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Is Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Cheddar low FODMAP?

FODMAP score

78

High FODMAP

No — cheddar Goldfish stack onion powder on top of a wheat-flour base, and that combination is what this scale penalizes hardest. The label: enriched wheat flour, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto), canola and/or sunflower oil, salt, then 2% or less of yeast, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, paprika, spices, celery, onion powder, monocalcium phosphate, and baking soda. Onion powder is the headline problem: dehydrating onion concentrates its fructans, so even a 2%-or-less listing spreads real trigger potential through every single cracker — you can't pick around it. Underneath, the wheat flour adds its own dose-dependent fructan load across the roughly 51-piece serving, and an unspecified "spices" entry adds uncertainty on a label that already uses onion. The actual cheddar is the innocent party here — real cultured cheese retains little lactose — and the trace celery isn't a practical concern at cracker doses. Because the main trigger is a concentrated powder rather than just flour, portion control helps less than with plain crackers: half a serving still delivers onion in every bite. For onion-sensitive snackers this is a clear skip; a cheddar cracker without onion powder is the better trade for the lunchbox.

What's inside

Onion powderDehydrated onion is concentrated fructan; even at 2%-or-less it spreads trigger potential through every cracker.
Enriched wheat flourFirst ingredient; fructans scale across the roughly 51-piece serving.
Spices (unspecified)An undisclosed blend on a label that already uses onion — an uncertainty you can't audit.
Cheddar cheeseReal cultured cheddar retains very little lactose.
CeleryTrace amount; celery's mannitol only matters at stalk-sized portions.

📏 About 51 pieces (30 g) per serving, but the onion powder is baked into every cracker — halving the portion halves the wheat, not the presence of onion.

Gentler alternatives

Annie's Cheddar BunniesKid-familiar cheddar cracker without onion powder on its label — still wheat-based, so a half-step; check the bag.

Blue Diamond Nut-Thins CheddarDrops both the wheat and the onion in one swap.

Plain rice crackers with aged cheddarWheat-free, onion-free, and aged cheese is naturally very low in lactose.

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Based on the publicly listed ingredients at time of review; recipes change — check the label. Informational only, not medical advice. FODMAP tolerance is individual.

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