Original Crackers, 180 g

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Ritz Original Crackers, 180 g scores 4/100 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 0g fiber, 1g protein and 2g 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.

Ritz Original Crackers, 180 g lists 14 ingredients, starting with Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil, Modified Palm Oil, Sugar and Glucose-fructose. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

100 kcal per serving, or 500 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Ritz Original Crackers, 180 g on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 4/100 Ritz Original Crackers, 180 g scores worse than most crackers we have scored. A higher-scoring option in crackers is Mary's Gone Crackers Organic Super Seed Everything Crackers at 100/100.