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Healthiest puffed salty snacks made from maize

The 20 best-scoring puffed salty snacks made from maize products sold in the US, ranked by GoodSwap score. Every score comes with a receipt, and brands can’t pay for a place.

Catalog of Oct 11, 2026 · score v1.3.0 · kb 2026.10.11 · How this ranking works

  1. Bamba Peanut butter puffs Peanut butter puffs Bamba · 7 oz/200 g Contains seed oilsNo additives 79 Good
  2. Dot's Pretzels Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels Dot's Pretzels · 2.5 oz/71 g Ultra-processedHigh in saltContains seed oils 72 Good
  3. Sun Chips Original Original Sun Chips · 7 oz (198.4 g) Contains added sugarsContains seed oilsNo additives 61 Good
  4. Trader Joe's Baked Cheese Crunchies Baked Cheese Crunchies Trader Joe's · 7 oz Ultra-processedHigh in saltContains seed oils 61 Good
  5. Snaxy Max Cheese & Hot Flavor Corn Snacks Cheese & Hot Flavor Corn Snacks Snaxy Max Ultra-processedHigh in saturated fatContains seed oils 61 Good
  6. Trader Joe's Reduced Fat Cheese Puffs Reduced Fat Cheese Puffs Trader Joe's Ultra-processedHigh in saltContains seed oils 59 Okay
  7. Popcorers Jalapeño Popper Flavored Popcorn Snack Jalapeño Popper Flavored Popcorn Snack Popcorers · 6.5 oz Ultra-processedContains seed oils 58 Okay
  8. Like Air Puffcorn Puffcorn Like Air · 4 oz Ultra-processedHigh in saltHigh in saturated fat 57 Okay
  9. General Mills Bugles Original Bugles Original General Mills · 7.5 oz (212 g) High in saltHigh in saturated fatContains added sugars 56 Okay
  10. Cheetos Crunchy Crunchy Cheetos · 1 oz (28.3 g) Ultra-processedHigh in saltHigh in saturated fat 52 Okay
  11. Cheetos Crunchy Cheetos Crunchy Cheetos · 2 oz (56.7 g) Ultra-processedHigh in saltHigh in saturated fat 52 Okay
  12. Boy Bawang Cornick Toasted corn, adobo flavour Toasted corn, adobo flavour Boy Bawang Cornick · 90 g Ultra-processedHigh in saturated fatContains added sugars 44 Okay
  13. KSK Food Products Boy Bawang (P) Barbeque 90g Boy Bawang (P) Barbeque 90g KSK Food Products · 9ll Ultra-processedHigh in saturated fatContains added sugars 43 Okay
  14. Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar Flavored Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar Flavored Sun Chips Sun Chips · 2.5 oz Ultra-processedContains added sugarsContains seed oils 24 Poor
  15. Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips · 7 oz (198.4 g) Ultra-processedHigh in saltContains added sugars 20 Poor
  16. Frito Lay Sun Chips Minis Sun Chips Minis Frito Lay · 3.75 g Ultra-processedHigh in saltContains added sugars 20 Poor
  17. Smartfood Doritos Nacho Cheese Smartfood Doritos Nacho Cheese Smartfood · 1 and 61/4 oz High in saltHigh in saturated fatContains added sugars 17 Bad
  18. Fritos Corn snacks Corn snacks Fritos · 10 oz, 283.5 g Dye with an EU warning labelContains synthetic dyesUltra-processed 17 Bad
  19. Chester's Flamin’ Hot Fries Flamin’ Hot Fries Chester's · 28 g Dye with an EU warning labelContains synthetic dyesHigh in salt 15 Bad
  20. Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy Cheetos · 2 oz Dye with an EU warning labelContains synthetic dyesUltra-processed 14 Bad

How this ranking works

Products are ordered by their GoodSwap score, the same 0–100 score and receipt the app shows: ingredients, processing and nutrition, with every point tied to a source. Only products sold in the US whose score has medium or high confidence are ranked, and a tie goes to the more-scanned product. A score can change when a recipe or our published method changes; each product page shows the versions behind its number.

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