Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Puffed Salty Snacks Made From Maize

10 of the top 10 puffed salty snacks made from maize products sit in NOVA group 3 — the least processed end of the scale. The puffed salty snacks made from maize with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 259 puffed salty snacks made from maize with complete data.

1

Lightly Salted Low Fat Corn Cakes

kallø

a NOVA 3 62 kcal 0 g sugar 1.1 g protein 0.2 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
2

Crousti crackers

Céréal · 80 g

a NOVA 3 420 kcal 1.3 g sugar 20 g protein 11 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
3

Smelties Bio-maisflips, Hergestellt In Der Schweiz, imp

smelties

b NOVA 3 357 kcal 1.5 g sugar 8 g protein 3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
4

Smelties Maisflips

Rej · 50 g

b NOVA 3 392 kcal 0 g sugar 8.4 g protein 2.4 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
5

Corn Crackers Au Chia

N/A · 50g

c NOVA 3 422 kcal 0.5 g sugar 6.9 g protein 10 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
6

High Protein Tomato & Basil Chips

Popcrop Pyramids · 60 g

c NOVA 3 432 kcal 3.8 g sugar 32 g protein 15.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
7

Protein Cheese Flavour Chips

POPCRISP · 60 g

c NOVA 3 423 kcal 2.1 g sugar 12.7 g protein 7.6 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
8

Lupilu

Lidl · 4 x 15 g

c NOVA 3 429 kcal 3.5 g sugar 6.6 g protein 16.5 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
9

Pufuleti Maissnack gesalzen

FFG Food for Germany · 85 g

c NOVA 3 430 kcal 0.7 g sugar 7.5 g protein 15 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
10

Super Cuquis

Hacendado · 10 x 60 g

c NOVA 3 470 kcal 1.3 g sugar 6.9 g protein 15.8 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published puffed salty snacks made from maize on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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