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Goya  Strawberry Wafers
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4🥛 Dairy-Free

Goya Strawberry Wafers

Goya
4.94 oz
Available at Foodtown
160
Calories
1g
Protein
14g
Sugars
55mg
Sodium
36
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Goya Strawberry Wafers are a brightly packaged, small-format cookie snack — vanilla-flavored crisp wafers sandwiching a strawberry-flavored creme — often found in the cookie and snack aisle or the Hispanic/international foods section of American supermarkets, sometimes near other Latin American brands and shelf-stable sweet biscuits. The 4.94 oz pack reads as an everyday sweet treat for families: ideal for school lunchboxes, quick pantry replenishment during a weekly grocery run, or a grab-and-go impulse buy at checkout. Occasions range from after-school snacks and road-trip nibbling to casual party platters or coffee breaks. Brand positioning leans on Goya’s cultural association with Latin American households and immigrant shoppers, offering familiar, affordable comfort snacks that evoke home-country grocery shelves; marketing skews value-oriented and family-friendly rather than premium. Label claims are minimal — there’s no organic certification or “natural” badge; instead, the package emphasizes flavor variety and convenience, and the ingredient list reveals common processed-food elements rather than health halos. In plain terms it is a highly processed packaged snack made from refined flours, sugars, industrial vegetable fats and preservatives. Sensory notes: thin, crisp wafer layers give a light crunch, quickly yielding to a sweet, artificially strawberry-scented creme; color is vivid from added carmine and artificial flavoring. Packaging is a sealed plastic pouch or box with bright imagery, easy to tear and share; the ritual is simple: dunking in milk or coffee, passing around at gatherings, or tucking a few into a lunch kit for a quick, sweet finish to a meal.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 5 wafers
Servings per Container: 4.5
Calories160
% Daily Value*
Total Fat8g10%
Saturated Fat3g15%
Sodium55mg2%
Total Carbohydrate23g8%
Total Sugars14g
Added Sugars14g28%
Protein1g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Sugar,, Vegetable, Oil, (Hydrogenated, Palm, Oil, and, or, Interesterified, Soybean, Oil,, TBHQ, and, Citric, Acid, (Preservatives)),, Wheat, Flour,, Corn, Starch, or, Yuca, Starch,, Salt,, Soy, Lecithin,, Leavening, (Sodium, Bicarbonate),, Artificial, Flavor,, Carmine, Color, and, Citric, Acid..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Hydrogenated Palm Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Interesterified Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • TBHQ - Synthetic preservative
  • Citric Acid - Synthetic preservative
  • Carmine Color - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo PreservativeNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains industrial ingredients and formulations such as hydrogenated/interesterified vegetable oils, TBHQ preservative, artificial flavors and colors, and refined sugars and flours, which align with the ultraprocessed NOVA 4 category.

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Common Questions about Goya Strawberry Wafers

The definition of 'healthy' can vary a lot, but Goya Strawberry Wafers are definitely on the sweeter side, with 14 grams of added sugars per serving. If you're looking for a treat to satisfy a sweet tooth, they fit the bill, but they might not be the best choice if you're aiming for a nutrient-dense snack.

Perfect For

back-to-school
movie-night
road-trip

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