Hickory Sticks Original

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Hostess (Canada) Hickory Sticks Original 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. 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.

Hostess (Canada) Hickory Sticks Original lists 14 ingredients, starting with Specially Selected Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Seasoning, Corn Maltodextrin and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

540 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Hostess (Canada) Hickory Sticks Original on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Hostess (Canada) Hickory Sticks Original scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is VANDY Classic Potato Chips at 95/100.