Pretzel
Snyder's Braided Twist Honey Wheat
6 oz
Score
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
- Contains whole grains
Why it scores 30
Snyder's Braided Twist Honey Wheat scores 30 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Brown sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Honey: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 10 points Malt syrup: An added sugar. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Braided Twist Honey Wheat
Ingredients
- Brown sugar minus 20 points
- Honey minus 20 points
- Malt syrup minus 10 points
Processing
- Processed (NOVA 3) minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 14.3 g / 100 g minus 8 points
- Saturated fat 1.8 g / 100 g minus 1 points
- Salt 1.6 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Energy 393 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
- Fiber 7.1 g / 100 g plus 4 points
100 − 70 = 30
Can’t score above 79. Contains brown sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 393 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 5.4 g |
| Saturated fat | 1.8 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 78.6 g |
| Sugars | 14.3 g |
| Added sugars | 14.3 g |
| Fiber | 7.1 g |
| Protein | 10.7 g |
| Salt | 1.6 g |
Serving: 7 pretzels (28g)
Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour
- enriched thiamine mononitrate
- riboflavin
- folic acid
- soybean oil
- sunflower oil
- light brown sugar (high concern)
- organic honey (high concern)
- vegetable oil (canola, palm)
- malt syrup (tapioca syrup, malt extract) (high concern)
- cane sugar (high concern)
- cane syrup (high concern)
- tapioca
- dehydrated potatoes
- salt
- yeast
- baking soda
Label text, as published
Whole wheat flour, enriched thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, soybean oil and/or sunflower oil, light brown sugar, organic honey, vegetable oil (canola, palm), malt syrup (tapioca syrup, malt extract), cane sugar, cane syrup, tapioca, dehydrated potatoes, salt, yeast, baking soda. Contains: wheat.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Not vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Snyder's
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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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
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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“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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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu