Homestyle Pretzels Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists

How it scored 45 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 30 listed

• 1 Fortified Wheat Flour
  Wheat flour to which specific micronutrients (typically iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and folic acid) have been added during milling to…
  Low
• 2 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 3 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 4 Butter Flavouring
  Flavor mixture intended to mimic butter; commonly contains diacetyl (2,3-butanedione), acetoin, or starter distillate. Synthetic or natural …
  Safe
• 5 Corn Syrup
  A sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture produced from corn starch hydrolysate. The high-fructose form (HFCS) contains approximately 42% or 55%…
  Moderate
• 6 Yeast
  Single-celled fungus, primarily Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in fermentation and baking. A whole-food microorganism with millennia of food…
  Safe
• 7 Flavouring
  Umbrella term for one or more flavor compounds, natural or artificial, not individually disclosed.
  Low
• 8 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 9 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 10 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 11 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 12 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 13 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 14 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 15 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 16 Buttermilk
  Cultured buttermilk is fermented dairy from low-fat milk inoculated with lactic-acid bacteria.
  Low
• 17 Dried Garlic
  Dehydrated bulbs of Allium sativum, sold as granules, flakes, or powder. A whole-food ingredient with the water removed for shelf stability.
  Safe
• 18 Monosodium Glutamate
  Monosodium glutamate (MSG, E621) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, a non-essential amino acid.
  Low
• 19 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 20 Dehydrated Onion
  Dried, dehydrated bulbs of Allium cepa; available as flakes, granules, or powder.
  Safe
• 21 Lactic Acid Safe
• 22 Calcium Lactate
  Calcium Lactate — the calcium salt of lactic acid.
  Low
• 23 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 24 Artificial Flavouring
  Synthetic flavor compounds not derived from natural sources (spices, fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy, fermentation products, etc.). Defined…
  Moderate
• 25 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 26 Sodium Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
  Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (cellulose gum, E466) is a chemically modified cellulose derivative.
  Moderate
• 27 Guar Gum
  Polysaccharide (galactomannan) extracted from the seeds of the guar plant (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba). E-number E412.
  Low
• 28 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 29 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 30 Calcium Stearate
  Calcium salt of stearic acid; a fine white powder used as a lubricant, flow agent, and anticaking agent.
  Low