Small Crackers
Goldfish Old bay seasoned crackers
6.1 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 37
Goldfish Old bay seasoned crackers scores 37 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
- minus 9 points Salt 2.6 g / 100 g: Very high in salt. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Old bay seasoned crackers
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Vegetable oil (unspecified) minus 2.5 points
- Canola oil minus 2.5 points
- Sunflower oil minus 1.5 points
- Soybean oil minus 1.5 points
- Maltodextrin minus 1.5 points
- Modified starch minus 0.5 points
- Yeast extract minus 0.5 points
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) minus 0.5 points
- Disodium ribonucleotides minus 0.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 0.5 points
- Calcium phosphate minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 5 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 6 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Salt 2.6 g / 100 g minus 9 points
- Energy 467 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
- Fiber 3.3 g / 100 g plus 2 points
- Protein 10 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 63.5 = 36.5 → 37
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat and salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [14]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 467 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 20 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 63.3 g |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Added sugars | 0 g |
| Fiber | 3.3 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Salt | 2.6 g |
Serving: 30g
Ingredients
- Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)
- vegetable oils (canola, sunflower, soybean)
- Old Bay seasoning (salt, spices, celery, corn maltodextrin, paprika, modified corn starch, sodium diacetate, yeast extract, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, vinegar solids, extractives of paprika, disodium inosinate and guanylate, natural flavor)
- salt
- nonfat milk
- yeast
- sugar (high concern)
- baking soda
- monocalcium phosphate
- paprika
- spices
- onion powder
Label text, as published
Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean), Old Bay seasoning (salt, spices, celery, corn maltodextrin, paprika, modified corn starch, sodium diacetate, yeast extract, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, vinegar solids, extractives of paprika, disodium inosinate and guanylate, natural flavor), salt, nonfat milk, yeast, sugar, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, paprika, spices, onion powder. Contains wheat, milk.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat, Gluten, Celery
- Not vegan
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Goldfish
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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Questions and Answers on Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
“FDA considers the addition of MSG to foods to be “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS).”
fda.gov
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EFSA reviews safety of glutamates added to food
“EFSA re-assessed the safety of glutamates used as food additives and derived a group acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 30 mg/kg body weight per day for all six of these additives.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
“We estimated that dietary exposure to phosphates may exceed the new ADI for infants, toddlers and children with average consumption of phosphates in their diet.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org