Gardetto's Snack Mix - Italian Snacks - Gardetto's (2024)

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What is in the Gardettos snack mix? ›

The original blend of crunchy breadsticks, salted pretzels and roasted rye chips, seasoned with Gardetto's secret family recipe. Made to bring people together, our Original Recipe is perfect for sharing with family and friends.

Gardetto extracts the worst part of its original snack mix and tries to serve it as a gourmet treat—a sneaky move that might have serious repercussions for even casual munchers. Each single serving exceeds the amount of trans fat deemed safe to consume daily by the American Heart Association.

In early 2013, General Mills removed the sesame seed breadstick from the Gardetto's original recipe and replaced it with a different breadstick found in other popular snack mixes put out by General Mills.

As you can see from the scientific study above, the best Gardetto's are the little brown discs, officially known as "rye chips" but called by various regional nicknames.

The crunch of the all-carb bag is mighty. The seasoning is addictive, a powerful explosion of salt, salt, garlic, and salt -- and apparently dried Worcestershire sauce, onion, baking soda, caraway, and a million chemical-sounding ingredients.

The Gardettos are more like the oatmeal equivalent–substantial, more oomph. From a texture standpoint, the Chex Mix definitely feel lighter, so I could see it being easier to get carried away with this mixture as opposed to the Gardettos.

In 1932 the Gardetto family bakery made a snack mix out of breadstick trimmings. Throw in some snack bits and blend of special seasoning, and you've got the boldly flavored snack mix we know today. There's more than just the original recipe. Try all the great snack mixes in the Gardetto's lineup.

So unfortunately this brand is not suitable for vegans. Most Gardetto's products contain cheddar, Parmesan, and Romano cheeses, butter, milk, whey, and buttermilk. Other flavors, such as their Original Recipe and Garlic Rye Chips, also contain questionable ingredients, such as sugar, molasses, and caramel color.

Is Gardetto's snack mix healthy? ›

Contains ingredients that may contribute small ...

Both refined oils and fully hydrogenated oils contain small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats and contribute to the total intake of trans fat in the diet (Biofortis 2014).

CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICE, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR), CORN SYRUP, BAKING SODA, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, FUMARIC ...

Who doesn't love traditional Chex Mix? It's salty, crunchy, and everyone has a favorite item– the perfect party snack! But sadly, what makes it taste so good also makes Chex Mix not the healthiest option. It's full of refined grains, sugar, and tons of sodium.

Rye chips – ever wonder what the little brown things in Chex mix are? They are rye chips, and our favorite little thing that makes this version stand out from other homemade types! If you're making this on the fly, garlic bagel chips are usually easier to find at the grocery store, and still really tasty.

Who doesn't love traditional Chex Mix? It's salty, crunchy, and everyone has a favorite item– the perfect party snack! But sadly, what makes it taste so good also makes Chex Mix not the healthiest option. It's full of refined grains, sugar, and tons of sodium.

All commercial Chex Mixes contain some form of Chex cereal. Other ingredients generally include rye chips, bagel chips, breadsticks, pretzels, nuts, and crackers. In total, General Mills produces 13 varieties of Chex Mixes, not including limited editions.

Ingredients: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, CORNMEAL, DEHYDRATED POTATOES, POTATO STARCH, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, SALT, SUGAR, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, CHEDDAR AND ROMANO CHEESE SOLIDS, CORNSTARCH, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEXTROSE, COLOUR, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, ...