Salty snacks crackers garnished with cheese
Austin Cheddar Cheese on Cheese Sandwich Crackers
1 39 g
Score
- Dye with an EU warning label
- Contains synthetic dyes
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
Why it scores 7
Austin Cheddar Cheese on Cheese Sandwich Crackers scores 7 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 Yellow 6: In the EU and UK, foods with this color must state that it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children". Regulatory
- 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.
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The Receipt
Cheddar Cheese on Cheese Sandwich Crackers
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Yellow 6 minus 20 points
- Vegetable oil (unspecified) minus 2.5 points
- Soybean oil minus 1.5 points
- Palm oil minus 1.5 points
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate minus 1.5 points
- Calcium phosphate minus 0.5 points
- Sodium phosphate minus 0.5 points
- Soy lecithin minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 13.7 g / 100 g minus 8 points
- Saturated fat 5.3 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Salt 2.4 g / 100 g minus 9 points
- Energy 486 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
100 − 93 = 7
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat, saturated fat and salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [19]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 486 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 23.3 g |
| Saturated fat | 5.3 g |
| Trans fat | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 62.5 g |
| Sugars | 13.7 g |
| Added sugars | 4.3 g |
| Fiber | 1.3 g |
| Protein | 7.4 g |
| Salt | 2.4 g |
Serving: 1 package (39 g)
Ingredients
- Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid)
- vegetable oil (soybean, palm and palm kernel oil with TBHQ for freshness)
- whey
- sugar (high concern)
- cornstarch
- salt
- leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate) (not recognized)
- cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)
- disodium phosphate
- buttermilk
- yellow 6 (high concern)
- red pepper
- annatto color
- partially defatted peanut flour
- soy lecithin
Label text, as published
Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), vegetable oil (soybean, palm and palm kernel oil with TBHQ for freshness), whey, sugar, cornstarch.Contains 2% or less of salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), disodium phosphate, buttermilk, yellow 6, red pepper, annatto color, partially defatted peanut flour, soy lecithin.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Not vegan
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Austin
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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Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of 16 December 2008 on food additives
“may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.”
eur-lex.europa.eu
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“may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.”
legislation.gov.uk
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“Artificial colours or a sodium benzoate preservative (or both) in the diet result in increased hyperactivity in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the general population.”
doi.org
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Tracking Food Industry Pledges to Remove Petroleum Based Food Dyes
“FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 1, and FD&C Blue No. 2—by the end of 2027.”
fda.gov
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California AB 2316 (2024), Pupil nutrition: substances: prohibition
“beginning December 31, 2027, would prohibit a school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school”
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
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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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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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Process contaminants in vegetable oils and foods
“The highest levels of GE, as well as 3-MCPD and 2-MCPD (including esters) were found in palm oils and palm fats, followed by other oils and fats.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu
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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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HHS, FDA to Phase Out Petroleum-Based Synthetic Dyes in Nation’s Food Supply (press release)
“Initiating the process to revoke authorization for two synthetic food colorings—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—within the coming months.”
fda.gov
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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