Instead, opt for healthier dips and toppings. Half an ounce of Brie cheese, for example, has 50 calories, 4 grams of fat, and 90 mg of sodium. “What you put on crackers can really push you over your calorie, fat, or sodium limit,” Keating says. For example, you could have 15 Crunchmaster Original Multi-Seed Crackers for just 140 calories and 110 mg of sodium, just a small amount more than what’s in three Back to Nature Multigrain Flax Seeded Flatbread Crackers.īe smart about toppings. If bigger portions make you feel more satisfied, choose a thin or small cracker. Among the products we tested, the calories ranged from 5 to 40 in just one cracker. If you stick to the recommended serving sizes, crackers aren’t going to do a ton of diet damage, says Amy Keating, R.D., a Consumer Reports dietitian. They aren’t always 100 percent whole grain or even have whole grains first on the ingredients list. Watch out for “multigrain” crackers, too. White flour is actually the first ingredient, and five Ritz crackers have less than 1 gram of fiber-about the same amount as in the original Ritz. For instance, the whole-grain Ritz crackers we tested had “whole wheat” stamped in big type on the front of the package, but a closer look revealed the words “baked with” right above.
ARE PRETZELS HEALTHIER THAN CHIPS CRACKER
73).Īlways check the ingredients list to see just how “whole grain” a cracker really is. For example, replace four Carr’s Table Water Crackers (made with refined white flour) with four Reduced Fat Triscuits (made with 100 percent whole-grain wheat), our top-rated cracker, and the fiber count goes from less than 1 gram to about 3 grams, and the calorie count stays about the same (60 vs. Ideally, you should pick a cracker that contains only whole grains or at least has a whole grain as the first ingredient, Klosz says. Refined white flour, on the other hand, is stripped of these valuable nutrients in the refining process.
These healthy carbs provide a variety of phytonutrients and fiber, which have been linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and stroke, and may also help to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Brown rice, farro, teff, and whole wheat are just a few of the whole grains you’ll find in this new group of crackers, along with amaranth and quinoa-which are technically seeds but count as grains. Our testing found several flavorful choices. Of course, nutritional advantages don’t matter much if the cracker tastes like cardboard.
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