Salty Snacks Roundup
We analyzed 2012 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 66)

Fig & Olive Crisps
Ingredients: Cultured low fat buttermilk (low fat milk, salt, culture), unbleached wheat flour, cane sugar, figs (dried figs and dextrose), kalamata olives (water, salt, vinegar, sunflower oil), flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, baking soda, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Multigrain Pita Bite Crackers with Flax Seeds
Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, whole wheat flour, multigrain blend (flax seeds, oat bran, wheat bran, millet, rolled oats, rye meal, sunflower seeds, rye middlings, organic spelt flour, malted barley flour), sunflower oil, cornstarch, honey, yeast, oat fiber, wheat bran, wheat gluten, fermented rye flour, sea salt, natural flavor, olive oil, dry molasses powder (molasses, wheat starch), dough conditioner (wheat starch, ascorbic acid), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Multigrain Crackers with Sunflower and Flax Seeds
Ingredients: Enriched flour(wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sunflower oil, sugar, scotch oatmeal, inulin, rye flour, multigrain flour blend (wheat, rye, triticale, barley, corn, millet, soybean, sunflower seeds, rice, flax, durum, oats), wheat germ, modified corn starch, salt, invert syrup, sodium bicarbonate, onion powder, malt flour, monocalcium phosphate, microbial enzymes.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Artisan Nut-Thins Sesame Seeds
Ingredients: Brown rice flour, almonds, potato starch, brown rice, sesame seeds, oat fiber, black sesame seeds, sea salt, safflower oil, dried cane syrup, natural flavors (contains milk).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Crackers
Ingredients: brown rice, quinoa, flax seeds, sesame seeds, tamari (water, soybeans, salt, vinegar), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

HARVEST SNAPS BAKED GREEN PEA SNACKS
Ingredients: GREEN PEAS, CANOLA OIL, RICE, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, ROSEMARY EXTRACT (FOR FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Olive Oil Classic Sea Salt Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: POTATOES, OLIVE OIL, SEA SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Avocado Oil Classic Sea Salt Kettle Style Potato Chips
Ingredients: potatoes, avocado oil, sea salt
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

Original Thin Rye Crispbread
Ingredients: Whole grain rye flour, Water, Salt, Yeast.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crispy Sea Salt Gluten Free Crackers
Ingredients: brown rice flour, corn flour, gluten free oats, potato starch, potato granules, high oleic sunflower oil (tocopherols, rosemary extract, and ascorbyl palmitate added as an antioxidant), rice flour, sugar, contains less than 2% of: bakers yeast, millet, cane sugar, natural butter flavor, sea salt, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), salt, sunflower lecithin, whey protein concentrate, yeast (sorbitan monosterate, ascorbic acid),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Rice Cracker Snacks with Almonds
Ingredients: brown rice flour, almonds, brown rice, potato starch, sorghum flour, sesame seeds, millet, flax seeds, sea salt, quinoa seeds, safflower oil, black sesame seeds, amaranth seeds, natural flavors (contains milk),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Harvest whole wheat crackers ounces
Ingredients: Whole wheat, safflower oil, sea salt, vitamin e to help protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic round crackers
Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, safflower oil, raw sugar, brown rice syrup, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), sea salt, soy lecithin,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sticks Pretzels
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), tapioca malt syrup (tapioca syrup, malt extract), soybean oil, sugar, vital wheat gluten, salt, contains 2% or less of each of the following: yellow corn flour, sunflower oil, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), yeast, soy lecithin (processing aid)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Blue corn tortilla chips
Ingredients: Organic stone ground blue corn with a trace of lime, organic vegetable oil (canola and/or sunflower and/or safflower oil), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

PLANTAIN CHIPS
Ingredients: water, organic lemon juice, organic maple syrup, organic apple cider vinegar, organic ginger juice, organic ground cinnamon, organic ground cayenne pepper, bacillus coagulans
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Original Saltine Crackers
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, palm oil, soybean oil), salt, contains 2% or less of the following: sodium bicarbonate (leavening), wheat gluten, malted barley flour, yeast,
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Baked Green Pea Snacks Black Pepper
Ingredients: Green peas, vegetable oil (canola, sunflower, and/or safflower oil), rice, black pepper seasoning (salt, corn starch, spice, sugar, maltodextrin, mushroom powder, onion powder, garlic powder, yeast extract, white distilled vinegar, salt, citric acid, spice extractive), calcium carbonate, and vitamin c (ascorbyl palmitate).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Stoneground Wheat Crackers
Ingredients: Organic unbleached enriched flour (organic wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid), organic safflower oil, organic ground wheat flour, organic whole wheat flakes, organic whole brown flax seed, organic evaporated cane juice, organic brown rice syrup, sea salt, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate,), organic barley malt extract, organic soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten free mini pretzels
Ingredients: corn starch, potato starch, tapioca starch, palm oil, cellulose gum, water, dextrose, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), soy lecithin, yeast, citric acid, soda,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

garden Veggie Straws Sea Salt
Ingredients: veggie straws (potato starch, potato flour, corn starch, tomato paste, spinach powder, salt, potassium chloride, sugar, beetroot powder [color], turmeric, canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, sea salt),
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Takis Fuego
Ingredients: corn flour (processed with lime), vegetable oil (palm and/or soybean and/or canola oil), seasoning [salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, sugar, monosodíum glutamate, hydrolyzed soy protein, onion powder, yeast extract, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, natural and artificial flavors, sodium bicarbonate, soybean oil, chili pepper (chile), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, tbhq (antioxidant)], contains soy
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

garden Veggie Straws Zesty Ranch
Ingredients: Veggie straws (potato flour, potato starch, corn starch, tomato paste, spinach powder, salt, sugar, beetroot powder [color], turmeric), canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, buttermilk, coconut oil, garlic powder, natural flavors, yeast extract, onion powder, tomato powder, dextrose, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, culture, cultured nonfat milk, citric acid, cream [nonfat milk, cream, lactic acid, culture]), spices (including celery seeds), paprika, vinegar, malic acid, sodium caseinate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pretzel Crisps Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Deli Style Thin, Crunchy Pretzel Crackers
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), seasoning (sea salt, whey, spice, sugar, maltodextrin, dextrose, onion powder, garlic powder, yeast extract, vinegar, citric acid, natural flavors, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, malic acid, lactic acid, caramel color, extractive of paprika, and less than 2% silicon dioxide and sunflower oil added as processing aids), soybean oil, sugar, salt, malt syrup (tapioca syrup, malt extract), soda.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original with Sea Salt
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 (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Savory Thin Mini Rice Crackers Multiseed
Ingredients: STABILIZED RICE BRAN WITH GERM, WHITE RICE FLOUR, TAMARI SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT), POTATO STARCH, BLACK SESAME SEEDS, FLAX SEEDS, CANE SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT. CONTAINS SOY, SESAME.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
