Snacks
Quaker Chocolate Flavor Rice Crisps
3.52 oz/100 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- Contains non-nutritive sweeteners
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains artificial flavors
- Contains whole grains
Why it scores 14
Quaker Chocolate Flavor Rice Crisps scores 14 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Invert sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
The Receipt
Chocolate Flavor Rice Crisps
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Invert sugar minus 20 points
- Milk chocolate (ingredient) minus 7.5 points
- Sucralose minus 2.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 4 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 4.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 25 g / 100 g minus 11 points
- Salt 0.7 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 393 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
- Fiber 3.6 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 86.5 = 13.5 → 14
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [10]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 393 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 5.4 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 85.7 g |
| Sugars | 25 g |
| Added sugars | 25 g |
| Fiber | 3.6 g |
| Protein | 3.6 g |
| Salt | 0.7 g |
Serving: 16 pieces (28 g)
Ingredients
- Whole grain brown rice flour
- degerminated milled corn
- sugar (high concern)
- corn maltodextrin
- invert sugar (high concern)
- natural and artificial flavor
- sunflower oil
- milk chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, dry whole milk, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin [artificial flavor]) (moderate concern)
- cocoa powder
- salt
- soy lecithin
- sucralose (moderate concern)
- tocopherols (preservative)
- acesulfame potassium (moderate concern)
Label text, as published
Whole grain brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sugar, corn maltodextrin, invert sugar, natural and artificial flavor, sunflower oil, milk chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, dry whole milk, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin [artificial flavor]), cocoa powder, salt, soy lecithin, sucralose, tocopherols (preservative), acesulfame potassium.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy
- Not vegan
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Quaker
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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Personalized microbiome-driven effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on human glucose tolerance
“As groups, each administered NNS distinctly altered stool and oral microbiome and plasma metabolome, whereas saccharin and sucralose significantly impaired glycemic responses.”
doi.org
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“Sucralose-6-acetate significantly increased the expression of genes associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and cancer”
doi.org
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“EFSA’s experts concluded that the sweetener sucralose (E 955) continues to be safe for consumers for its currently authorised uses as a food additive.”
efsa.europa.eu
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WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline
“The recommendation is based on the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children.”
who.int
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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
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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