sweet potato, cooked black beans (black beans, water), cooked navy beans (navy beans, water), whole grain oats, onions, potato flakes, oat fiber, cilantro, tomato paste, arrowroot powder, sea salt, chili powder (chili pepper, salt, garlic, cumin, spices), garlic, ground cumin seeds, smoked paprika, onion powder, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Boulder Batch Avocado Oil Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, AVOCADO OIL, CANE SUGAR, SALT, HONEY POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, HONEY), SPICES, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (FOR COLOR), TURMERIC EXTRACT (FOR COLOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
