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Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Pretzel: Food Integrity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Pepperidge Farm

Quick answer

Mixed integrity

Pepperidge Farm goldfish baked snack crackers, pretzel received a Food Integrity Score of 74 out of 100 (mixed integrity). This reflects lightly processed and low additive load. This is a fairly recognizable baked snack with a short list, but refined flour, mixed seed oils, and leavening systems push it toward category-processed packaged food. It reads as an occasional snack rather than an everyday staple, and the main considerations are the refined oils and sugar-type inputs. Main considerations include refined vegetable seed oil blend, enriched refined wheat flour, and leavening system and dextrose. Simpler options: Look for crackers made with a single named oil like olive or butter; choose options with fewer leavening agents and no added dextrose.

Food Integrity Score 74/100

What stood out on the label?

  • Lightly processed
  • Low additive load
  • Transparency: High

What to watch?

  • Refined vegetable seed oil blend
  • Enriched refined wheat flour
  • Leavening system and dextrose

Simpler options to consider

  • Look for crackers made with a single named oil like olive or butter
  • Choose options with fewer leavening agents and no added dextrose

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Pretzel
Category
Snacks (source: Biscuits/Cookies)
GTIN / UPC
00014100074922
Serving size
30 g
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Food Integrity results

Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Pretzel

Pepperidge Farm

Mixed integrity

Warning Signs

Canola, sunflower, and/or soybean vegetable oils plus dextrose and enriched wheat flour make up much of this cracker's formula.

Consider This

Baking powder with sodium acid pyrophosphate and monocalcium phosphate, plus malted barley flour, are typical of factory-formulated baked snacks.

Good Substitutes

Simple flour, olive or butter, and salt crackers made at home with a short ingredient list.

Overall Assessment

Mixed integrity

This is a fairly recognizable baked snack with a short list, but refined flour, mixed seed oils, and leavening systems push it toward category-processed packaged food. It reads as an occasional snack rather than an everyday staple, and the main considerations are the refined oils and sugar-type inputs.

Key Highlights

What stood out

  • Refined vegetable seed oil blend
  • Enriched refined wheat flour
  • Leavening system and dextrose

Family Watchlist

Ingredients some users may personally want to know about.

  • Vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean) — Refined seed oil blend with unspecified oil type.

Highest concern ingredients

  • Vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean) (6/10) — Refined seed oil blend with unspecified exact oils.
  • Dextrose (4/10) — Refined simple sugar added for sweetness and flavor.
  • Baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate) (4/10) — Chemical leavening system used for texture.

Better choice tips

  • Look for crackers made with a single named oil like olive or butter.
  • Choose options with fewer leavening agents and no added dextrose.

Ingredients

Ingredient list

MADE WITH SMILES AND ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OILS (CANOLA, SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOYBEAN), SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEXTROSE, NONFAT MILK. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Highest-concern ingredients first. Expand an item for notes.

  1. Vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean)Concern 6/10 — Moderate concernRefined oilWatchlist · Vague label term

    What this is

    Refined oil

    Processing category

    Processed

    Main concern area

    Family Watchlist

    Why it matters

    Refined seed oils are a common watchlist item and the blend is not specified.

    Additional note

    Refined industrial seed oils, with the exact blend unspecified.

    Family watchlist

    Refined seed oil blend, exact oil unspecified.

  2. Baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate)Concern 4/10 — Mild concernLeavening agentAdditive

    What this is

    Leavening agent

    Processing category

    Synthetic / man-made

    Main concern area

    Additive load

    Why it matters

    Chemical leavening blends are formulation helpers in packaged baked goods.

    Additional note

    Leavening system with chemical acid and salt components.

  3. DextroseConcern 4/10 — Mild concernSweetener

    What this is

    Sweetener

    Processing category

    Natural refined

    Main concern area

    Ingredient concern

    Why it matters

    Refined sugar adds sweetness and is a simple refined carbohydrate.

    Additional note

    Refined simple sugar derived from starch.

  4. Made with smiles and enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)Concern 3/10 — Mild concernRefined flour

    What this is

    Refined flour

    Processing category

    Processed

    Main concern area

    Processing

    Why it matters

    Refined flour is common but is a stripped grain fraction with added nutrients.

    Additional note

    Enriched refined wheat flour with vitamin and mineral fortification.

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  1. Malted barley flourConcern 3/10 — Mild concernMalt flour

    What this is

    Malt flour

    Processing category

    Processed

    Main concern area

    Processing

    Why it matters

    Malted flour adds flavor and browning, a mild processing input.

    Additional note

    Malted grain flour used for flavor and color.

  2. Nonfat milkConcern 1/10 — Very low concernDairy ingredient

    What this is

    Dairy ingredient

    Processing category

    Processed

    Why it matters

    Simple dairy ingredient with minimal concern.

    Additional note

    Dried milk ingredient, a common dairy input.

  3. SaltConcern 0/10 — No meaningful concernSimple food

    What this is

    Simple food

    Processing category

    Whole food

    Why it matters

    Basic seasoning with no meaningful concern here.

    Additional note

    Simple seasoning.

KarbCoach Food Integrity is an ingredient-based estimate of formulation simplicity and is not a medical safety rating. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Added-sodium ingredients (Mentions "salt", "baking soda". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Vegan

    Watch-outs

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Vegan, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "milk". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Plant-Based

    Watch-outs

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "milk". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Low-Carb Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carb-dense ingredients (Mentions "flour", "wheat flour", "dextrose". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Keto-Style Eating

    Watch-outs

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Keto-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carb-dense ingredients (Mentions "flour", "wheat flour", "dextrose". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Low Gluten Eating

    Watch-outs

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Low Gluten Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Gluten-related ingredients (Mentions "wheat". See ingredients for details.)

    See more for this goal

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Understanding the Food Integrity analysis

What the Food Integrity analysis evaluates

The Food Integrity analysis focuses on how a packaged food is formulated and made. It examines processing level, ingredient quality, additives, oils, sweeteners, purity cues, and how clearly a label communicates what is in the product. The Food Integrity Score summarizes that formulation and transparency picture on a 0–100 scale. It is not a full nutrient report and it is not a personalized meal plan.

Why processing, ingredients, and transparency matter

Processing level and ingredient quality shape what you are actually eating beyond calories on the label. Additives, industrial oils, and intense sweeteners can change how clean or heavily engineered a product feels, even when the front of pack looks wholesome. Purity and transparency matter because incomplete or marketing-heavy labeling can hide tradeoffs that only show up when the full ingredient list is reviewed carefully.

Who may prioritize Food Integrity

Some people care mainly about Food Integrity because their dietary goals center on formulation rather than macros alone. Examples include checking vegetarian or vegan suitability, preferring simpler ingredient sources, avoiding certain additives or sweeteners, watching oil choices, or preferring less processed options. For those priorities, the Food Integrity Score can be the more practical first read.

How Food Integrity differs from Longevity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality together. Favorable nutrition values do not necessarily mean strong Food Integrity: a product can look balanced on macros yet still rely on heavy processing or additives that the Food Integrity analysis flags in more detail.

Why the two analyses overlap—and why to review Longevity too

The analyses overlap intentionally. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, and Longevity still benefits from the same ingredient-quality lens. They are not competing verdicts; they answer different questions at different depths. Reviewing the Longevity analysis can add information about nutritional composition, metabolic characteristics, and dietary balance that Food Integrity alone does not emphasize. Looking at both usually gives the most complete understanding of tradeoffs.

Common questions about this product

Is Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Pretzel highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Lightly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Pretzel shows about 0.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, Pretzel: 1g total sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Dextrose. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Simple, short ingredient list; Low added sugar (about 1 g); Low saturated fat.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Refined enriched wheat flour base; Seed/vegetable oil blend (canola, sunflower, soy); Sodium about 430 mg per serving.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same snacks differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

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Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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