Planters Salted Cocktail Peanuts — MUNCH

Munch or Dump rates Planters Salted Cocktail Peanuts by Planters MUNCH — score 90/90.

Three ingredients, and the first one is the food itself. Peanuts roasted in peanut oil with sea salt — this is what a snack looked like before food science got involved. Watch the sodium if you're eating half the jar, but that's a portion problem, not an ingredient problem.

Why this verdict

• Three-ingredient list: peanuts, peanut oil, sea salt — nothing artificial, nothing engineered
• Peanuts deliver 7g of protein and mostly unsaturated fat per serving
• Roasting oil is peanut oil, not a cheap refined seed-oil blend — consistent with the base ingredient
• Only real knock is sodium: salted nuts add up fast if you snack straight from the jar

Ingredients (3)

• Peanuts (safe) — Whole-food base: protein, fiber, and mostly mono/polyunsaturated fat.
• PEANUT OIL (safe) — Simple roasting oil, high in monounsaturated fat — adds calories but nothing sinister.
• Sea Salt (moderate) — It's a salted chip; sodium is the point and the problem.