No segment of the U.S. food industry is as productive and lively as snack and bakery today.

Vintage Italia, the parent company of Pasta Chips and Pasta Bow Ties, announced expansions into over a dozen major retail chains nationwide.

Consumers are increasingly monitoring what is and is not in their food, placing greater significance on transparency and back-to-nature foods that contain fewer ingredients.

Simple Mills will introduce its Sprouted Seed Crackers - 2”-round grain-free, gluten-free crackers made with a blend of sunflower, flax and chia seeds that have been sprouted for greater nutrient absorption.

In his 1954 compendium of writings, “Ideas and Opinions,” Albert Einstein said that “all knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.” He put forth this scientific “fundamental truth” in connection to his predecessors Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, tying it to the origins of modern science.

PARTNERS, the family-owned snack maker, is celebrating its silver anniversary, marking its 25th year as a family-owned and operated team baking made-from-scratch gourmet crackers, cookies and brownie thins.

Garden of Eatin' recently released new TERRA Plantain chips, premium tropical snacks made with coconut oil.

KARMA Nuts is expanding its line-up with five new flavor offerings and two new sizes to keep up with market demand for flavorful snacking nuts.

The gluten-free category is constantly in flux. Although people with celiac disease have always had a necessity to turn to the category for grain-centric snack products and baked goods, there are many who maintain an interest in eating gluten-free for other reasons.