Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 6)

Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Bites
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Peanut Butter (Dry Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, And Salt), Salt, Malt, Canola Oil.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Honey Butter Chips
Ingredients: POTATO, PALM OIL(PALM OIL, D-TOCOPHEROLS), HONEY BUTTER TASTE SEASONING(CRYSTALLINE FRUCTOSÉ, SUGAR, SALT, SKÍM MILK POWDER, BUTTER MIXTURE POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT POWDER, HYDROLYZED SOYBEAN PROTEIN, WHEY POWDER, SILICON DIOXIDE, SOY SAUCE POWDER, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MASKING AGENT(WHEY POWDER, BUTTER, VITAMIN E), LACTIC ACID, PARSLEY FLAKE, ACACIA HÒNEY POWDER, DISODIUM 5' RIBONÚCLEOTIDE, BUTTER, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, SUCRALOSE, GLUCOSE)
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Veggie Crisps sea salt & black pepper
Ingredients: Rice flour, sunflower oil, dried green peas, dried yellow peas, dried black beans, maltodextrin (made from corn), sea salt, spices (including black pepper), onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors, and mixed tocopherols (antioxidant)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sour Cream & Onion
Ingredients: potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or canola oil), maltodextrin, salt, onion powder, whey, natural flavors, parsley, sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), lactose, citric acid, whey protein concentrate, cultured buttermilk (buttermilk, whey, lactic acid), lactic acid.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

In-Store Made Fresh Tortilla Chips
Ingredients: Tortilla Chips (Stone Ground Corn, Water. Contains 2% or less of: Sodium Propionate, Trace of Calcium Hydroxide), Vegetable Oil Blend (Soybean Oil, Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), lodized Salt (Salt, Calcium Silicate, Dextrose, Potassium lodide, Yellow Prussiate of Soda).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Superfood Seed Crackers Sesame
Ingredients: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseed, _sesame_ seeds, psyllium, poppy seeds, black pepper, pink Himalayan salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Veggie Barbeque Chips
Ingredients: Cassava (Yuca Chips), Tapioca Flour, RSPO Palm Oil, Cane Sugar, Leek, Sea Salt, Maltodextrin, Garlic, Onion, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Barbeque Flavor (Natural Hardwood Smoke Flavor), Paprika.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pita Chips
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 (Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid [To Preserve Freshness]), Seasoning (Corn Maltodextrin, Garlic Powder, Salt, Torula Yeast, Sugar, Dehydrated Parsley, Natural Flavor, Onion Powder, Spices, Extractive Of Turmeric), Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Sea Salt, Sugar.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Potato Bites
Ingredients: SWEET POTATOES, CANOLA OIL, POTATO FLAKES, EGG WHITES*, LIGHT BROWN SUGAR (SUGAR, MOLASSES), ARROWROOT POWDER, SEA SALT
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crunchy Tortilla Chips Glacin Ranch
Ingredients: ground yellow corn, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, safflower, or canola oil), salt, maltodextrin, buttermilk solids, monosodium glutamate, corn starch, dextrose, tomato powder, garlic powder, nonfat dry milk, corn syrup solids, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), sodium diacetate, sugar, spice, malic acid, natural & artificial flavor & disodium guanylate, papřika extract 40, blue 1, yellőw 5.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Big Foot
Ingredients: datos de n ut i serving size/ tamaño por ración: 25g servings per container/ raciones por envase: 1 malioouat gutamate, gar ,5, spices, red lake disodium inos sunflc amount per serving/cantidad por ración allergen c facilit calories/ calorías 130 calories from fat/ calorías de grasa 70 allergen in daily value/valor diario %* made b 54 el so total fat/ calorias atasa 7g 11% republic saturated fat/ grasa saturada 3.5g 18% produ tr trans fat/ grasa trans 0g 0% distrie cholesterol/ colesterol 0mg the jamai 10% sodium/ sodio 250mg 206 s 5% total carb./carbohidratos totales 15g kings 0% dietary fiber/ fibra dietética 0g sugars/ azúcares 1g protein/ proteína 1g call 1 (868) or 800-snax in ti vitamin/ vitamina a 2% vitamin/vitamina c 0% 0% iron/ hierro commer 0% * percent daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs - * los porcentajes de valores diarios están basados en una dieta 2,000 2,500 calcium/ calcio ingredientes: h (oleína de pal (sal, sabores na maltodextrina, c monosódico, aj lago no. 5, especia cítrico, fd&c rojc lago no. 6, inosinat disodio, aceite de declaración de menores dependiendo de sus necesidades calóricas: 65g calories/calorías 80g 25g total fat/ grasa totales less than/menos de sat. fat/ grasa sat. cholesterol/ colesterol less than/ menos de 300mg 300m sodium/ sodio total carb./carbo. totales dietary fiber/ fibra dietética 20g less than/ menos de 300g 25g 375g 30g instalaciones información de a protein/proteina carbs/ carbohidratos 4 fat/ grasa 9 несно роr 54 el socc republica producto trin distribui the jamaica 2176 206 spa ki
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ridges Sour Cream & Onion
Ingredients: total carbohydrate 11g phosphate, disodium inosinate and 1 serving per container p 1g
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hand cooked chips
Ingredients: Organic POTATOES, Organic sUNFLOWER OIL, Organic DEXTROSE organic BLACK PEPPER, organic CORN FLOUR, SALT
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Pringles Scorchin' Hot Cheddar imp
Ingredients: dried potato, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, high oleic soybean, and/or sunflower oil), determinated yellow corn flour, cornstarch, rice flower, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides. contains 2% or less of whey, salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, dextrose, citric acid, onion powder, nonfat milk, cheever cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), natural and artificial flavor, buttermilk, blue cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), lactic acid, butter (cream, salt), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, Turmeric extract color, paprika extract color, red 40 lake, wheat starch, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Brads raw chip kale
Ingredients: *carrot, *kale, *flax seed, ,quot,buckwheat groats, *orange juice, *onion, *apple, *lemon juice, *extra virgin olive oil, ,quot,garlic, himalayan sea salt, *sesame seed, *represents organic ingredient, do not eat it! air processes tree nuts, 1-215-766-373a
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts

Ranch flavored Tortilla chips
Ingredients: corn, vegetable ol (consisting of one or more of the following: corn, canola, sunflower, or soybean oil), dry buttermilk, salt, tomato powder, whey, butter (cream, salt), onion powder, nonfat dry milk, garlic powder, corn syrup solids, sugar, corn starch, natural flavor, parsley, spice, malic acid, sodium diacetate, citric acid, lactic acid, yeast extract, extractives of annatto, extractives of turmeric, extractives of paprika , less than 2% oat fiber and silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), contains: milk,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Kettle Potato Chips Backyard BBQ
Ingredients: Potatoes, Safflower and/or Sunflower and/or Canola Oil, Organic Dried Cane Syrup, Sugar, Salt, Maltodextrin, Paprika, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Tomato Powder, Torula Yeast, Garlic Powder, Chili Pepper, Natural Flavor (including Smoke), Citric Acid
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Doritos 3D
Ingredients: corn flour, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower), salt, cheddar cheese (_milk_, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, spices, maltodextrin (made from corn), monosodium glutamate, buitermilk, romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cuftures, salt, enzymes), natural and artificial flavors, onion powder, baking soda, whey protein concentrate, tomato powder, citric acid, garlic powder, potassium chloride, hydrolyzed corn protein, monoglycerides, artificial color (yellow 6, yellow 5, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake), disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Blue 2 (Indigo Carmine)

Kettle chips jalapeno
Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA, CORN, COTTONSEED, SAFFLOWER, OR SUNFLOWER), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DEXTROSE, WHEY, ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, JALAPEÑO PEPPER, SUNFLOWER OIL, TORULA YEAST, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, PAPRIKA, NATURAL EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, LACTIC ACID. CONTAINS: MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Flamin' hot
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made from Corn], Natural Flavors, Salt, Spices, Whey, Garlic Powder, Sour Cream [Cultured Cream, Skim Milk], Canola Oil, Yeast Extract, Malic Acid, Vegetable Juice Concentrate [Color], Paprika Extracts, and Annatto Extracts).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Thanksgiving Stuffing Seasoned Kettle Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, sunflower oil, canola oil, maltodextrin, sea salt, sugar, spice, yeast extract, onion powder, natural flavor, garlic powder, salt, citric acid
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

TORTILLA CHIPS
Ingredients: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, TRACE OF LIME.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kettle sour cream onion krinkle cut potato chips
Ingredients: non-gmo potatoesnow-gmo sunflower oil, buttermilk, sour cream (cultured crem nonfat mil deryorated onion, salt, dextrose, dehydraed contains milk ingredients
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Special Edition Cheddar
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), contains 2% or less of: salt, colors (beet juice concentrate, paprika extract), yeast, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, spices, celery, onion poweder, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cinnamon & brown sugar sweet potato chips
Ingredients: SWEET POTATOES, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SUGAR. BROWN SUGAR, SALT, SPICES (INCLUDING CINNAMON), NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Lightly Salted Potato Chips
Ingredients: the % daily nutrient in a serving contributes to a daily 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice ngredients: select potatoes, expelle ressed high oleic sunflower oil, nrefined sea salt by real salt. sal®is a registered trademark of redmond, i hty, ut 84032 certified wnon
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nacho cheese tortilla chips
Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (sunflower, safflower, canola, corn, čottonseed and/or rice), nacho seasoning (whey, sält, cheddar cheese powder [{cultured pasteurized milk, salt, microbial enzymes}, whey powder, buttermilk powder, lactic acid], dextrose, rice flour, corň starch, tomatopowder, onion powder, natural and ártificial flavor, spices, yeast extract, lue,quot, | yellow corn flour, garlic powder, dehydrated tomato, lactic acid, extractives of annatto (for color], disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, sodium diacetate, citric acid, dehydrated parsley, extractive of turmeric [for color),
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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