Saltine Crackers

Breakdown

Processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Saltine Crackers scores 10/100 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 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.

Saltine Crackers lists 15 ingredients, starting with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron and Thiamin Mononitrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

60 kcal per serving, or 429 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Saltine Crackers on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 10/100 Saltine Crackers 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.