'0g Trans Fat,' say the labels of Triscuits, Wheat Thins, and other crackers. and they don't have much oil.īottom line: Vegetables fill you up. What do Nabisco Vegetable Thins, Roasted Vegetable Ritz, and Kashi TLC Fire Roasted Vegetable crackers have in common? Each than dehydrated vegetables. (We counted bran and wheat germ as whole, even though technically they aren't.) That means they're about 90 percent white flour.īottom line: The only way to get 100% whole-grain crackers is to make sure all its grains are whole. Each 15-gram serving has more oil (1 1/2 grams) than whole wheat flour. And Keebler Whole Wheat Zesta Saltines are even worse. Whole Wheat Ritz Simply Socials are also about 65 percent white flour. A 31-gram serving of crackers with 5 grams of whole grain probably contains about 20 grams of refined white flour. Original Wheat Thins also sport a '5g Whole Grain' claim. means Whole Wheat Ritz has more enriched (refined white) flour than wholegrain wheat flour. The small print reveals that each 15-gram serving of whole grain. You might expect Whole Wheat Ritz crackers to be 100% whole wheat. But if you double Ry Krisp's 16-gram serving to more closely match Triscuit's 28-gram serving, Ry Krisps end up with close to 300 mg of sodium.īottom line: Always check the serving size, and adjust the numbers accordingly. For example, according to the boxes, a serving of Original Triscuits has more sodium (180 mg) than a serving of Ry Krisp New York Deli Rye (140 mg). (Most crispbreads also use 15 grams.)Īnd that can confuse shoppers. Not surprisingly, cracker makers are more likely to pick the bigger serving size when they want to boast about something (like fiber) and the smaller serving size when they want to minimize something (like calories). The Food and Drug Administration lets cracker companies use either a 15-gram serving or a 30-gram (one-ounce) serving.

What's the first number on any package's Nutrition Facts panel? Serving size. Here's a sampling of some of the best crackers and how to spot the impostors. These days, crackers are all about whole grains, fiber, and trans fats, That's good news, but it's still tough to see through the claims that complicate the cracker aisle. Ritz or saltines? Crackers have come a long way since those were your basic choices (and since a selling point). APA style: Cracking the code: how to find the healthiest crackers.Cracking the code: how to find the healthiest crackers.' Retrieved from 2008 Center for Science in the Public Interest 24 Oct. MLA style: 'Cracking the code: how to find the healthiest crackers.' The Free Library.

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