Kroger Mini vanilla wafers

Breakdown

4 ingredients to avoid

Kroger Mini vanilla wafers scores 15/100 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.

Kroger Mini vanilla wafers lists 8 ingredients, starting with Enriched Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Shortening, Nonfat Dry Milk and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Kroger Mini vanilla wafers scores worse than most cookies we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cookies is Simple Mills Mini Cookies Almond Flour Chocolate Chip at 91/100.