Cheddar Crackers

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Goldfish Cheddar Crackers scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 5g protein and 0g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Goldfish Cheddar Crackers lists 22 ingredients, starting with Enriched Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate and Riboflavin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

200 kcal per serving, or 465 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Goldfish Cheddar Crackers on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Goldfish Cheddar Crackers scores worse than most crackers we have scored. A higher-scoring option in crackers is Annie's Organic Cheddar Squares Original at 100/100.