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The vending machine, graded. Manufacturer labels, our formula, no mercy.

Triscuit Original (6 crackers)
64Shredded wheat pressed into a cracker — the fiber-forward one.

Kettle Brand Sea Salt (1 oz)
60Thick-cut chips fried in batches — extra crunch, sea salt, nothing else.

Goldfish Cheddar (1 oz)
59The snack that smiles back — at 250mg sodium per handful.

Jif Creamy (2 tbsp)
59The peanut butter standard — choosy moms, 7 grams of protein, done.

SunChips Harvest Cheddar (1 oz)
59Whole-grain wavy chips with cheddar seasoning — the 'healthy' chip aisle pick.

Tostitos Scoops (1 oz)
59Cup-shaped tortilla chips — engineered for scooping salsa.

Cheez-It Original (27 crackers)
58Baked cheese squares with actual crunch — the gold standard of cheese crackers.

Fritos Original (1 oz)
58Corn chips fried in corn oil and salted — the chili-topper.

Lay's Classic (1 oz)
58Potato, oil, salt — the original and still the benchmark.

Ruffles Original (1 oz)
58Ridged potato chips built for dip — crunchier than Lay's by design.

Wheat Thins (16 pieces)
58Sweet-salty whole grain squares — the charcuterie board staple.

Doritos Nacho Cheese (1 oz)
57The cheese dust is a food group unto itself.

Cheetos Crunchy (1 oz)
56Orange fingers, zero regrets, 250mg sodium.

Pringles Original (1 oz)
56Once you pop — the slogan is a warning about the serving size.

Nutter Butter (2 cookies)
53Peanut butter filling between peanut butter cookies — committed to the bit.

Payday (1 bar)
53Peanuts and caramel, no chocolate — the candy bar for peanut purists.

Ritz Original (5 crackers)
53Buttery round crackers — the cheese-and-topping vehicle.

Pop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry (2)
52400 calories of frosted nostalgia.

Chips Ahoy Original (3 cookies)
51The chocolate chip cookie everyone grew up on — nothing fancy, just the benchmark.

Haribo Goldbears (13 pieces)
51Glucose syrup and gelatin since 1922 — the original gummy bear.

Butterfinger (1 bar)
50Flaky peanut-butter candy center in chocolate — sticks to your teeth.

Fig Newtons (1 pack)
50Fig paste in a soft cake shell — the lunchbox classic.

Oreos (3 cookies)
50Milk's favorite cookie — 14g sugar per three.

Cinnabon Classic Roll (1 roll)
49An 880-calorie cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting — a dessert wearing a breakfast costume.

Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie (1 cookie)
49Oats, molasses, and creme — the 1960 original still going.

Nutella (2 tbsp)
49Hazelnuts are the fifth ingredient — sugar is the first two.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (2)
49The best candy ever made — and still candy.

Snickers (full size)
48The candy bar with a protein alibi — 4g, if you're generous.

Baby Ruth (1 bar)
46Peanuts, caramel, nougat, chocolate — the everything bar.

Ben & Jerry's Half Baked (2/3 cup)
46Cookie dough plus brownie batter in one pint — two desserts, zero decisions.

Hostess Twinkies (2 cakes)
46Sponge cake and creme filling — the indestructible snack cake.

Twix (2 bars)
46Left or right, it's 24g of sugar either way.

Kit Kat (4 fingers)
45Have a break — from the 21g of sugar, ideally.

M&M's Milk Chocolate
45Melts in your mouth, spikes in your blood.

Milky Way (1 bar)
44Caramel and nougat under milk chocolate — the Milky Way bar.

Starburst (1 pack)
44Fruit chews, individually wrapped — the pink ones go first.

3 Musketeers (1 bar)
43Whipped chocolate nougat, no caramel, no peanuts — the light one.

Sour Patch Kids (8 pieces)
43Sour sugar coating, sweet gummy center — the two-step candy.

Swedish Fish (7 pieces)
43Soft wine-gum fish — vaguely berry, impossibly chewy.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate (1 bar)
42The American chocolate bar — sweet, a little tangy, everywhere.

Skittles
4247g of sugar in fruit costumes.
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