Articles Tagged with ''healthy snacks''

While many snack categories find themselves reassessing and reformulating amidst healthy eating trends, the snack and nut mix category benefits from being seen as an intrinsically healthy choice.

Fats, oils, starches, fiber, dough conditioners and texturizers all serve critical functional roles in snacks and baked goods, particularly maintaining the quality of the product throughout the desired shelf life. As consumers demand cleaner labels, more health-and-wellness benefits and better sustainability, product developers face a wide range of functional ingredient challenges.

This savory snack mix concept combines almonds, nori, sesame seeds, crisp brown rice, togarashi, ponzu, orange and maple syrup.

Packed with all the nutrients and amino acids that come with superfood quinoa, Andean Dream Quinoa Cookies are low in sugar and come in a variety of flavors including: Chocolate Chip, Coconut and Cocoa Orange.

Bakery snacks, including key segments like pastries, doughnuts, muffins, snack cakes and more, remain a staple in Americans' snacking routines. Whether shoppers are looking for an indulgent snack or a better-for-you item, there's something for everyone.

Could puffed, crisped or popped intact whole grains replace extruded rice and grains? They will likely coexist, but they do offer points of differentiation worth considering in your next snack-ideation session.

Pure Organic has introduced new reformulated Fruit & Nut bars made with simple, clean ingredients.

Consumers are reading labels more, looking for products that are nutritious, with ingredients that are easy to understand and that work with their family's budget. While there's no official definition of "clean label," consumers and the snack and bakery industry have their own definition in mind.

Bare Snacks, creator of Snacks Gone Simple, has announced the launch of its new line of crave-ably crunchy veggie chips: bare Beet Chips, Carrot Chips and Sweet Potato Chips.

Enjoy Life Foods recently unveiled Protein Bites. Formerly ProBurst Bites, Protein Bites boast an elevated taste and texture profile, but with the same great plant-based protein in each poppable bite that fans know and love.