Ritz crackers are slightly better for you than potato chips, although both potato chips and Ritz crackers can be unhealthy when consumed in excess amounts.
Ritz crackers have less fat and less calories per serving than potato chips, although Ritz crackers also do contain large amounts of refined flour as well as sodium and sugar and Ritz crackers also lack significant fiber content or essential nutrients.
Baked potato chips are healthier than Ritz crackers and regular potato chips and crackers made with whole grains, seeds and other whole food ingredients are also healthier than Ritz crackers and regular potato chips.
The potential downsides of eating Ritz crackers are a possible increase in blood pressure and heart disease risk as Ritz crackers are high in sodium.
Ritz crackers are also low in nutritional value as well as use refined flour and processed ingredients such as palm oil and high fructose corn syrup.
Ritz crackers are okay to eat in moderation although they are also considered unhealthy as they are an ultra processed food, which can result in increased saturated fat intake and other health issues such as the high blood pressure.
Also a Ritz Cracker can be used to cut thin slices of cheese, using the ridged scalloped edge of the Ritz Cracker.
The ridged edge of the Ritz cracker can be to cut or even more accurately perforate cheese, which makes the cheese easier to tear and break up into smaller pieces.
The scalloped edge of the Ritz crackers work to cut cheese by pressing down on the cheese and rolling the Ritz cracker across a thin slice of cheese, which also creates indentations, so that the cheese can be torn neatly.
The hack of using Ritz crackers to cut cheese, is most effective on thinner slices of cheese such as Swiss Cheese or American Cheese.
However for thicker cheeses and harder cheeses such as cheddar cheese, the Ritz crackers don't cut the cheeses very easy or at all without breaking.
For harder cheeses, it's best to use a knife to cut the cheese instead of the Ritz Crackers.
Ritz also shows the Ritz crackers being used to perforate a slice of Swiss cheese on TikTok and make a cute bite sized sandwich.
The Ritz cracker doubles as a good cutting tool for cheese.