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Nabisco Premium Saltine Original
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4🥛 Dairy-Free

Nabisco Premium Saltine Original

Premium
16 oz
Available at Foodtown
70
Calories
1g
Protein
135mg
Sodium
32
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Premium Nabisco Premium Saltine Original is a pantry-mainstay boxed cracker you'll find on the supermarket snack and cookie/cracker aisle, usually stacked near other saltines, water crackers, boxed snack crackers, and sometimes cross-merchandised close to canned soups, bouillon and cheese for pairing ideas. It reads like a classic American staple: a thin, crisp, lightly browned soda cracker topped with coarse sea salt and packaged in a 16-ounce box with plastic inner sleeves to preserve crunch. Occasions for use span simple to practical — from ladling soup on a chilly night or topping a bowl of chili, to serving at casual gatherings alongside cheese and spreads, or stashing in an emergency food kit. The Premium brand positions itself as traditional and familiar, aimed at families and shoppers seeking an affordable, recognizable everyday cracker; marketing leans on heritage, utility and “original” taste rather than trendiness. Label characteristics include straightforward claims like “original” and visible “sea salt,” plus an ingredient list that calls out “unbleached enriched flour,” which can create a mild health-halo without organic or natural certifications; there is no kid-specific branding or organic seal. In plain terms it is an industrially made, shelf-stable processed cracker produced from refined flours and vegetable oils. Sensory notes: a brittle, flaky snap, dry sandy crumb that melts briefly on the tongue, and a light saline crunch from coarse salt crystals; ritual use often involves dipping, crumbling into soup, stacking with cheese, or popping a few as a plain snack. The box’s inner plastic sleeves and familiar shape reinforce the sense of a reliable, long-lived pantry item.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 5
Servings per Container: 28
Calories70
% Daily Value*
Total Fat1.5g2%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium135mg6%
Total Carbohydrate12g4%
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

Unbleached, Enriched, Flour, (Wheat, Flour,, Niacin,, Reduced, Iron,, Thiamine, Mononitrate, {Vitamin, B1},, Riboflavin, {Vitamin, B2},, Folic, Acid),, Soybean, and/or, Canola, Oil,, Palm, Oil,, Sea, Salt,, Salt,, Malted, Barley, Flour,, Baking, Soda,, Yeast..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • soybean - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • canola - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • soy lecithin - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

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?

This product is an ultraprocessed food: it is industrially produced from refined enriched flour, added vegetable oils, and other ingredients combined and packaged for shelf stability rather than single-ingredient preparation. The formulation and packaging align with NOVA group 4 criteria for highly processed convenience foods.

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Common Questions about Nabisco Premium Saltine Original

The healthiness of Saltines really depends on what you’re comparing them to. At 70 calories and 1.5g of fat per serving, they’re low in sugar and can be a light snack option. However, they’re not packed with nutrients, so if you’re looking for a superfood, you might want to look elsewhere.

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